open for bookings!
NOTE: only public events ARE SHOWN on this page
February 2026
3 Stage Online Course – Exploring the Healing Potential of Medicinal Mushrooms
2026 course starts 5th February 2026.
Click the above for details…and to register your interest in a place for 2026 contact… Registrar@UKIMPR.org
March 2026
Seashore Foraging – North Devon – Equinoctial New Moon Spring Tide
NO PLACES LEFT – SORRY
19th MARCH 2026
equinoctial new moon
(forecast to be a super low spring tide)
croyde / woolacombe / ilfracombe area, north devon
£90.00 per person
Gift Certificate or to Book email: Fred@thewildsideoflife.co.uk
April 2026
9th UKI Medicinal Mushrooms Conference (click for full details)
18th & 19th April 2026
As usual, there will be a PACKED 2 day programme of workshops and talks at our highly acclaimed 2 day independent conference. We are very much looking forward to welcoming you! This year’s themes are women’s health & men’s health.
Whether you are just fascinated by fungi, whatever the reason, or if you have an interest in studying them or using them as nutritional supplements… whether you are a health care practitioner, mushroom grower, psychedelic researcher, mycologist, ethnobotanist, ecologist, biologist, a forager… or are just plain INTERESTED in this fast paced and rapidly evolving field, then this conference is made for you! No credentials are necessary to attend. Our conference is open to all, and is presented at a popular science level, with the aim of it being fully accessible to all-comers no matter what their background or field of interest may be. All talks, workshops and forays are included in one price. 15 hours CPD certificate is available for healthcare practitioners.
stanton fitzwarren, wiltshire: 18th & 19th april 2026
£225.00 Delegate / £185.00 UKIMPR Member / eligible student (e.g. medical student / student clinical herbalist / student naturopath), or unwaged
Enquiries & tickets: Contact Natascha: beesandmushrooms@gmail.com
Spring & Summer Forager’s Club – 1st of 4 field meetings
First meeting: tbc APRIL 2026
(mostly sATURDAYS – BUT watch out for the odd sunday meet in the schedue too)
HELD AT Various LOCATIONS in & AROUND WILTSHIRE
£200.00 per person
Gift Certificate or to Book email: Fred@thewildsideoflife.co.uk
Ancient Pewter Smithing
tbc 2026
avebury stone circle & world heritage site, Wiltshire
£80.00 per person (inclusive of all materials, equipment provided)
Gift Certificate or to Book email: Fred@thewildsideoflife.co.uk
MAY 2026
Herbs & Health Events all summer long…
Medicinal Mushrooms Masterclass – Intensive 2 Day Practical Workshop
YOU WILL LEARN TO MAKE A SERIES OF MEDICINAL MUSHROOM EXTRACTS – FROM CORDYCEPS, REISHI, TURKEY TAIL, LION’S MANE AND others – including medicinal mushrooms that can be sustainably foraged (when gathered for personal use) in the uk!
8th & 9th may 2026 (friday & saturday)
Avebury world heritage site, wiltshire
£235.00 per person
Take home what you make!
to Book email: Fred@thewildsideoflife.co.uk
Foraging Discovery Day: Wild garlic, spring cure soups and refreshing herbal waters – Maybe some Spring mushrooms too!
2nd may 2026 (saturday)
wiltshire
£80.00 per person (price includes canapes and foraged liqueurs/drinks)
Gift Certificate or to Book email: Fred@thewildsideoflife.co.uk
June 2026
National Trust Avebury: Early Summer Forage
june tbc
avebury stone circle and village, wiltshire
£ check the National Trust website for details & to book
Chiltern Society Event: Foraging for Edible & Medicinal Plants (3 hours – proceeds directly to The Chiltern Society)
June (tbc)
marlow common, buckinghamshire
£ book directly with the Chiltern Society (click here)
July 2026
August 2026
Herbal First Aid – Herbal Alternatives to Over the Counter Medicines
2 Day Course
AUGUST tbc – 2026
Avebury, Wiltshire
£200.00 per person
Gift Certificate or to Book email: Fred@thewildsideoflife.co.uk
September 2026
National Trust Avebury: Autumn Forage
september tbc 2026
avebury stone circle and village, wiltshire
£ check the National Trust website for details & to book
Secret Sunday Mushroom Club – Group A – 1st of the 4 field meetings
starts 20th september 2026 – meetings are sundays
Various LOCATIONS in WILTS, berks and the New Forest
£250 per person – New members
£200 per person – Membership renewal
£30.00 per person – Forum renewal (only available to previous and existing members)
Note: This fee includes a year’s ID support via our exclusive forum, access to an extensive catalogue of online learning materials, access to up to 4 field trips and a day where you can bring a guest.
Gift Certificate or to Book email: Fred@thewildsideoflife.co.uk
Secret Thursday Mushroom Club – 1st of the 4 field meetings
starts 24th september 2026 – meetings are thursdays
Various LOCATIONS in WILTS, Oxon, berks and the New Forest
£250 per person – New members
£200 per person – Membership renewal
£30.00 per person – Forum renewal (only available to previous and existing members)
Note: This fee includes a year’s ID support via our exclusive forum, access to an extensive catalogue of online learning materials, access to up to 4 field trips and a day where you can bring a guest.
Mushroom Discovery Experience – bolete season special
september 26th 2026 (saturday)
new forest
£90.00 per person (price includes online study materials and video resources on mushroom ID)
Gift Certificate or to Book email: Fred@thewildsideoflife.co.uk
October 2025
Mushroom Discovery Experience
october 3rd 2026 (saturday)
chilterns, south oxfordshire, near henley-on-thames
£90.00 per person (price includes online study materials and video resources on mushroom ID)
Gift Certificate or to Book email: Fred@thewildsideoflife.co.uk
Chiltern Society event: Discovering Fungi (3 hours – proceeds directly to The Chiltern Society)
October tbc 2026 (wednesday)
kingwood common, oxfordshire
£ book directly with the Chiltern Society (click here)
Mushroom Discovery Experience
october 17th 2026 (saturday)
west berkshire, near newbury / hungerford
£90.00 per person (price includes online study materials and video resources on mushroom ID)
Gift Certificate or to Book email: Fred@thewildsideoflife.co.uk
Mushroom Discovery Experience – what better way to celebrate Halloween!
october 31st 2026 (saturday)
chilterns, south oxfordshire, near henley-on-thames
£90.00 per person (price includes online study materials and video resources on mushroom ID)
Gift Certificate or to Book email: Fred@thewildsideoflife.co.uk
November 2026
Mushroom Discovery Experience
november 7th 2026 (saturday)
west berkshire, near newbury / hungerford
£90.00 per person (price includes online study materials and video resources on mushroom ID)
Gift Certificate or to Book email: Fred@thewildsideoflife.co.uk
