{"product_id":"trees","title":"Tree and Shrub Notebook Collection: Folklore, Food, and Medicine","description":"\u003cp\u003eMost of us can name 20 brands without thinking. Some of us can't name the tree outside our own front door, let alone what it was once used for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat wasn't always true. For 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. Which bark eased a fever. Which tree you simply didn't cut down without asking first.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat relationship took centuries to build. It's taken less than three generations to nearly lose it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRobin Harford is an ethnobotanical researcher and wild food educator 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\u003eFor years he worked through old herbals, regional folklore collections and plant-lore studies most people have never heard of.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe result is this collection of fifteen notebooks, one for each of Britain's most significant trees and shrubs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn them you'll discover:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe old beliefs and rituals once wrapped around these trees, and what was really behind them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhich parts were eaten, and how\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheir traditional and modern medicinal uses, alongside safety notes you need to be aware of\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to identify each tree with a proper botanical profile and colour photographs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe other, quieter uses of them — for dye, for timber, for craft\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese notebooks are about 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\u003cp\u003eYou can't get your forebears relationship with the land back exactly as it was. But you can pick it back up and pass it on to your nearest and dearest.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhich trees and shrubs are covered?\u003c\/h2\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\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat people say\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I’m loving all the notebooks! 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 just started reading your wonderful notebooks. I have a small amount of knowledge and find your extensive writings absolutely absorbing.\" - Mandy Conway\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8725\/2100\/files\/about-the-author-robin-harford.png?v=1770824981\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRobin Harford is an ethnobotanical researcher and wild food educator whose work explores the relationship between people and plants.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe founded his foraging school in 2008, and his courses have been recognised by BBC Countryfile as among the finest in the UK. He is the creator of Eatweeds, a resource on wild food and ethnobotany 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, Harford has travelled across Africa, India, South-East Asia, Europe and the United States, documenting the traditional uses of wild edible and medicinal plants. His work has been featured by BBC Good Food, The Guardian, The Times, The Independent and The Daily Telegraph.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe is a member of the Society for Ethnobotany, the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, the Herb Society and the Association of Foragers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRobin Harford\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePages:\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e771\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBook Type:\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEbook\/Digital Download\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eA4\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePrice\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e£24.95\u003c\/strong\u003e\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","url":"https:\/\/shop.eatweeds.co.uk\/products\/trees","provider":"Eatweeds","version":"1.0","type":"link"}