Wet Season Foraging Guide

Delve into the richness of Wet Season foraging with this hardcopy Foraging Guide, delivered to your doorstep.

Discover the wonders of seven abundant, easily located, and versatile edible wild weeds flourishing during the wet, cold, and winter seasons. Foraging becomes a powerful means of independently sourcing local, fresh, seasonal food and medicine, with these edible weeds offering a treasure trove of vitamins, minerals, and medicinal properties.

This A5 booklet serves as your initiation into Wet Season/Winter foraging, centering on seven edible weeds abundantly found across New Zealand and temperate regions worldwide during the wet and cool months.

The guide encompasses:

• Foraging basics
• Sustainable foraging practices
• Comprehensive information for each weed, including:
  • Accurate identification and tips, distinguishing from common lookalikes
  • Nutritional and medicinal insights
  • Preparation as food and medicine with easy-to-follow recipes
  • Detailed, high-quality photographs illustrating each plant at various life stages for accurate identification
  • Engaging folklore and history associated with each plant, aiding in retention

The featured plants in this guide—Chickweed, Purple Dead Nettle, Onion Weed, Gorse, Violets, Cleavers, and Miners Lettuce—were selected for their abundance throughout New Zealand during the wet seasons (Autumn through to Spring), as well as their diverse uses in food and medicine.

Tailored for both absolute beginners and seasoned foragers, this guide provides ample information and confidence to commence your foraging journey independently. Seasoned foragers will appreciate the extensive nutritional and medicinal details, along with the captivating folklore.

While specifically crafted for New Zealand foragers, these plants flourish in Australia, Europe, North America, and various temperate regions. Originating from Europe, these 'weeds' were introduced to New Zealand, making the guide a valuable resource across different continents and climates.