August City Foraging Walk

SUNDAY 24th August
10.00 – 11.30 – Park Frankendael
€20 per person
Important - Booking Information
I no longer take payment through Meetup so scroll down on how to pay to secure your booking..
Would you like to know which edible and medicinal plants are possible to find in Amsterdam in the middle of winter? Want to know how to supplement your diet for free from local plants? Want to know how eating local plants impacts the body's microbiome?! And would you like to know about local poisonous plants? Great! Then, join me for a walk in Park Frankendael and let me show you what's around at the moment; Learn how to identify delicious and nutritious plants, how to ethically harvest them, and how to use them.
This Walk
The walk will start and end at the same location, near the bike racks closest to Huize Frankendael/Restaurant Merkelbach. We will walk in the woods, alongside water, on grass and other areas of the park - including the foraging gardens. The walk will go ahead in all weather except storms, so dress for it :) You will receive a handout to help you remember the plants and uses afterward and we will drink herbal tea from herbal finds. If you want to forage, please bring along a small paper or cotton bag to take home some herbs and seeds. The walk is gentle and fairly slow, the paths are mostly natural, of woodchip or soil. There is a public toilet in the park.
Come prepared to connect simply with urban nature.
Who am I?
My name is Lynn Shore, a Medical Herbalist who has been teaching urban foraging and self-supporting skills, in Amsterdam for over 14 years and have been running a city foraging garden for the past 13 years. I am a proud member of the Association of Foragers, a trustee of The Herb Society, and my book The Green City Witch will be out this autumn. I offer the Urban Herbology Apprenticeship Course (urbanherbology.org) and Witch Walks. Over the years, I have led walks for large and small groups (including Greenpeace), work with top bartenders, restaurants, eco-friendly businesses, and community groups. In April 2025 I took part in the WildBiome project where I lived only on foraged food for the month to study the effects on the body. It was awesome - nothing eaten unless it was wild or feral, and local. My Master of Public Health degree specialised in Urban Food Security and all of my work aims to connect city people with nature - to improve health, wellbeing, and the environment. I am passionate about this and love teaching others how to do it to improve their wellbeing and our planet.
This walk is in English - I also speak Dutch. My website is www.urban-herbology.org
Booking Information
I no longer take payment through the Meetup (the buttons kept messing up and the additional fees were too high) so payment must be made to bank account NL41 SNSB 0705 8981 99 to secure your booking. You can RSVP Yes on Meetup but without payment, you have not booked. Please **Email urban.herbology.lynn@gmail.com** in case of questions / issues, and ensure your name and walk date are in the payment ref. Thank you :)
Cancellation Policy
Payments are fully refundable up to 24 hours before the event. If you need to cancel after that time (so less than 24 hours before the event start time) a refund can only be made if we can fill your place with someone else.