There is a feast of flavour out there! Keen to explore?
Nikki Brighton is wild about weeds. A writer, activist, and locavore, she is well known in the Midlands for her passion for the environment, community, rewilding, and local living.
Nikki’s immersive experiences focus on finding and tasting weeds in gardens and public spaces. She knows all the spots to find wild food – and where to source the best local ingredients in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands. With Nikki as your guide, you will learn to identify various delicious edibles and surprise your palate while foraging for free food.
“The deliberate erasure of our knowledge is a great calamity. In this bountiful part of the world, nobody should be poor or hungry. Your workshops contribute to restoring our food memories.”
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Order Nikki’s Edible Weed Books here
Next Wild Dates: 1 – 3 August, The Good Life Show Kyalami Johannesburg; 4 August Weed Walk Emmarentia Dam; 5 August Uncultivated Food Wits Food Sovereignty Hub; 7 August Crocodile River Reserve; 9 August Edible Weeds & Wild Food Random Harvest Nursery, Muldersdrift; 31 August uNcwabe New Shoots Long Table Lunch Howick; 6 September Spring Leap Fest Karkloof; 20 September Spring Equinox Long Table Lunch Howick; 4 October Somerset West; 9 October Neighbourhood Farm, Fishhoek; 11 October Oranjezicht City Farm; 15 & 16 October SIllery Farm; 25 October Soil for Life Constantia; 28 October Rondebosch; 31 October Stellenbosch Garden Town, 1 & 2 November PlantStock Ricky’s Drift Klein Karoo
Books are available at Dustcovers in Nieu Bethesda; Bokmakiri in Swellendam; Dovehouse Organics in Howick; Hopewell Supply Store Howick; Woza Moya in Hillcrest; KZNSA Gallery Shop in Durban; The Cavern in Winterton; Three Tree Hill Lodge in Bergville; Sani Lodge Backpackers near Himeville; Oaklands Farm Stay in Van Reenen; Folio Books in Cape Town; The Book Lounge in Cape Town; Happy by Nature Nursery at Kirstenbosch, Happy by Nature Nursery Kloof, Gardens Road Cape Town; Kalk Bay Books; Clarke’s Books Cape Town; The Stellenbosch Bookshop, Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden Bookshop, The Sustainability Institute in Stellenbosch; Mountain Streams Nursery in Gordon’s Bay; Fogarty’s Bookshop in Gqeberha; Love Books Melville Johannesburg; Random Harvest Nursery in Muldersdrift; Jackson’s Real Food in Johannesburg; African Marmalade in Laezonia.
