Edible and Medicinal Wild Plants of Britain and Ireland.
The weekly shop keeps getting more expensive. Rocket: £2.49. Fresh herbs: £1.80 for a handful. Baby spinach: £2.50.
The small things that make meals feel alive quietly add pounds to the bill.
What if some of the best ingredients were already growing outside your door? For free.
Your great-grandparents knew this. Before supermarkets, people fed themselves from what grew around them.
Wild garlic. Nettles. Sorrel. Chickweed.
These weren’t “superfoods.” They were just food. And they still are.
Robin Harford has spent over two decades teaching people to forage safely—not as a hobby, but as a practical skill that lowers grocery bills.
In this field guide, he covers forty-eight common edible plants you can identify with confidence. Each entry includes:
- Clear photos so you can spot it at a glance
- Safety notes so you never pick the wrong thing
- When and where to harvest
- Simple kitchen uses so you actually eat what you find
No Latin names to memorise. No guesswork. Just: “There it is. That’s edible. Here’s how to use it.”
“Loving this book, straight away I was able to find 4 nutritious weeds in my small garden. Amazing to find out all the nutrient packed foods which can be found, especially since cost of food so high right now.” — Virginia F.
“A really useful and money saving book. We now use wild plants for food and healing at our organic farm.” — Joanna B.
“Thanks so much I am loving free food!” — Jane W.
Every walk you take is already passing wild edible plants. You’re just not seeing them yet. This guide changes that.
Order Edible and Medicinal Wild Plants of Britain and Ireland today.
- Ships same day if ordered before 3pm, Monday–Friday
- 30-day return policy: If you’re not delighted, return the book unused in their original condition for a full refund. No fuss.
The Seasonal Foraging Bundle.
Wild garlic season lasts about six weeks. Then it’s gone. And if that’s the only wild plant you know, you’re back to paying supermarket prices for the other forty-six weeks of the year.
One season of free food is helpful. Foraging year-round changes everything.
When wild garlic fades in late spring, other plants take its place. When nettles die back in summer, new leaves and berries arrive. The land doesn’t stop giving—you just need to know what’s available when.
This bundle gives you that knowledge: three seasonal guides (Spring, Summer, Autumn) plus the flagship field guide, Edible & Medicinal Wild Plants of Britain & Ireland. Together, they cover:
- What’s growing free in every season
- Clear photos and harvest times for dozens of edible plants
- Safety notes and simple kitchen uses
- How to replace shop-bought herbs, greens and aromatics all year long
No complicated foraging theory. Just practical guidance for finding free ingredients, month after month, so your weekly shop gets smaller while your meals get better.
Buy the three seasonal guides and get the main field guide free. Year-round abundance. Year-round savings.
- Get the Seasonal Foraging Bundle (Buy 3 seasonal guides, get the main guide free)
- Ships same day if ordered before 3pm, Monday–Friday
- 30-day return policy: If you’re not delighted, return the books unused in their original condition for a full refund. No fuss.
About the author, Robin Harford.
Robin Harford helps people find free food growing wild around them.
Since 2008, he’s been teaching foraging, not as a hobby, but as a practical skill that lowers grocery bills and reconnects people with the land.
His courses are listed at the top of BBC Countryfile’s ‘Best foraging courses in the UK’. His website, eatweeds.co.uk, was recommended by Michelin chef Richard Corrigan for The Times’ Top 50 Websites For Food and Drink.
Robin wrote Edible and Medicinal Wild Plants of Britain and Ireland. Over 60,000 copies sold. Readers use it to identify plants safely and turn walks into buffet.
He’s travelled to Africa, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and the USA, documenting how indigenous cultures use wild plants for food and medicine.
That fieldwork, combined with memberships in the Society for Ethnobotany, the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, and the Herb Society, shapes everything he teaches.
BBC Good Food, Sainsbury’s, The Guardian, The Times, The Independent, and The Daily Telegraph have all recommended his work.
You’ll occasionally find him on national and local radio and television, talking about the edible plants most people walk past every day.
The mission is simple: help you eat better, spend less, and see the world around you differently.