Briar’s Foraging Calendar
We’ve launched Briar’s Foraging Calendar with the current Summer months and will be adding each new season as it approaches. For now though, get stuck into June, July and August.
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SUMMER
The fullest season, the crescendo of nature’s cyclical song.
Boughs hang low, heavy with fruit, and soft meadows bloom with colour. Birds soar, deer frolic, bees hum… and most Brits swelter in the cities.
If, like us, you prefer to ditch the bars and offices for the countryside, then now is the perfect time to dig into Briar. The country’s hedgerows, woodlands and fields burst with edible goodies and whether you are picking sweet white elderflowers or rooting around for damsons, foraging is the perfect way to enjoy the warm weather.
June
- Alexander
- Ash seeds
- Brooklime
- Broom
- Burdock leaves
- Chamomile
- Chicken of the woods
- Chickweed
- Cleavers
- Common comfrey
- Common mallow
- Common poppy
- Common sorrel
- Crayfish
- Crow garlic
- Dandelion roots
- Dead nettle
- Eels
- Elderflower
- Fairy-ring champignon
- Fat hen
- Field rose
- Garlic mustard
- Good King Henry
- Gooseberry
- Goosegrass
- Grey mullet
- Ground elder
- Gutweed
- Hairy bittercress
- Hawthorn leaves
- Hogweed
- Honeysuckle flowers
- Hop shoots
- Horseradish
- Japanese rose
- Jelly Ear
- Lime blossom
- Lobster
- Mackeral
- Mallow
- Marsh marigold
- Meadowsweet
- Milk thistle
- Nettles
- Perennial wall Rocket
- Pignut
- Pineapple weed (aka wild chamomile)
- Pollock
- Ramsons
- Red clover
- Red goosenut
- Rock samphire
- Rose petals (various varieties)
- Round leafed mint
- Sea aster
- Sea bass
- Sea Beet
- Sea purslane
- Sea trout
- Seaweed
- Shaggy ink cap
- Sheep’s sorrel
- Silverweed
- Sorrel
- Spearmint
- Spear shaped orache
- St George’s mushroom
- St Johns wort
- Sweet cicely
- Sweet violet
- Three-cornered leek
- Trout (freshwater)
- Watercress
- Water mint
- Wild cherries
- Wild chicory
- Wild fennel
- Wild marjoram
- Wild Mint
- Wild rocket leaves
- Wild rose flower
- Wild strawberry
- Wild thyme
- Winter cress
- Wood pigeon
- Yarrow
July
- Alexander
- Bilberry
- Blackcurrant
- Brooklime
- Cep
- Chamomile
- Chanterelle
- Chicken of the woods
- Chickweed
- Cleavers
- Common comfrey
- Common mallow
- Common poppy
- Common sorrel
- Crayfish
- Crow garlic
- Damsons
- Dead nettle
- Dover sole
- Eels
- Elderflowers
- Fairy ring champignon
- Fat hen
- Field mushroom
- Field rose
- Garlic mustard
- Giant puffball
- Good King Henry
- Gooseberry
- Green walnut
- Grey mullet
- Ground elder
- Gutweed
- Honeysuckle flowers
- Horse mushroom
- Horseradish
- Japanese rose
- Jelly ear
- Lesser burdock
- Lime blossom
- Lobster
- Mackerel
- Mallow
- Marsh marigold
- Marsh samphire
- Meadowsweet
- Milk thistle
- Nettle
- Parasol mushroom
- Perennial wall rocket
- Pollock
- Rabbit
- Raspberry
- Red clover
- Redcurrant
- Red goosenut
- Rock samphire
- Round leafed mint
- Scallops
- Sea aster
- Sea bass
- Sea beet
- Sea purslane
- Sea trout
- Seaweed
- Shaggy ink cap
- Sheep’s sorrel
- Silverweed
- Spearmint
- Spear shaped orache
- St Johns wort
- Summer truffle
- Sweet cicely
- Three-cornered leek
- Trout (freshwater)
- Water mint
- Wild cherries
- Wild chicory flowers
- Wild fennel
- Wild marjoram
- Wild mint
- Wild rose flower
- Wild strawberry
- Wild thyme
- Winter cress
- Wood pigeon
- Yarrow
August
- Alexander
- Bilberry
- Blackberry
- Black mustard
- Brooklime
- Cauliflower fungus
- Chamomile
- Chanterelle
- Chicken of the woods
- Chickweed
- Cleavers
- Common comfrey
- Common mallow
- Common poppy
- Common sorrel
- Crab apple
- Crayfish
- Crow garlic
- Damsons
- Dover sole
- Eels
- Elderberry
- Fairy ring champignon
- Fat hen
- Fennel pollen (wild)
- Field mushroom
- Field rose
- Garlic mustard
- Giant puffball
- Golden bullace
- Good King Henry
- Gooseberry
- Greater plantain
- Grey mullet
- Ground elder
- Grouse (Aug 12th)
- Hazelnut
- Heather flowers
- Hedgehog fungus
- Honeysuckle flowers
- Horse mushroom
- Horseradish
- Japanese rose
- Jelly ear
- Lesser burdock
- Mackerel
- Marsh samphire
- Meadowsweet
- Milk Thistle
- Nettle
- Parasol mushroom
- Plums
- Rabbit
- Raspberry
- Red clover
- Red goosenut
- Rock samphire
- Rose hip
- Round leafed mint
- Rowan
- Rowan berries
- Scallops
- Sea aster
- Sea bass
- Sea beet
- Sea buckthorn
- Sea purslane
- Seaweed
- Shaggy ink cap
- Sheep’s sorrel
- Silverweed
- Sloe
- Spearmint
- Spear shaped orache
- St Johns wort
- Summer truffle
- Trout (freshwater)
- Three-cornered leek
- Venison
- Wild cabbage
- Wild chicory flowers
- Wild fennel
- Wild marjoram
- Wild mint
- Wild strawberry
- Wild thyme
- Winter cress
- Wood pigeon
- Yarrow