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Gathering nuts & berries

Identify the nuts or berries you want to gather, using a field guide to confirm the species with confidence before picking or eating anything.

Making natural dye

Forage or purchase your chosen dye plant material, correctly identifying it and harvesting sustainably to allow for regeneration.

Making a whisk

Cut the top sixty to one hundred centimetres of a spruce or fir tree, including enough length for a handle.

Making damper bread

Mix the dry ingredients, flour, baking powder and salt, then add the water gradually to make a dry dough.

How to use a tracking stick

Find two successive tracks that you believe come from the left foot and right foot of the same animal or person.

CSI human

Before the session, set up a camping crime scene showing signs of someone who camped without respect for nature, such as partially burnt logs, a broken green branch, a cut guy line on a tree, plastic

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