Foraging for Healing Herbs - by Adele Nozedar (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

The bestselling author of Foraging With Kids shows us how to gather and use traditional herbs to boost wellbeing and scatter a little magic over our lives. Discover the ancient Nine Herbs Spell and learn to create your own!

Forage in the footsteps of the witches who gathered plants for the medieval Nine Herbs Spell, and explore the traditional healing powers of the herbs all around you.

Bestselling author Adele Nozedar introduces us to the wonder of the Nine Herbs Spell - the herbs that were most useful for medicine, food and magic in the early medieval period - before showing us how we can create our own healing charms today, whatever our local environment.

Divided into nine habitats, the book shares nine foragable plants from each environment, complete with their uses, photographs for ID, history and folk tales, each herb's healing properties, and thirty recipes for edibles and remedies throughout.

• CHAPTER 1: The Nine Plants Spell
• CHAPTER 2: Nine Fragrant Plants of a Garden
• CHAPTER 3: Nine Shady Plants of the Woodlands
• CHAPTER 4: Nine Bygone Plants of the Meadows
• CHAPTER 5: Nine Secret Plants of the Town
• CHAPTER 6: Nine Plashy Plants of the Wetlands and Riverbanks
• CHAPTER 7: Nine Bracing Plants of the Sea
• CHAPTER 8: Nine Shy Weeds of the Wastelands
• CHAPTER 9: Nine Cunning Herbs That Are Free

This book offers a fun new way to explore foraging and the use of herbs, discovering little-known treasures along the way.

Review Quotes

"This is an unusual, personal and really quite magical book, inspired by the true stories of real people."
- Lia Leendertz, gardening journalist and author of the bestselling Almanac series

"In this book, Adele reminds us of the sheer magic of herbs and plants and their ability to transform us, lift our mood and elevate us. These humble but mighty beings have been known for countless generations, yet in the book their ancient magic and beauty is groundbreaking, contemporary and incredibly exciting!"
- Kate and Andrew Perry, founders of Urban Herbs, authors of The Herb Gardening Handbook

"Adele's writing is a missing link between the lost stories, hidden powers, and healing gifts of the wild herbs we pass by every day."
- Gaz Oakley, chef and author of five books including Plant to Plate

About the Author

Adele Nozedar is the author of books including The Hedgerow Handbook, Foraging with Kids and The Tree Forager. She runs her own foraging school in the Brecon Beacons and is the only forager from Wales to be in the Lonely Planet! She is an ambassador for both The Herb Society and The Slow Food Movement; she has worked with Chatsworth gardeners to future-proof their grounds in view of global warming; she has worked with the Garden Museum for seven years as a forager and she is a regular at Hay Festival and Green Man Festival.

For more information, visit: breconbeaconsforaging.com