Edible and Medicinal Wild Plants of Britain and Ireland: A Foraging and Photographic Identification Guide

Covers forty eight wild edible and medicinal plants of Britain and Ireland. Includes multiple full-colour photographs of each plant to help make identification easy. I wrote this book to help you rediscover our forgotten plant heritage. To learn how to use wild plants as food and medicine. Knowledge that was once common to everyone. Each individual plant profile includes: common name scientific name family an easy to understand botanical description multiple full colour photos of each plant when the plant flowers where it is found a historical summary which parts of the plant to use how the plant is used as food its nutritional profile its traditional folk medicine uses and finally, safety notes For over fifteen years I have experimented and explored the world of wild plants. Uncovering how our ancestors used plants to nourish and heal themselves. I’ve spent thousands of hours digging through scientific papers, read hundreds of books. Even gone so far as to be nomadic for over a year. During this time I followed the seasons and plants around the highways and byways of these isles. I have written this book to help you rediscover our forgotten plant heritage. To learn how to use wild plants as food and medicine. Knowledge that was once common to everyone. NICE THINGS PEOPLE HAVE PREVIOUSLY SAID Robin’s infectious encyclopaedic enthusiasm is borne from complete commitment to his chosen field. - Michael Kusz I absolutely love this book, it is a very valuable foraging companion on wild walks and as reference when I teach forest school. - Lara Butler In only a few weeks this exceptional book has helped increase my knowledge of and awareness of, the wild larder that is always within our grasp. Stepping back into the wild with this book has really felt like coming home and I am so grateful to the author for enabling this adventure. - Jon Brumby My love of the plants and my interaction with them was given a massive boost by your knowledge. - Pip Martin ABOUT THE AUTHOR Robin Harford is a forager, ethnobotanical researcher and wild food educator. He has published numerous foraging guide books. He established his wild food foraging school in 2008 and his foraging courses were recently voted #1 in the country by BBC Countryfile. Robin is the creator of eatweeds.co.uk, which is listed in The Times Top 50 websites for food and drink. He has travelled extensively documenting and recording the traditional and local uses of wild food plants in indigenous cultures, and his work has taken him to Africa, India, SE Asia, Europe and the USA. Robin regularly appears on national and local radio and television. He has been recommended in BBC Good Food magazine, Sainsbury’s magazine as well as in The Guardian, The Times, The Independent, The Daily Telegraph etc.