KEY STAGE 1 BRAMBLE Rubus fruticosus Woodland and hedges. July to October You can use them to bake pies! Image credit: Public domain á and Pixabay â
KEY STAGE 2 BRAMBLE Rubus fruticosus It is a thorny plant that grows in bushes, with white or pink flowers. You can eat the black fruit (blackberries). They start green but are ripe when they are black. Woodland and hedges - it will grow almost anywhere in the UK! You can eat the fruit (blackberries) when they are black, this is usually from late July Ripe juicy blackberries are traditionally used in pies, crumbles, jams, and jellies. Thorny brambles were used by the ancient Britons the way modern people use barbed wire! Image credits: Public domain
KEY STAGE 1 Elder Sambucus nigra Hedges and woodland. September to October. It is used to make Elderflower cordial. The Romans used elderberry juice as a hair dye! Image credit: Wikimedia á and Pixabay â
KEY STAGE 2 Elder Sambucus nigra It has a browny-grey, twisted trunk and branches with tiny white flowers with a pleasant smell. The green berries ripen to black in autumn. Very common in hedges and woodland edges throughout the UK. The fruit is ripe and ready to eat in September/October. It is used to make Elderflower cordial. The Romans used elderberry juice as a hair dye! Image credit: Wikimedia á and Pixabay â
KEY STAGE 1 Wild Garlic Allium ursinum Woodlands / forests. The leaves - March. The flowers - April to June. The leaves and flowers are edible! Image credit: Wikimedia á and Pixabay â
KEY STAGE 2 Wild garlic Allium ursinum It has white, star-shapes flowers with pointed petals and grows up to 45cm tall. It sometimes covers forest floors like a carpet, filling the air with the smell of garlic. We eat the leaves. In woodlands / forests. The leaves appear in March and are best picked when young. The flowers come out April-June. The leaves and flowers are edible - young leaves are delicious in sauces and salads and the flowers can be added to salads and sandwiches to make them look beautiful! Image credit: Wikimedia
KEY STAGE 1 Wild Strawberry Fragaria vesca In woods or grassland. June to August - when they look red a juicy! It can grow up to 30cm high! Image credit: Wikimedia
KEY STAGE 2 Wild Strawberry Latin name It has hairy leaves, small white flowers with yellow centres and red fruit, with their seeds on the outside. In woods or grassland. You can eat the fruit from about the end of June through to August - when they look red a juicy! It can grow up to 30cm high! Image credit: Wikimedia
DANGER CARD POISONOUS These plants are poisonous. Do not to touch or eat them. Always check with an adult, never pick wild food on your own. Deadly nightshade Black nightshade TOUCH Foxglove TOUCH TOUCH Stinging nettles BEWARE! EAT TOUCH Hemlock Cuckoo pint Lily of the valley These may sting you E AT Berries Do NOT touch or eat unless an adult says it s okay. Many berries are poisonous! Fungi Do NOT touch or eat unless an adult says it s okay. Many fungi are poisonous! Image credits: all from Wikimedia, except Deadly Nightshade by Tiggins Meadow, flickr.com.