Take a walk in the Northern Woods of St Michael’s Mount this September with wild food expert Emma Gunn, from Never Mind The Burdocks.

It’s an opportunity to be inspired by food in the wild and get back to nature, learning what is edible along the coastal path or in the woods, and get a true taste of the bay.

The walk will begin on Marazion beach at the edge of the causeway to the iconic island. Emma will start by discussing sustainable foraging practice and will identify the multitude of seaweeds that grow adjacent to the causeway, including sea lettuce, Japanese wireweed, gutweed, dabberlocks, sugar kelp, oarweed, dulse, bladderwrack, and spiralled wrack.

The Northern Woods are not usually accessible to the public. This is a rare opportunity to explore the beautiful terrain of the woodland on the northern side of St Michael’s Mount which has stunning views across to the Marazion marshes, Penzance and Trencrom Hill. The Northern Woods are nurtured but not landscaped, so there is a real sense of exploring a natural habitat.

If you have always wanted to know what food you can forage in the wild, or if you are an expert in foraging, this walk will be insightful and enjoyable with the opportunity to forage sorrel, sow thistle, bramble shoots (blackberries), crocosmia, nettles, scurvy grass, silverweed, navelwort, conifers, hogweed, daisies, dandelions, cleavers, dock, plantain, three cornered leek, and honeysuckle.

After the walk guests can enjoy a picnic from the St Michael’s Mount head chef Greg Milne in collaboration with Emma.

A visit to the castle and return boat trip to the mainland is included in the ticket price.

The forage and feast walks take place on September 9 and September 23 from 11am – 2.00pm.