Ballymaloe Cookery School, Co Cork: Foraging with Darina Allen on September 24th. Details: 021-4646785/www.cookingisfun.ie.
Airfield House, Dublin: Mushroom hunting on October 8th. Details: 071-9854338.
Organic Centre, Co Leitrim: Wandering through the weeds on August 6th; Seaweed extravaganza on August 21st-22nd. Details: 071-9854338/ www.theorganiccentre.ie.
Lavistown House, Kilkenny: Foraging for wild food on September 24th; Mushrooms and toadstools on October 7th - 9th and October 15th. Details: 056-65145/www.lavistownhouse.ie
Herbal remedies from Judith Hoad: www.livingearthapothecary.com
See also: Identifying and Harvesting Edible and Medicinal Plants in Wild (And Not So Wild) Places by Steve Brill Quill (HarperCollins); Edible Plants (Pocket Reference Guides) by Pamela Forey and Cecilia Fitzsimons (Brockhampton Press)