Fun and educational outdoor learning
4th October 2024
Event Details:
- Duration: 110 minutes
- Starting Point: 4th Coalville Colony
- Meeting Point: 124 Ashby road, LE67 3LB
Safety Briefing and Plan:
Before embarking on our journey, we gathered at the 4th Scouts Hut for a safety briefing. The explorers successfully created teams and we set of for our adventure with fully charge headtorches.
Plants, Trees and Mushrooms we have discovered.
As we walked towards the Coalville park, we pointed out various edible plants and started completing the activities. Despite the darkness we have spotted many plants, tress and mushrooms with edible use. We have also found some poisonous and medicinal mushroom as well es lovely edible parasol.
Here is the list of some of the plants/trees and mushrooms we have learnt about:
Plants:
- Nettles
- Wood avens – practicing sense of smell
- Dog rose: training our memory.
- Thistle
- Hogweed
Trees:
- Sycamore
- Lime/Linden
- Oak
- Willow
- Elder
- Silver birch
Mushrooms:
- King Alfred’s cake
- Jelly ear mushroom – we even grew our own ears!
- Birch polypore
- Birch night
- Pale oysterling
- Shaggy parasol
Despite the darkness, the explorers completed all the activities and we all had a great time together.
