Totally Wild UK Anmeldelser 78

After years of following them on socials and getting great newsletters, I finally got out and did the Lea Valley Location with Kelly this month. Her knowledge and passion was amazing. The intro was super helpful, the pace of the day was perfect. Kelly had loads of science facts (That I wont remember) which were great to hear without it being overwhelming. I learnt loads about topical skin care and health benefits and also sensible advise about what not to do. The group size was 10 which was perfect. Everyone was fully engaged with it. This day added to my limited foraging knowledge and has inspired me to do more. The cooking part, well organised and the food was impressive. It's great that the company supports the staff in the prep for that.
Overall a great day, would highly recommend.

Top tips for joining - Be prepared to stand around, a lot. Take a camping stall if standing too long is an issue, be prepared to not always be near a toilet. Take extra snacks if you need to as the meal is later in the day but is rather filling and worth the wait.

Some low reviews on here are about admin/website issues. The booking system on the website is a bit glitchy. I had to cancel my attendance first time round and was offered to rebook with no losses. I called directly to discuss as I cant deal with chatbots etc. I was impressed with the staff who helped me out.

As for cancellations, they are going to happen, just accept that and ask to be compensated or rebook and if you are treated well why still give a poor score.

A great day with Kristopher in Grizedale. We took away so much from the experience. It was 10/10. We came away feeling reallly happy and learnt so much

My recent course was in Tegg's Nose Country Park led by Fez. It was a really great day, I learnt a lot from the experience and we were amazed at the creativity and variety of foraging suggestions and uses for foraged items Fez had.
Whilst we took notes, it was also great to receive a follow-up email that listed everything we had seen and talked about as well as their various uses. (It was made clear on the day this would happen, and so whilst buying the company's books was an option, it didn't feel pushy or like we'd miss out on what we learnt if we didn't get the book)
In some ways, we were lucky with the weather as it was very bright and sunny, but there was quite a strong wind which made cooking on the camping stove for the meal a bit challenging - but Fez managed it and we really enjoyed the fresh flavours of what we'd foraged (plus a few extras that had to be foraged from the shop - I may be a novice but I don't think rice crackers are particularly easy to forage otherwise!)
As a guide, Fez was friendly, funny and knowledgeable. We only had 4 people in our group so we had plenty of opportunity to ask questions which Fez was very happy to answer. We also really appreciated sampling some of his collection of syrups and drinks made from foraged items.
Overall, we had a lovely day, and I'd definitely recommend the course to anyone interested in getting into foraging. Maybe if you're already interested in foraging, it might not be as useful, but as an almost complete beginner (wild garlic and blackberries were previously my limit) I learnt a lot and felt like it was a really effective way of getting learning and hands-on practice with a helpful, knowledgable guide to prevent any mishaps.

Fabulous day and lots of information to take away and digest. Leo was a fantastic guide full of enthusiasm and very knowledgeable. Gorgeous day and the food tasted amazing. Would 100% advise you to try foraging. Want to learn more!

Enjoyed every minute of our experience with Hazel at Hawes Villa. She was highly knowledgeable and had so much wisdom to share with us! Lovely to try some interesting recipes with the foraged ingredients too. Would highly recommend.

Aaron was awesome!! My son & I enjoyed every minute.
Would highly recommend:)

Loved it. I had a great 4 hours on cold damp day in Worcester Woods. Our expert Brooke was not only a font of enthusiastic knowledge, but funny with it. I learnt so much and will never walk blindly through a wood or hedge row again.

A great day on Cannock Chase with our Guide Brooke. The world needs more Brookes! Very well read and knowledgeable about all things outdoors. He made everyone at ease, 16 strangers needed up talking to one another within minutes. Not too much to find in November but we had a great day. Thanks Brooke!

An intesting and enjoyable few hours at Tegg's Nose, Macclesfield, led by Fez. Fez was a mine of information, and he cooked a great meal containing a good amount of our foraged greens and fungi.
I'd had to change the day, and that was a pain to be honest. I'll spare you the saga but once I ditched the chatbot and email and found the phone number for a human it was OK (that's why it's 4* not 5*)

My daughter and I just spent a Sunday with our professional forager Joshua at Pentiddy Woods. The whole experience from start to end was professional, informative and friendly. We learnt so much and even more inspired to continue our foraging learning journey. Thank you for an amazing day Josh!

Cancelled the event at short notice. Given the other reviews on here I wonder if cancelling & offering vouchers is a deliberate strategy.

I bought the experience for my father's 70th birthday and they cancelled the day before, and they also accidentally sent him an email for another course that was cancelled as well.

I ended up getting a refund from Virgin Experience Days.

Be warned that there's a high chance that your experience will be cancelled by Totally Wild

Wow what a fab day!! A day learning how to forage followed by a 4 course meal based on all our foraging finds. Amazingly educational, eye opening and inspirational, all based on plants that you can easily find, would recommend to anyone!! Thank you Josh for your amazing knowledge and expertise. 💕💕💕 Jo and Ali

Really enjoyed the foraging experience day. Something very different, we learnt lots, had a very engaging and interesting guide (Brooke at Cannock). Very accommodating to any questions or any direction the group wanted the tour to go in, food was fab, and felt comfortable the whole time. Tour started late due to hosts car troubles, however the group was offered an additional hour at the end of the tour to make up for it. We left happy and would recommend for a fun and interesting day.

Course got cancelled twice due to circumstances out of either sides control, so we waited two years and paid £140 for a foraging guide who had never been to the site before which was full of dog poo and next to a main road, guide was friendly but the whole experience felt hugely underwhelming for the money paid, then emailed into customer services who just ignored our email, won't be recommending to others

UPDATE: They emailed me back offering a full refund and an apology for our experience which we accepted, this was on 11th July, they have now been ignoring us since then despite multiple follow up emails

This was a fantastic experience. I bought it as a Xmas gift for my husband. We went to swinsty reservoir Harrogate (a lovely place) our leader Fez was so knowledgeable and enthusiastic. He appeared to livevand breathe foraging and was the perfect person to lead especially as he was an ex chef too. Which was useful when we were cooking some of our foraging. The day was so enjoyable, we were there for 6 hours but Fez was continously interesting and held everyone's attention. It was excellent and I'd definitely recommend the forage and cook experience.

Great day out. Very relaxing and great food. Brook, the forager, was brilliant. Enthusiastic, knowledgeable and funny. Kept us entertained and fed us well.
Kimchi Tapenard! You need to market that. It’s beautiful.

Fascinating day learning a huge amount about the plants around us, edible and otherwise. Knowledgable friendly guide in Aaron who has the patience of a Saint answering all our questions!

Website still down - guess the company is no longer trading

Unable to book anything or use my vouchers. Chat is not able to resolve the issue and there is no other contact details. I am moving my vouchers to a different experience.