Our story

About Veld and Sea

There is flavour, food and medicine all around us, we just have to learn how to recognize it.Join us tracking the edible landscape through the seasons with educational, immersive and wildly delicious experiences.Based at the Good Hope Gardens Nursery in Cape Point, Veld and Sea offers:

Wild food foraging workshops

Interactive pop up dinners

Adventure weekends

Nature inspired workshops

Curated experiences for corporate/brands/film

Travelling foraging workshops

Founder / Forager

Roushanna Gray

Founder of Veld and Sea, Roushanna Gray is a wild food artist, foodie and avid forager. She shares her passion about the edible landscape edible through immersive educational experiences, connection and creativity. Inspired by the natural world around her, she has been working with the exciting and diverse wild flavors found in the mountains, veld, and gardens for the last 14 years. The wide range of delicious and nutritious culinary offerings from the beautiful inter-tidal rock pools along the South African coastline also play a major role in her cooking and teaching. In 2019 she won the Spier Sustainability award at the Food XX and Eatout awards for her efforts to highlight South Africa’s local edible plant culture and to educate people on foraging as well as the Most Authentic African Experience award for recognition of excellence in the hospitality division by the Cape Town Experience Awards

Testimonials

“Veld and Sea are THE real authentic foraging experience. Their venue is so beautifully and effortlessly curated, the foraging (we did it in pouring rain) is such a learning experience and a true reflection of how we can harmoniously eat… the deliciosity of the meal we produced under their care, was so unique and scrumptious, a totally one off experience. If you are a local, please go and support them throughout the year, if you are a tourist GO.. you will never experience raw nature turns into a delicious multi-faceted experience like this anywhere else.”

Lauren Kotze

“Driving to Veld and Sea on Saturday, I was feeling really anxious that my sister and I had put all our trust into people we’d never met before to create a wonderful and memorable birthday for our mom. The description of the day sounded magical on the website, but you never really know what you’re going to find in reality. But from the moment we arrived, we knew we had made the right choice. It was a beautiful experience from start to finish, all gently and expertly guided by Roushanna and her team, Erica and Ryan. The venue, the food, the music, the mind-blowingly amazing smelling herbs, the gorgeous flower garlands, the whole experience…it was wonderful! We couldn’t have hoped for more. Roushanna, the passion and love for what you do is tangible. Thank you for sharing your world with us for one day. Thank you for going above and beyond for us, and making our mom’s birthday such a special one. We truly appreciate it! The message from my mom: “A huge thank you for the most unbelievable birthday experience, gift and treat today. It surpassed any thing I could ever imagine. It will be etched in my memory as one very happy, creative birthday celebration. A truly spectacular day.”

Tracy Leigh Rauch