‘It’s trendy’: wild garlic foragers leave bad taste in mouth of Cornish residents

Patrols suggested as residents say foragers collecting large bags of wild garlic are ruining annual supply

Usually in the springtime, Millham Lane in the Cornish town of Lostwithiel is flanked by thick, unbroken banks of strongly scented wild garlic.

But this year ugly gaps have appeared in the bright green swathe after they were stripped by foragers - apparently professionals - intent on sourcing a fresh, free ingredient for fashionable dishes such as wild garlic pesto.