Seasonal Foraging Tour
Harvest/Process/Eat/Repeat
Join a two-hour walk in your local Chilliwack, BC, forest. Learn intricate steps in identifying, harvesting, processing, and cooking wild foraged foods from a foraging guide & Red Seal chef.
Who it’s for
Nature-lovers and adventurous foodies
What you’ll learn
- Wild food identification, from mushrooms to wild lettuces
- How to cook with these nutritionally dense foraged ingredients
- Forest safety
- Plants to add to your first aid kit
- How to build your Home Food Culture pantry
How it works
Once your deposit is received and your tour date/party confirmed, standby a few days before your tour for our information and directional email.
After covering safety information, we’ll explore and learn about wild food together. Halfway through, enjoy a wild tea and a wild food snack, while we talk about how to harvest, preserve, process, and cook these NEW wild food ingredients at home. Tour trails are acceptable for all ages.
We walk rain or shine—dress for the conditions! Payments can be done via E-transfer to INFO@foragingwithyou.ca, cash, or crypto currency’s.
Investment:
- $66.95 per person
- Gratuity not included
WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS SAY
Foraging with Raeanna all around BC Canada has brought me such joy in expanding my already acquired knowledge from back home in Chezque, Slovakia. We share and explore recipes and ingredient together often, deciphering wealthier to dry or freeze a mushroom harvest depending on the species.
From September to November, join us in the search for Pine Mushrooms, Chanterelle Mushrooms, Bolete Mushrooms, Lobster Mushrooms, Puff Balls, and many many more. Regular rates apply, tour is two hours long with a wild snack and wild tea.
This tour is located in Yale BC, join our founder Raeanna Layfield for a wild onion forage along the Fraser River. Learn about Mullein herb and wild cherry tree’s as well, with options to gold pan.
Lunch included on this day tour
$130 Adults, $55 Kids, $285 Family
Seasonally offered as the weather allows in the spring into summer seasons. Most tours are 1.5 hours from the Chilliwack Valley, with a wild lunch included. Learn how to harvest smokey morel mushrooms and other wild medicinal and edible plants.
$130 Adults, $55 Kids, $285 Family’s
Your tour, your group, let’s plan something special for you all. Forage, or Forage and Feast with our cooking class available in the forest or in your kitchen. Off roading mountain tours available for those with 4×4, also specialty campfire river side dinners available upon request.
Min 6 Adults or 3 Families
Spring: From April to May, join us to find Wild Stinging Nettle, Fiddleheads, Watercress, Harry Bittercress, Dock Roots and greens, Wild Mint, Oyster Mushrooms, and more. This tour is 2 hours long, with homemade wild snack and wild tea break, regular rates apply.
Summer: From June to August, join us to find Salmon berries, thimble berry, strawberries, mushrooms, and wild edible flowers along with the above.
Private Chef Experiences
Cooking Classes
Enhance your home food culture with one of our hands-on cooking class’s. Our chef Raeanna will share her 15+ years of experience in the culinary world with you. Each class includes guided instruction, tastings, take-home creations, and thoughtfully curated recipes—plus plenty of laughs along the way. You’ll leave with new confidence, and lifelong skills you’ll carry into every meal you make.
A one-of-a-kind private culinary experience and educational lifelong skill accomplishment. Great for birthdays, bachelor/ette parties, anniversaries, or special occasions.
-Private Bookings Only-Book Ahead of Time for Best Availability-
Class options
- Sourdough
- Fresh pasta
- Whole chicken de boning and stock making
- Preserving 101
- Cheese and butter making
- Request a class
What it costs
- $333 1-5 people, additional people $33
Chef Consulting and Speaking Engagements
Book a complimentary consultation to explore your project, or schedule a paid one-on-one session for personalized guidance on writing your first book or incorporating wild foods into your restaurant offerings.
Raeanna is also available for foraging presentations, live cooking demonstrations, and immersive wild food experiences. $145/hr
Live Chef’s Dinners
Bring the forest and chef to your table. We provide a unique culinary experience featuring wild-harvested ingredients prepared specifically for your small group or event. Tasting menus are seasonally curated for your experience. Enjoy 3 courses plus a muse.
Investment: $95 per person, taxes included, Min 4 people, Max 12
A one-of-a-kind dining experience that tells a story of the local land. Great for birthdays, bachelor/ette parties, anniversaries, or any special occasion.
2-Hour Online Workshop
This workshop is two hours long focusing on wild mushrooms from the forest. Learn how to harvest, process, and cook with edible and medicinal mushrooms. We also talk about the PlantWave and play it through the whole workshop!
COST: $30 and you can enjoy this with your whole household!
💸30% Donated to Abbotsford BC Charity, Spiritual Path to Awakening.
Order Our Foraging Guide and Cookbook
'Forage & Eat with the Seasons'