Canalside Herb Walk

Walk with me along Central Amsterdam canals and the Amstel. Find and learn about how to identify, harvest and safetly use many common plants, for food and simple remedies.

Inner cities are often thought of as fairly plant-barren areas but in fact they often have a richer variety of plants than many countryside areas. Amsterdam centrum certainly has lots of foragable plants and I'd like to show you some of them.

I am running a small scale public survey, to discover and show city resident what they can forage in Amsterdam, year round. By joining this walk you will be able to support my project and learn about some of the plants I have been finding.

We'll begin on the Magere Brug and walk along seeing what we can find, probably towards Plantage Middenlaan and de Hortus Botanicus area.

You can bring your bike along with you but I think that walking along will be simpler and you'll have a greater chance to touch and photograph the plants.