Forage London and Beyond

John Rensten (that’s me). Forage London founder, author of The Edible City : A Year of Wild Food, Co founder of The Association of Foragers , frustrated middle aged rock climber. I lived, worked and foraged in London for 20 years before finally escaping to Dorset, via Hampshire, in 2016 to concentrate on mushroom hunting and coastal foraging. Despite now living in a more rural part of the county, I still run and organise numerous urban foraging events, wild food walks and mushroom forays. Some are hosted by myself and others by the team of extremely knowledgable people that I have “collected” along the way.

I set up Forage London, now Forage London & Beyond, to give city dwellers like myself a chance to enjoy and discover some of the amazing wild foods that grow all around us. These days we run just as many foraging walks in Dorset and Hampshire as we do in the city. I hope you enjoy this site and that you come on one of my walks soon.