{"title":"E-books","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"trees","title":"The Complete Tree and Shrub Notebook Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c!-- obsidian --\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eFifteen trees. Their forgotten stories. Folklore, food and medicine, gathered in one place.\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost of us can name twenty brands without thinking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome of us can't name the tree outside our own front door.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLet alone what it was once used for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnd here's the truth of it:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat wasn't always the case.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor most of human history, every hedge, every roadside oak, every scrubby patch of woodland carried a name, a use, a warning, a story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePeople knew which berries fed you, and which ones could kill you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhich bark eased a fever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhich tree you simply didn't cut down without asking first.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat relationship took centuries to build.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's taken less than three generations to nearly lose it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat this is\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the Complete Tree and Shrub Notebook Collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFifteen notebooks. One for each of Britain's most significant trees and shrubs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAsh. Beech. Crab Apple. Elder. Hawthorn. Hazel. Lime. Oak. Pine. Rosehip. Rowan. Sea Buckthorn. Sloe. Strawberry Tree. Wild Service Tree.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten by Robin Harford (full bio below), an ethnobotanical researcher who has spent more than two decades trying to recover exactly this kind of knowledge before it disappears for good.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e771 pages, drawn from old herbals, regional folklore collections, and plant-lore studies most people have never heard of.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat you'll discover\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe old beliefs and rituals once wrapped around each tree, and what was really behind them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhich parts were eaten, and how — traditional recipes alongside contemporary food uses\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTraditional and modern medicinal uses, with the safety notes you need to know\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA proper botanical profile for each tree, with colour photographs, so you can identify it with confidence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe quieter uses — for dye, for timber, for craft\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the difference between walking past a tree and knowing it. Between a landscape that's just scenery, and one that means something again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhy this doesn't exist anywhere else\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLook for a book that does what this does, and you won't find one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost books pick a single angle. A foraging guide sticks to identification and food. A herbal sticks to medicine. Folklore gets its own separate shelf entirely.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection doesn't work that way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt keeps the folklore, the food and the medicine of each tree together in one notebook, because that's how the knowledge actually lived. Nobody who once relied on a hawthorn hedge separated the story from the cure — it was a single body of knowledge, passed down whole.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs far as I know, nothing else on the market covers these fifteen trees at this depth, in one place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhy this is a digital download\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a digital download. Available immediately.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt 771 pages, this collection runs closer to three ordinary books than one slim guide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinting something this size, to a standard that does the photography and the research justice, costs real money. In a cost-of-living crisis, that cost has to land somewhere — either in a much higher price, or in cut corners: thinner paper, smaller images, fewer pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor an independent author, neither of those sat right. So I went digital instead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe price stays at £24.95 for all fifteen notebooks, well below what a printed edition this size would need to charge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe photography stays large and sharp on a screen, sharper than cheap print could manage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd you're reading it minutes after you order, rather than waiting on a delivery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWho this is for\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection \u003cstrong\u003eIS\u003c\/strong\u003e for you if you want to:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecognise the trees around you, not just admire them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnderstand what earlier generations knew about them, and why\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCook and forage from trees and shrubs with confidence, safely\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePass this knowledge on to your children, or theirs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's probably \u003cstrong\u003eNOT\u003c\/strong\u003e for you if:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou want a slim field guide and nothing more than identification\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou're set on a printed book for the shelf\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolklore and history hold no interest for you\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat people say\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Great quality images and fascinating histories of medicine, folklore, cookery.\" - Angela Goddard\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The scope, scholarship, references and wonderful photographs make these notebooks a brilliant resource and a source of constant pleasure. Thank you.\" - Lynne Friedli\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\"I've often heard people say they wish they could download Robin's brain and I think this is the closest we're going to get! The notebooks don't disappoint and are a real blessing.\" - Adam Reeve\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\"I have a small amount of knowledge and find your extensive writings absolutely absorbing.\" - Mandy Conway\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2 dir=\"ltr\" class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\"\u003eThe practical bits\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e15 notebooks covering Ash, Beech, Crab Apple, Elder, Hawthorn, Hazel, Lime, Oak, Pine, Rosehip, Rowan, Sea Buckthorn, Sloe, Strawberry Tree and Wild Service Tree\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e771 pages, A4 format\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInstant digital download — available the moment you order\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReadable on any device: desktop, tablet or phone\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne-time payment. No subscription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePrice\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e£24.95\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003c!-- obsidian --\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe relationship people once had with these trees didn't disappear because it stopped mattering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt disappeared because nobody wrote it down in one place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow it is.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2 dir=\"ltr\" class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\"\u003eYour guide: Robin Harford\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8725\/2100\/files\/about-the-author-robin-harford.png?v=1770824981\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI am an ethnobotanical researcher and wild food educator and my work explores the relationship between people and plants.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI founded my foraging school in 2008. BBC Countryfile has named my courses among the finest in the UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI created Eatweeds, a wild food and ethnobotany resource recommended by Michelin-starred chef Richard Corrigan for inclusion in The Times' Top 50 Food and Drink Websites.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor more than two decades, I have travelled through Africa, India, South-East Asia, Europe and the United States, documenting the traditional uses of wild edible and medicinal plants.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMy work has featured in BBC Good Food, The Guardian, The Times, The Independent and The Daily Telegraph.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI am also a member of the Society for Ethnobotany, the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, the Herb Society, and the Association of Foragers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd the author of \u003cem\u003eEdible and Medicinal Wild Plants of Britain and Ireland\u003c\/em\u003e — over 65,000 copies sold.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Eatweeds Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57742311653758,"sku":null,"price":24.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8725\/2100\/files\/Ash.png?v=1784910193"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8725\/2100\/collections\/e-books-by-robin-harford.png?v=1785566754","url":"https:\/\/shop.eatweeds.co.uk\/collections\/e-books.oembed","provider":"Eatweeds","version":"1.0","type":"link"}