Coastal Foraging Adventure

With Robin Kort

June 10 - 14, 2026

Book now and get 10% off accommodation prices. Offer valid until Mar 11, 2026.

Date and Time Details:
Program begins: June 10, 2026 6:30pm
Program ends: June 14, 2026 1:30pm
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Package Pricing: Click Register Now to view availability of accommodations and all-inclusive pricing. Learn more about our accommodation types.

Scholarships: Hollyhock programs are enriched by welcoming a multitude of voices and experiences that reflect global plurality. The Hollyhock scholarship program is one of the key strategies we employ to expand program access to underrepresented and marginalized communities. Learn more and apply.

Cancellation Policy: If you need to cancel more than 30 days before the start of the program, you'll be refunded the balance minus the 20% non-refundable deposit. No refunds or credits within 30 days of arrival. Please see Full Terms and Conditions for more information.

  • Private Cabin Oceanfront – CAD $3,690.00
  • Single w/ensuite Oceanfront – CAD $2,890.00
  • Single w/ensuite – CAD $2,730.00
  • Single w/shared bathroom – CAD $2,370.00
  • Couple w/ensuite Oceanfront – CAD $4,620.00
  • Couple w/ensuite – CAD $4,300.00
  • Couple w/shared bathroom – CAD $4,020.00
  • Twin w/ensuite oceanfront – CAD $2,330.00
  • Twin w/ensuite – CAD $2,170.00
  • Twin w/shared bathroom – CAD $1,990.00
  • Three-share w/shared bathroom – CAD $1,830.00
  • Women's Dorm – CAD $1,630.00
  • Men's Dorm – CAD $1,630.00
  • All-Gender Dorm – CAD $1,630.00
  • Tent Site Single – CAD $1,610.00
  • Tent Site Couple – CAD $3,020.00
  • Commuter – CAD $1,470.00
    • All Packages Include CAD $1,370.00 Tuition and meals
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Forage for wild food and cook with professional forager, cookbook author and sommelier Chef Robin Kort of Swallow Tail Culinary Adventures.

Connect to the food of the coastal ecosystem on Cortes Island from forest to sea. Foraging at the sea tunes your senses to the ebb and flow of the tides, teaching us to time harvests to the rhythm of the sea and the seasons. Learn about gathering sustainable, delicious ingredients like crab, nori, sea lettuce, evergreen tips, spring mushrooms, licorice fern, clams, oysters or whatever we come across in our walks by the sea. Bring your harvest to the fireside and learn how to cook and preserve our treasure.

Foraging and cooking with wild food will ignite a passion and respect for the precious nature that surrounds us.

The workshop will be balanced between hands-on food preservation and simple cooking classes, seaside walks, demonstrations and, of course, eating and enjoying the fruits of our harvest.

By the End of the Program You Will:

  • Have the confidence to identify what you can safely eat from the forest to the beach in coastal BC.
  • Develop wildcraft skills to know what you can harvest and when you can be most successful in filling your basket.
  • Learn tips and tricks to make cooking easy and fun, from smoking shellfish on a fire to hand harvested pickled maple blossoms to making your own seaweed spice mixes.

For This Program You Must:

  • Participants in this program must purchase their own, individual Fishing License in order to participate in this program. Please visit Tidal Waters Sport Fishing licence to view the fees and for the link to purchase. You will need a 3-day License spanning June 11-13, 2026.

Material Fee

Additional supply costs ($60 CAD) for this program are included in the package pricing.

*Fishing License not included, please see “For This Program You Must” for link to purchase.

Testimonial

“Chef Robin has been a huge inspiration and influence on my culinary style, I have taken her foraging courses and went on a couple of sea foraging walks and loved them!” -Eli, Past participant

Daily Schedule

A detailed schedule will be emailed to you about 30 days prior to your program. Click here to view a sample program schedule.

About the Presenter

Robin Kort

In a lifetime of living, harvesting and cooking between the Coast Mountains and the Pacific Ocean near Vancouver, BC, Chef Robin Kort has gathered an abundance of delicious local plants, wild mushrooms and fresh seafood into culinary repertoire. Her cooking has been influenced by her mother, grandmother and many chef mentors from around the world […]

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