Wildflower Identification and Foraging Walk

This year’s Heritage Week theme is Heritage at risk. Take a walk along a forgotten transport route and get to know our wildflowers before they too become relics. These are the same plants our forebears foraged for food, tools, and medicine. They're part of the fabric of our stories and support our lives just the same today. Today they are largely forgotten, invisible workhorses keeping our world turning. This Heritage Week reconnect with nature as you learn how to ID our native wildflowers and hear their stories.
We’ll be walking along the canal at Milford weir, joining the Barrow, walking along the once major travel route and learning about our biodiversity. We’ll be sharing the uses of plants past and present including whether they’re edible or not. We'll share a bite of the ones that are and have refreshing wild tisanes.

Meeting at the Barrow Brew. Please wear appropriate clothing for our lovely Irish summers. As this event is beside a river, the path may be muddy if it rains, so please wear appropriate footwear. Route is flat, and can be accessed at ground level at the lockgates. Event is limited to 15 people. Please book your ticket on Eventbrite or contact Molly on 0857260278.
This event is sponsored by the Local Authority Waters Programme in co-operation with the Ballinabranna/Milford/Raheendoran Development Group.