Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). The species mentioned in the book are growing in my surroundings (Cork,Ireland) which makes it practical and simple to use. My book covers forty-eight plants and includes multiple colour photographs for easy plant identification. Our Hedgerow Guide aims to help you forage for British plants that are relatively common in the wild, easy to find and good to eat – and to avoid those that are inedible or poisonous.

And provides plant lovers with a much-needed resource for understanding nature’s most useful wild plants. 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.

common namescientific namefamilyan easy to understand botanical descriptionmultiple full colour photos of each plantwhen the plant flowerswhere it is founda historical summarywhich parts of the plant to usehow the plant is used as foodits nutritional profileits traditional folk medicine usesand finally, safety notesFor over fifteen years I have experimented and explored the world of wild plants.

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. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. This did, however, help me to identify wild garlic in the early summer, which I foraged till I had no more room in my freezer! It just kinda falls flat in the reading experience if you can’t visualise what he is talking about, also not everyone has access and means to be able to download a guide, many households do not have internet access nor computers or laptops to download guides too.

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. Instead, you can download the accompanying PDF photo identification guide that includes multiple full-colour photographs of each plant to help make identification easy.

I feel if I can get to grips with the 48 common plants discussed in this book, I'll be a step closer to being able to knowing the environment around me on my walks. This is a book about plants (some very familiar, some quite rare), which you can eat, but without any illustrations it loses all its value. A flavour profile of each plant lets us know what taste we should expect and a nutritional profile informs us of the nutrients each plant provides. 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. Never rely on one source for plant identification, and never eat anything unless you are 100% sure it is edible.The nail file was perfectly described, however only gave 4 stars as the listing says 'in aluminium case' and mine is in an 'eco storage case' (i. 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. Each plant description tells us which parts of the plant can be used for food as well as how to use those parts. Alongside a growing want to try and use natural, rather than synthetic, methods to provide medicinal remedies and a general desire from a lot of us to get back to mature this book has come along at a great time. My book is considered an invaluable addition to any forager, herbalist, gardener, horticulturist or naturalist’s library.