NEW! – Seasonal Wild Plant Recipes
Seasonal Wild Plant Recipes is a collection of some of Jules Cooper’s favourite wild plant recipes that she has used in her foraging events since moving to Ynys Môn (Isle of Anglesey).
The recipes are inspired by the beautiful wild plants growing on her smallholding, in magical woodlands, the heathland, her local beach in Llanfwrog, and other free spirits who share her passion. Due to the diversity of locations on the island, there is an abundance of wild food to be foraged, so snacks like Jules’ legendary pakoras can eaten all year round. She often uses seasonal plants like Wild Garlic, Three Cornered Leek, Chickweed, Fat hen, Sea beet and even Dandelion flowers to prepare some truly unique and very tasty snacks and dishes!
Harvest from the hedgerows and turn nature’s bounty into delicious produce to enjoy with family & friends. This unique little recipe book is a second edition printed on paper certified by the Forest Steward Council (FSC) in North Wales by Snowdonia Design & Print. The cover artwork, with personalised bespoke illustrations for each special recipe, is designed by Troy Cooper. Dimensions: 5.8” x 8.3” (A5) there are 48 inner pages.
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PRICE: £11.99
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The Little Hedgewitch Storybook
The Little Hedgewitch is an eco-storybook for children written by Jules Cooper and illustrated by Femke van Vent
The 64 page book is a limited edition printed back to back in English and Welsh. The book also contains three wild food recipes.
The Little Hedgewitch was inspired by Jules’ relationship with the beautiful, ancient hedgerows on her Anglesey smallholding. It started out as a poem in 2010 when she first moved there. Some of her hedgerows sit on the old parish boundary and are estimated to be around 400 years old. These hedgerows are like mini eco-systems, vibrant and abundant with life, producing a great wealth of healthy food and medicine – and full of magic and mystery. Jules recognised that not all of Anglesey’s hedgerows were so healthy. Many are managed using rotary flail hedge cutting machines which often render the hedgerows weak and vulnerable and at worst, kill them. It was the plight of our endangered wild spaces and hedgerows that inspired her to start writing children’s books about protecting nature.
The story tells of the Little Hedgewitch who is bewitched by a clever dragonfly and taken away from the safety of her magical island and beloved hedgerows to face the devastation of the hedgerows in Darcland. With the help of a starling, the little Hedgewitch finds her inner strength and helps the hedgerows to recover and realise their potential and own magic that dwells inside them.
In the age of computers and mobiles, where children spend more time indoors, it is hoped that The Little Hedgewitch will capture the hearts of children and fill them with a love of nature so they take an active interest in the natural world around them, and become our future conservationists for the benefit of all things wild, both plants and humans.
The first run of books has been printed as a limited edition, back to back in Welsh and English drawing attention to the unique cultural heritage, language and identity of Anglesey, which inspired the magical island where the Little Hedgewitch lives.
Printed by Snowdonia Design & Print
64 pages, printed back to back in English & Welsh
Dimensions: 8. 27” x 8.66”
PRICE: £9.99
+ postage & packing – £3.99 (within UK only)
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