Her photographs have been widely published in books and magazines, including National Geographic, and she has worked as a wildlife illustrator and artist for many years, holding a number of exhibitions. The nutrients in herbs and many hedgerow plants are readily available to the human digestive: we absorb up to 48% of the vitamins and minerals in herbs and common plants compared to only 18% of fruit and vegetables.

I don't say this too often about the books, I review, but this book is without quesiton one you simply must have. The creamy billows of meadowsweet’s flowers have been used for mead, wine, beer and syrups, and still make a good choice. What I love most is that although you cannot just lug it around everywhere whilst foraging (you could with a rucksack) and collecting, it is so beautifully illustrated that in no time you will easily recognise the plants you need whilst out and about on our shores, woods, meadows, scrubland and even in many urban areas.Botanical gin and wild cocktails (using foraged herbs to make your own botanical gin) and the spice of life (exploring the medicinal qualities of spices and the fascinating history of the spice trade). It has the same layout, with its strong visual emphasis, and the same sequence of information in each chapter, with added emphasis on modern clinical work on the plant and simple medicinal recipes using it.

I have shared this knowledge it presents with the recipes and remedies with work colleagues who are amazed. The text blends the history of the plants with their modern herbal applications, folklore and botany. Since its publicaton in 2008, Hedgerow Medicine has become a herbal bestseller, the inspiration for medicinal foragers old and new. My mother has always been fascinated with 'herbalism' and it kind of rubbed off on me after I watched James Wong's Grow Your Own Drugs a few years ago. He was for three years revise sub-editor of Business Report, the largest-selling business daily in South Africa and he is currently publications director of the Society for Editors and Proofreaders (SfEP).She co-authored the vegetarian cookbook Vegetarian Masterpieces (1988, reprinted 8 times) and contributed to a weekly newspaper column on vegetarian cooking while living in the US.

Ranging from high blood pressure in my dad, anaemia, irregular menstrual cycles and infections (and much more). From plants of the hedgerow, wayside, backyard and kitchen, our books and courses cover foraging for food and medicine, and this passion continues into Julie’s unique silver botanical jewellery. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Fantastic book for anyone interested in making herbal preparations using very common and easy to find plants.Clear instructions on which plants to harvest and when, with over 120 recipes showing how to make then into teas, vinegars, oils, creams, pillows, poultices, alcohol-base tinctures and other remedies.

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It's a UK based book, but as someone living at a similar latitude in the US, it is perfectly applicable to my climate. Places are limited on the Attendance Course and, when you enrol, you are making a commitment to pay the annual fees in full. It is a richly illustrated guide to the wonderful healing mysteries of the common plants we may overlook when admiring our carefully cultivated garden roses, lilac or rhododendron blooms … Having read this book I find I walk in the countryside with new eyes and a far keener sense of observation, nibbling leaves and gathering seeds as I go. As well as being packed with practical information on using 50 native plants, this tenth-anniversary edition of Hedgerow Medicine also gives a fascinating insight into the literary, historic and worldwide application of these herbal remedies. First, we wanted to give you a beautiful book that is a joy to read, with the page-turning appeal of a good novel.