Please hover over the Courses tab in the menu above to navigate to individual course categories, such as Foraging & Mushrooms, Herbal Weekends & Workshops, or Wilderness Crafts.

The Wild Side of Life was voted Food & Drink Awards; Best Foraging Course Education Provider (England South).
Our courses feature in the BBC Countryfile Magazine; Best UK Foraging Courses and The Sunday Telegraph; Top 5 UK Foraging Courses. 

Our regular courses and events take place in the beautiful woods and meadows of Wiltshire, Berkshire, the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Chilterns, and the New Forest. We also run coastal courses in North Devon and occasional events in the wilds of Ireland, on the Gower Peninsula in Wales and in Lincolnshire. We run a variety of herbal medicine events, practical woodland workshops and each year host the UK & Ireland Medicinal Mushrooms Conference, soon to be in its 8th year!

Hover over the Courses tab in the menu to select a category and to find out about the courses and events we are running over the coming months, or hit the calendar tab to navigate through them in date order. We vary the selection of courses that we run each year (there’s only so much time), so keep popping back to see what we are up to, it varies a little year by year!

Courses can be paid for by direct bank transfer (preferred), or by PayPal or cheque on request.

Gift vouchers are available to cover the cost of ALL courses, again by request.

For ALL course enquiries, including making bookings and payments, contact fred@thewildsideoflife.co.uk

WE HOPE YOU ENJOY SPENDING YOUR TIME WITH US AS MUCH AS WE WILL ENJOY SPENDING IT WITH YOU!