🔥☘New BUSHCRAFT & FORAGING TASTER EVENTS at National Trust's Hardcastle Crags 🔥☘
Our new programme of events at Hardcastle Crags near Hebden Bridge begins in May.
If you'd like to try you hand at Bushcraft, or enjoy a foray into Foraging for wild food, now is your chance!
🔥 BUSHCRAFT TASTER SESSIONS 🔥
Various Dates
Adults £25 Young people £15/£10
During a Bushcraft Taster Session you will be introduced to one of a range of core bushcraft skill-sets, from fire making and shelter construction to using hand tools and carving wood. Join our expert Bushcraft Instructors, Leonie and Thryn, for a practical, hands-on experience at the beautiful Hardcastle Crags.
🔥BUSHCRAFT & SURVIVAL DAY🔥
Saturday 20th June 11am-5pm
£75
Join us for an immersive introduction to the world of bushcraft, led by qualified Bushcraft Instructors, Leonie and Thryn. Take home a range of new skills that will help to keep you comfortable and safe when out and about in the wilds. This will be a fun and informative day, focusing on practical activities and hands-on experience.
☘ FORAGING TASTER SESSIONS ☘
Adult £25/ Young person £15
Join Live Wild foraging expert, Leonie, for a fun and informative foray into the practice of wild food foraging. Your Taster Session includes:
☘A general introduction to foraging, including how to forage safely and within the law
☘An understanding of the season, and what wild edibles to look for
☘How to confidently identify a range of common edibles
☘Tips on how to sustainably harvest and process wild foods
☘A selection of seasonal wild food tasters, pre-prepared by Leonie
#bushcraftcourse #hardcastlecrags #calderdale
🍃SPRING FORAGING COURSES🍃
Our spring foraging courses are in full swing, and we've had a wonderful time wandering in the bluebell woods with fantastic groups of people.
Buds, fungi, shoots and sap... there have been so many wild treats to enjoy! For Easter weekend, we also cooked up a special local dish over the fire - dock pudding. This savoury pudding, made with common bistort, has been eaten in Calderdale for hundreds of years. It tasted delicious cooked over the fire and enjoyed with ramson pesto!
Thank you to everyone who joined us and made the days so special 🌞
#dockpudding #foraginguk #livewild #calderdale
🍀THE FORAGER'S JOURNEY 2026🍀
Our adventure begins! On the Spring Equinox, we gathered together for the first in our eight-part immersive foraging course, The Forager's Journey. The sun shone as we celebrated the spring and all its wild treasures. There were games, gifts, wild crafts, and ceremony as we began to weave our Forager's Journey community for the year. A wonderful group and a very special day. We are already looking forward to our next gathering later in April 🌞
#theforagersjourney #springequinox #newbeginnings #hebdenbridge
🌈APRIL AT NATURE QUEERS 🌈
Join us in the beautiful surroundings of @hardcastlecrags_nt near Hebden Bridge for our LGBTQ+ offering, Nature Queers, this April.
Upcoming sessions:
🌈Saturday 11th April
End of the World Survival Training: Join us to learn a range of basic survival skills that are great for confidence and resilience when camping and hiking... and super handy for the end of the world!
We’ll cover how to stay warm and dry with fire and shelter, safely gather water, and look after yourself and each other in the wild.
🌈Thursday 16th April
Grounded Yoga & Guided Reflection
with guest facilitator, Heather of Wild Heather Wellness: Meditation, yoga, guided journaling, and connection circle.
This session will blend mindful practices with relaxed journaling and a sacred circle to help you slow down, reflect, and connect.
🌈Thursday 30th April - Beltane Celebration: Join us for a seasonal celebration as we mark the Celtic fire festival of Beltane. The session will include a ceremonial fire, time for reflection and intention setting, co-created ritual, and coming together as a community to celebrate the beginning of summer.
🔗 in Bi0! 🌞
#naturequeers #calderdale #lgbtq
☘THIS SUNDAY 22ND - JOIN A SUNNY SPRING FORAGE - Hebden Bridge ☘
☘We are delighted to see such a sunny weather forecast for this coming Sunday 22nd, when we'll be heading out into the woods for a forage, fire, and cook up.
☘There are four tickets left for this immersive wild food course, would you like to join us? 🔗 in B!o
☘THE DAY INCLUDES:
✨ A foraging walk exploring woodland, hedgerow, and meadow habitats. Your guides will cover plant and fungi identification, harvesting, preparation, folklore, and nutritional/ medicinal benefits of the wild foods we find
✨An introduction to wild fermentation
✨Sustainably tapping for nourishing birch sap
✨How to make a fire using only a mushroom and a spark
✨A range of home-made foraged treats to try along the way
✨A cook-up of wild finds over the campfire Leave the busy day-to-day behind and connect to the peace and abundance of spring in the bluebell woods.
#calderdale #hebdenbridge #livewild
🍄🧙 NATURE QUEERS WOODLAND GAMES SESSION 🧙🍄
✨SAT 28TH MARCH - 10.30-3.30 ✨
Join us for a very special instalment of our regular Nature Queers programme at the beautiful Hardcastle Crags near Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire.
🧙Our experienced facilitators invite you to join them for a day of magical adventures. Step into a woodland world of nature-themed games & quests, connecting to all the elements as you explore and play in the beautiful spring forest.
🔥We'll have a cosy campfire to gather around, and the day will include some reflective time in nature as well as lots of fun, laughter, and enchantment.
🔗 in BIO
ABOUT NATURE QUEERS:
Our regular Nature Queers events are about connecting to nature, self and LGBTQ+ community whilst learning a range of practical outdoor skills, from whittling and foraging to bushcraft and fire-making. Sessions take place at National Trust’s Hardcastle Crags, a beautiful wooded valley just outside Hebden Bridge.
#naturequeers #hebdenbridge #calderdale
🌿☘BOTANICAL CERAMICS COURSE Hebden Bridge☘🌿
We are delighted to announce this new creative course combining Foraging, Ceramics, and Whittling, in collaboration with Phoebe Ward ceramics.
Saturday 9th May 1pm-5pm & Saturday 23rd May 1pm-5pm
Over two sessions, create your own unique ceramic utensil rest (dublé) and accompanying hand-carved wooden spatula. The workshops include:
🌿A guided foraging walk in a beautiful local woodland, collecting flora to create your decorative botanical design.
🌿Crafting your fired and glazed ceramic item: a dublé (spoon or spatula holder) under expert tuition from local ceramicist, Phoebe Ward.
🌿Whittling a spatula to go with your finished piece. You’ll be introduced to the traditional craft of whittling wood using hand-tools, and hone techniques shared by our experienced Live Wild whittling tutors.
🔗 in our bio to book
#botanicalceramics #calderdale #hebdenbridge
🌼DANDELION FANFARE & FIRST FORAGE 🌼
🌼Here's Leonie playing the dandelion trumpet to celebrate our first foraging courses of the year!
🌼 We had a magical weekend, welcoming wonderful people to the woods for an immersive day of learning, foraging, fire, fungi, wild treats, and cooking. The sun was out, and the birch sap was flowing!
🌼Thanks to all who came along and made it such an excellent start to the foraging year.
🌼We've got just a few places left on upcoming courses if you would like to join us in the bluebell woods.
🔥☘New BUSHCRAFT & FORAGING TASTER EVENTS at National Trust's Hardcastle Crags 🔥☘
We are excited to announce a new programme of events at NT Hardcastle Crags near Hebden Bridge this spring and summer.
If you'd like to try you hand at Bushcraft, or enjoy a foray into Wild Food Foraging, now is your chance!
🔥 BUSHCRAFT TASTER SESSIONS 🔥
Various Dates
Adults £25 Young people £15/£10
During a Bushcraft Taster Session you will be introduced to one of a range of core bushcraft skill-sets, from fire making and shelter construction to using hand tools and carving wood. Join our expert Bushcraft Instructors, Leonie and Thryn, for a practical, hands-on experience at the beautiful Hardcastle Crags.
🔥BUSHCRAFT & SURVIVAL DAY🔥
Saturday 20th June 11am-5pm
£75 Join us for an immersive introduction to the world of bushcraft, led by qualified Bushcraft Instructors, Leonie and Thryn. Take home a range of new skills that will help to keep you comfortable and safe when out and about in the wilds. This will be a fun and informative day, focusing on practical activities and hands-on experience.
☘ FORAGING TASTER SESSIONS ☘
Adult £25/ Young person £15
Join Live Wild foraging expert, Leonie, for a fun and informative foray into the practice of wild food foraging. Your Taster Session includes:
☘A general introduction to foraging, including how to forage safely and within the law
☘An understanding of the season, and what wild edibles to look for
☘How to confidently identify a range of common edibles
☘Tips on how to sustainably harvest and process wild foods
☘A selection of seasonal wild food tasters, pre-prepared by Leonie
SPRING ABUNDANCE 🌿🍀💚 Learn to forage and find the beautiful wild foods appearing in the calder valley this spring. Book a magical experience today.
Spaces available on Friday 13th and Saturday 14th March.
🌟 Booking link in bio 🌟
Music: Raindrop
Musician: EnjoyMusic
#hedbenbridge #calderdaletourism #foraginguk
FORAGING IN HEBDEN BRIDGE 🌿💚🍀🌲 Join our experts on a Live Wild foraging couse next Friday or Saturday. Enjoy Hebden Bridge and all that nature has to offer. BOOKING LINK IN BIO.
#hebdenbridge #foraging #calderdale
☘✨SUN, SHOOTS, & SAP - SPRING IS HERE!✨☘
✨It suddenly feel like spring in our beautiful valley and the birch trees feel it too! As the sun shines, sap is flowing, and buds are opening - the perfect time to join us for a forage! We have a few spots left Friday 13th and Saturday 14th March.
A foraging day with us includes:
✨ Plant and fungi identification, harvesting, and preparation
✨Wild fermentation
✨Tapping for birch sap
✨How to make a fire using only a mushroom and a spark!
✨A range of home-made foraged treats to try along the way
✨A cook-up of wild finds over the campfire
#birchsap #springishere #hebdenbridge
