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@rachellambertforaging

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Foraging guide since 2007, artisan maker, award-winning author. #wildandsweetcookbook #singingforager

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Making my biggest pot so far! Made from 100% Cornish daffodils.

I'm 12 hours in and this is my progress so far...

Wanna learn with me?

I'm teaching how to make good, strong string (cordage)AND coil pots from plants this summer....

Link in bio to events

MAKE STRING FROM PLANTS
3rd Jul @potager_garden
22nd Jul @7thrise
25th Jul @potager_garden

MAKE A COIL POT FROM PLANTS
14th Aug @tremenheeresculpturegardens

#rachellambertforaging #cornishsummer #daffodilseason #foragedfibres #heritagecraftskills taken in Potager Garden by @rachellambertforaging

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4 months ago

I love a weed for weaving with! Autumn harvesting of 'bindweed' which is really a family of plants.

Dark nights making from the sofa here I come!

2027 courses will start to be announced mid to end of November.

#rachellambertforaging #bindweed #loveweeds #natureconnection #madefromnature taken in Penzance, Cornwall by @rachellambertforaging

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2 days ago

HAY POTS made from summer's harvest leftovers. I love putting a bit of field 'waste' to good use. 💛

I'll have them for sale at this Saturday's APPLE DAY at @kehelland.trust

11am-6pm
Kehelland Trust, Kehelland, Camborne TR14 0DD

They'll also be lots of apple tasting, crafts and much more

Come say hi xx

#rachellambertforaging #hayharvest #hay #heritagecraftskills #aftertheharvest taken in Kehelland Trust by @rachellambertforaging

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Oh summer memories picking FIREWEED for tea in the Tatra mountains of Poland. 😊

The days are still beauitful, though as the nights get longer it is memories like these that keep me going through autumn into deep winter.

Memories with plants, with friends in landscapes, with local food and drink. Thank you @returningtobreath

We made fresh tea from these leaves on our last morning in the mountains, though normally I dry and air ferment them to make a delicious, maturer tea.

Also known as; men's tea, korposky tea, Russian tea and Ivan's tea. Fire weed loves to grow where ground has been burnt, yes life does come after wild fires.

Full of health benefits, instructions of how to make is on my website blog.

P.s Good preventitive for postrate issues, hence 'mens' tea' 😘

#fireweed
#rachellambertforaging #menshealthtips #teapicking #foragedtea taken in Tatra Mountains by @rachellambertforaging

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a month ago

Make a mat or bowl from plants

I am very excited to be hosting this incredible workshop run by my brilliant friend @rachellambertforaging at my studio @theengineroombristol on Sunday 11th October. Discover the joy of using garden cuttings, grasses after they’ve seeded, invasive species and weeds to make a beautiful place mat or bowl. Learn a simple and meditative weaving and stitching process to create beautiful and lasting products. Perfect to give as gifts and use at home.

The day will start with a foraging walk to learn about plants that can be used for pots and bowls and gather some plants together. You will be introduced to a simple weaving and stitching technique using local plants
Learn the ancient craft of making with grasses amd leave with a pot, mat or bowl made from those grasses. There will be hot drinks and homemade cake and all materials are provided. It will be a lovely day.working with your hands and nature. You can book on my website or Rachel's. It's for a small group so book soon to get a place.

https://wildwalks-southwest.co.uk/wild-food_foraging_courses_cornwall/forage-and-make-a-mat-or-bowl-from-plants/

Rachel is also running two workshops learning to make string using plants st the Harvest Festival on Saturday 10th October. You can book a place on those via the Harvest Festival blog on my website.

#inspiredbynature #stringmaking #workingwithplants taken in Bristol, United Kingdom by @rachellambertforaging

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a month ago

I LOVED being part of the 6th International Festival of Wicker and Weaving in Poland.

Alongside 105 makers from across the world, it was stimulting, fun, inspiring and humbling.

I didn't take many photos as I was just in it; making, eating, socialising or dancing.

Thank you everyonr, you know who you are, hope to meet you again sometime. X

P.S First image is what I hoped to make (and planned to), last image it what I actually made.

As always, the conversations are just as important as the making for me 💚

#rachellambertforaging #artisanmaker #weavingwithplants #basketmakers #loveplants🌿 . taken in Nowy Tomysl by @rachellambertforaging

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ORANGE DAY: Foraging rowan berries. Sometimes I get asked what my favourite fruit to forage is.

It's too hard a question to answer, but today I'm so happy to gather these to whack in the freezer to make this delicious pudding. 🧡

STICKY ROWAN MARMALADE PUDDING - yum and easy to make.

If you don't know rowan berries, they have a complex flavour with bitter under tones, perfect for drinks and this pud!

My Wild and Sweet cookbook gives you all the info to process these berries and transform them into 4 different sweet delights, including this one.

DON'T EAT ROWAN BERRIES RAW, always forage with consideration of the wild birds and wider non-human community too.

#wildandsweetcookbook #rachellambertforaging #rowanberries #loveforaging #autumnberries

Pudding photo by @food_photographer_cornwall taken in Penzance, Cornwall by @rachellambertforaging

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a month ago

Found my yellow trousers and LOADS of wild golden rod after a storm in Poland!!!

Poland is amazing for its wild spaces, and it was the perfect time to harvest this medicinal plant.

Bizarrely, during a crazy storm my washed and drying trousers got caught by a gust and I thought I'd never see them again. 🫥

Then on the way to the last day of the WORLD WICKER AND WEAVING FESTIVAL in Nowy Tomysl, Poland there were my trousers. 🤣

More on the festival soon... so wonderful to be creating alongside 105 international makers.

Golden Rod has been used for thousands of years for inflammation, congestion, aches and pains.

AND it is sunshine yellow with a beautiful scent. ☀️💛☀️

Not many foraging courses left now with me for 2026. Details on my website. X

#worldwickerandweavingfestival #goldenrod #forageuk #wildwoman #forager taken in Nowy Tomysl by @rachellambertforaging

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Learn to make string from plants with me 😊

You'll learn;
🧵which plants to use
➰️how to make STRONG string (cordage)
🧵how to make rope
➰️how to prepare and process plants
🧵a simple technique with lots of tips to perfect
➰️a life skill
🧵 ideas and examples of things to make with string (cordage)

Next date: Sat 12th Sept @ The Gardeners' House, Morrab Gardens, Penzance

BOOKING: Through Rachel's website (not Gardeners' House - https://wildwalks-southwest.co.uk/events/forage-and-make-cordage-string-workshop-2/

Would love to see you there and share these skills x

#stringartist #rachellambertforaging #madefromplants #heritagecraft #cornishlife taken in The Gardeners' House Penzance by @rachellambertforaging

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2 months ago

BLACKBERRY RECIPES using the seedy pulp! Oh my, what a season, what a wild fruit, what a super food!

I've been using this seedy pulp for years, all those omega 3s and omega 6 oils shouldn't go to waste. 😊

I've used blackberry seeds in;
🍇 granola
🍇 bread
🍇 crackers
🍇 whole fruit jam
🍇 paleo dishes

Recipes are on my blog and in my foraging books (Devon one and Wild and Sweet)

BTW - the Devon book is relevant across UK and a lot of North Europe

#blackberries🍇 #rachellambertforaging #wildcornwall #foragedfruit #blackberrypicking🍇 taken in West Penwith by @rachellambertforaging

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2 months ago

Compost heaps, wild & garden plants and making cordage, string, rope from them!!

I'm so excited about so-called garden waste; cuttings and prunings, and how to transform plant fibres into versatile string and rope for practical and creative projects.

So, I will be sharing;

INTRO TO MAKING CORDAGE (STRING) FROM PLANTS
@ The Gardeners' House,
Morrab Gardens,
Penzance
Sat 12th Sept 2-4.30pm

A few places left...

BOOKING through my website.

#rachellambertforaging
#madefromplants #compostheap #cornishgarden #foragedfibres taken in The Gardeners' House Penzance by @rachellambertforaging

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2 months ago

What a day at @tremenheeresculpturegardens with this lovely lot making bowls and mats out of local plants!

We foraged lightly in the gardens as well as used grasses I'd picked locally.

There's something very special about making from nature and sharing that experience with others, it's one of the highlights of my work.

Join the mailing list to find out dates for next year.

#madefromnature
#rachellambertforaging #grassweaving #heritagecrafted #loveplants taken in Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens by @rachellambertforaging

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