Living Wild
Foraging and Wild Crafting Workshops
About Living Wild
Living Wild delivers workshops which educate and inspire people to reconnect with, and protect our environment. Empowering people by teaching skills like foraging and bush craft to bring them closer to nature and promote wellbeing.
Leah Apostolou, the founder of Living Wild is a strong advocate for the therapeutic use of nature and adventure sports. Her degree in Adventure Tourism Management, gave her a spring board into facilitating outdoor activities, which she used to work with marginalised young people and children in care. She has a long background in working outdoors with youth groups, adults and schools, connecting people to nature, themselves and each other. Leah has always been fascinated by the many uses of plants and fungi and loves nothing better than to share her passion and knowledge with others to promote wellbeing for people and the planet.
Leah has been leading foraging walks for the past 7 years and has a vast knowledge of plants and fungi, she is qualified bush craft practitioner with 18 years experience in leading groups outdoors in a variety of activities and settings. Qualified in Youth Work, various adventure activities, Outdoor first aid, Permaculture Design, Nature Well facilitation with the Natural Academy and is continually inspired to keep learning ways to promote the wellbeing of people and the planet. Her next goal is to become a qualified herbalist.
She is in the process of creating a beautiful, bountiful space in North Wales for people to visit and learn the principles of permaculture, forest and no dig gardening and skills like foraging and bush craft.
Workshops to inspire, empower and connect you to nature.
What is Foraging?
In simple terms foraging is the process of harvesting wild plants and fungi as food, medicine and for other practical purposes, but to us it’s much more.
It’s well researched, that being in nature can have a profound effect on our physical and mental wellbeing. Fresh air, gentle exercise and nurturing a sense of connection to the land, are all beneficial aspects of time in nature, but perhaps foraging goes a step further in aiding this connection. Foraging is a very mindful activity, it’s all about slowing down and tuning in to your senses. Understanding the abundance of our hedgerows, woodlands, meadows and shorelines encourages us to protect our land and ignites a reciprocal relationship with nature. When we are mindful about picking responsibly and sustainably, foraging helps us to reconnect to our land and the knowledge which has been lost in the technological world of today.
