open for bookings!
NOTE: only public events ARE SHOWN on this page
3 Stage Online Course – Exploring the Healing Potential of Medicinal Mushrooms
COURSE NOW FULL FOR 2025.
2026 course starts 5th February 2026.
Click the above for details…and to register your interest in a place for 2026 contact… registrar@ukimpr.ie
Herbs & Health Events all summer long…
National Trust Avebury: Early Summer Forage
june 7th 2025 (saturday)
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)
12th June (thursday)
marlow common, buckinghamshire
£ book directly with the Chiltern Society (click here)
July 2025
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!
4th & 5th july (friday & saturday)
Avebury world heritage site, wiltshire
£230.00 per person
Take home what you make!
to Book email: Fred@thewildsideoflife.co.uk
August 2025
Herbal First Aid – Herbal Alternatives to Over the Counter Medicines
2 Day Course
AUGUST 8th & 9th – 2025
Avebury, Wiltshire
£200.00 per person
Gift Certificate or to Book email: Fred@thewildsideoflife.co.uk
Immune Health – Mushrooms, Herbs & Diet for Everyday Immune Support
2 Day Course
AUGUST 22ND & 23RD – 2025
Avebury, Wiltshire
£200.00 per person
Gift Certificate or to Book email: Fred@thewildsideoflife.co.uk
September 2025
National Trust Avebury: Autumn Forage
september 13th 2025 (saturday)
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 21st september 2025 – meetings are sundays
Various LOCATIONS in WILTS, berks and the New Forest
£250 per person
£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 25th september 2025 – meetings are thursdays
Various LOCATIONS in Oxon, berks and the New Forest
£250 per person
£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
september 20th 2025 (saturday)
new forest
£90.00 per person (price includes online study materials and welcome pack of videos)
Gift Certificate or to Book email: Fred@thewildsideoflife.co.uk
Mushroom Discovery Experience
september 27th 2025 (saturday)
new forest
£90.00 per person (price includes online study materials and welcome pack of videos)
Gift Certificate or to Book email: Fred@thewildsideoflife.co.uk
Secret Sunday Mushroom Club – Group B – 1st of the 4 field meetings
starts 28th september 2025 – meetings are sundays
Various LOCATIONS in WILTS, berks and the New Forest
£250 per person
£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.
October 2025
Mushroom Discovery Experience
october 2nd 2025 (thursday)
New forest, hampshire
£90.00 per person (price includes online study materials and welcome pack of videos)
Gift Certificate or to Book email: Fred@thewildsideoflife.co.uk
Chiltern Society event: Discovering Fungi (3 hours – proceeds directly to The Chiltern Society)
15th October (wednesday)
kingwood common, oxfordshire
£ book directly with the Chiltern Society (click here)
Mushroom Discovery Experience
october 18th 2025 (saturday)
oxfordshire chilterns near henley-on-thames
£90.00 per person (price includes online study materials and welcome pack of videos)
Gift Certificate or to Book email: Fred@thewildsideoflife.co.uk
Mushroom Discovery Experience
october 23rd 2025 (thursday)
west berkshire, near newbury / hungerford
£90.00 per person (price includes online study materials and welcome pack of videos)
Gift Certificate or to Book email: Fred@thewildsideoflife.co.uk
Mushroom Discovery Experience
october 25th 2025 (saturday)
oxfordshire chilterns near henley-on-thames
£90.00 per person (price includes online study materials and welcome pack of videos)
Gift Certificate or to Book email: Fred@thewildsideoflife.co.uk
November 2025
Mushroom Discovery Experience
november 8th 2025 (saturday)
west berkshire, near newbury / hungerford
£90.00 per person (price includes online study materials and welcome pack of videos)
Gift Certificate or to Book email: Fred@thewildsideoflife.co.uk
Mushroom Discovery Experience
november 22nd 2025 (saturday)
New forest, hampshire
£90.00 per person (price includes online study materials and welcome pack of videos)
Gift Certificate or to Book email: Fred@thewildsideoflife.co.uk
December 2025
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!
45th & 6th december (friday & saturday)
Avebury world heritage site, wiltshire
£230.00 per person
Take home what you make!
to Book email: Fred@thewildsideoflife.co.uk
March 2026
Spring Seashore Foraging: North Devon – Equinoctial New Moon Spring Tide
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: 5th & 6th april 2025
£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
(sATURDAYS – BUT NOTE: THE LAST MEETING, HELD IN THE NEW FOREST IN SEPTEMBER, IS A SUNDAY)
HELD AT Various LOCATIONS in & AROUND WILTSHIRE
PLUS THE NEW FOREST
£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
Foraging Discovery Day 1: Wild garlic, spring cure soups and refreshing herbal waters
TBC may 2026 (saturday)
north wiltshire
£80.00 per person (price includes canapes and foraged liqueurs/drinks)
Gift Certificate or to Book email: Fred@thewildsideoflife.co.uk
TBC may 2026 (saturday)
wiltshire-berkshire border
£80.00 per person (price includes canapes and foraged liqueurs)
Gift Certificate or to Book email: Fred@thewildsideoflife.co.uk
