{"product_id":"edible-and-medicinal-wild-plants-of-britain-and-ireland-9781670727695","title":"Edible and Medicinal Wild Plants of Britain and Ireland","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdible and Medicinal Wild Plants of Britain and Ireland\u003c\/strong\u003e by Harford, Robin. Paperback edition. ISBN: 9781670727695.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTHIS IS THE HYBRID EDITION: There are no photos in the actual book, instead, the photos come as a downloadable ebook. See below.\n\nEdible and Medicinal Wild Plants of Britain and Ireland covers forty-eight wild plants.\nI 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.\nIMPORTANT - READ BEFORE YOU BUY\nPrinting colour books is expensive. I want my work to be as accessible to as many people as possible. In order to keep costs down there are no colour photos in this paperback.\n\nInstead, you can download the accompanying PDF photo identification guide that includes multiple full-colour photographs of each plant to help make identification easy.\nWHATS COVERED IN THE PAPERBACK a historical summary of each plant which parts of the plant to use as food traditional and modern food uses nutritional breakdown traditional folk medicine uses safety notes and contraindications\nWHATS COVERED IN THE FREE DOWNLOADABLE PDF PHOTO GUIDE multiple full colour photos of each plant common name scientific name family botanical description flowering time habitat: where the plant is found status: perennial, annual, biennial etc. whether it is native or non-native\nFor over fifteen years I have experimented and explored the world of wild plants. Uncovering how our ancestors used plants to nourish and heal themselves.\nI’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.\nI 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.\nNICE THINGS PEOPLE HAVE PREVIOUSLY SAID\nI absolutely love this book, it is a very valuable foraging companion on wild walks and as reference when I teach forest school. - Lara Butler\nIn 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\nRobin’s infectious encyclopaedic enthusiasm is borne from complete commitment to his chosen field. - Michael Kusz\nMy love of the plants and my interaction with them was given a massive boost by your knowledge. - Pip Martin\nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nRobin Harford is a forager, ethnobotanical researcher and wild food educator. He has published numerous foraging guide books.\nHe established his wild food foraging school in 2008 and his foraging courses were recently voted #1 in the country by BBC Countryfile.\nRobin is the creator of eatweeds.co.uk, which is listed in The Times Top 50 websites for food and drink.\nHe 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.\nRobin 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Majosta","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44989250371637,"sku":"ByrdShop_1670727696","price":226.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781670727695_2d6dab10-fbbb-434d-b9c3-7f9d21686f29.jpg?v=1778751772","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/edible-and-medicinal-wild-plants-of-britain-and-ireland-9781670727695","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}