Despite how common and easy to identify Wild Garlic is, this species is in my top ten favorite wild foods to forage. It’s versatile, delicious and plentiful. Just make sure theres enough room in your freezer.
Delicious and beneficial. Wild Garlic is a relation of our much used cultivated garlic. The juice from the plant has been used for eons to steralise wounds.
All parts of Wild Garlic can be used. The seed heads are wonderful when pan fried and used as a topping. The flowers make a pretty addition to a salad, and the leaves can be used in so many ways.
Feb – June for the leaves.
April – May/June for the flowers.
May-June for the seed heads.
The bulbs can be collected at any time of year.
Very common throughout the British Isles, Wild Garlic can be found in deciduous woodland and shady hedgerows.
