Foraging Walk with Erda Botanical Crafting Workshop

This 1.5h walk will be co-hosted by Becky from Erda Botanicals, a very talented florist from Lancashire who roams the UK in 2025 to share her craft and wisdom of making stunning natural botanical centre pieces.
Her workshops back home are very popular and this is a unique opportunity to create something very special for your yourself or as a gift.

The Chilworth Gunpowder Mills are ideal for a stunning walk with overgrown waterways, mixed woodland and waterfalls leading the way to the Chilworth Vineyard . We will be able to forage many areas where nature grew, reshaped, decayed and reclaimed exposed structures. This is your time to roam, and be part of Becky’s journey here in the Surrey Hills.

At the cosy Surrey Nest, Becky will guide us to create stunning table pieces, glass bowl gardens*, wall hangings etc with our foraged botanicals and found items. We will provide some moss and wire to get you started. Bring your own glass containers. Snacks and drinks are provided.

Meet your Co-host Becky from Erda Botanicals:
Becky, is a florist, a flower grower, a botanical artist and a forager of botanical elements.
After 25 years of acting, a change in her career led her to a movement called Flowers From the Farm, which promotes and champions British-grown flowers, grown on whatever sized plot is available.
Becoming a home grower and qualified florist, she supplied weddings, funerals and events. Her style evolved and she found herself creating arrangements that looked like as if they’d been plucked from the woodland.

Becky will create these special worlds with us and share the process of making and connecting to the nature we work in. It’s time to nurture the soul and creativity.

Difficulty: Walk is slow paced. Beginners welcome. No botanical skill required.
Duration: 4h (1.5h walking and 2h workshop at the Nest In Chilworth.)
Facilities: During workshop at the Surrey Nest

Bring: Comfortable walking clothing, secateurs, gardening gloves, a bag or basket to collect pieces of wood and botanicals. You can also bring already collected pieces of wood, moss or containers, or a glass bowl to use as a base.
Meet / park: The walk starts from our meeting point at Old Manor Lane, Chilworth, Guildford GU4 8NE.
Our workshop is at the Surrey Nest, 10min away. We’d recommend parking close to the Surrey Nest and walking to our starting point with your basket and secateurs.

Park: Surrey Nest, 52 New Rd, Chilworth, Guildford GU4 8LU, United Kingdom (Park on main road not in residential roads)
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Meeting point: By Billboard at Old Manor Lane, Chilworth, Guildford GU4 8NE
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Please arrive 5 min early.
Spaces: Max 10 spaces

Note: if you want to book for more than 1 person, please book for yourself and email simone@backontrack.live