the wildcrafting herbarium
the wildcrafting herbarium
FORAGING, RECIPES & REMEDIES FOR EVERYDAY NOURISHMENT
A practical and intuitive companion for identifying, harvesting, and using wild and cultivated plants in your everyday life.
More than just a field guide, this book is designed to be used!
But as food, medicine, and quiet invitations back to nature?
What if the plants growing around you weren’t seen as weeds…
But as food, medicine, and quiet invitations back to nature?
What if the plants growing around you weren’t seen as weeds…
Inside the wildcrafting herbarium
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This 152-page hardcover book will carefully guide you through a selected collection of wild edibles, culinary herbs, and medicinal plants.
Each plant is presented with simple identification guidance, traditional uses, and ways to bring them into your daily life.
Inside you'll find:
30 plants (wild edibles, aromatic herbs, edible flowers)
Simple recipes, teas & herbal preparations
Clear identification guidance with look-alike warnings
Medicinal uses & contraindications
Seasonal and practical approaches
Designed for beginners and curious learners
From vibrant spring greens to nourishing herbal infusions and seasonal recipes, each page invites you to slow down, observe more closely, and rediscover the abundance that already exists around you.
Hardcover
35 €
152 pages // Hardcover
21 × 21 cm // Toile-bound
Printed in limited runs
Current stock available now
Digital PDF
19 €
*Prices do not include shipping or VAT
with each plant you'll discover...
Identification & Harvesting
Clear guidance on what to look for, when to harvest, and how to avoid common look-alikes, so you can wildcraft with curiosity and confidence.
Culinary Uses
How to bring each plant from your backyard to the kitchen. Whether eaten raw, infused, or cooked into a meal, you'll always know what to do with your harvest.
Vitamins & Minerals
The quiet nutritional power behind everyday plants. You'll see why what grows at your feet is often more nourishing than what sits in stores.
Herbal Benefits
Learn what makes each plant remarkable, from calming the nervous system to supporting digestion. Explained simply and accessibly, without the overwhelm.
Medicinal Uses
Traditional and practical applications for each plant, including contraindications based on grounded knowledge rooted in herbalism and ancestral wisdom.
Useful Recipes
Simple preparations you'll actually make: teas, syrups, and seasonal recipes that bring plant knowledge directly into your daily life.
About the author
Lynne Faires is a holistic nutrition coach and educator in ecological living.
Originally from Vancouver Island, Canada, she began her career working with clients in nutrition and teaching at the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition.
A turning point came when symptoms of autoimmune disease and chronic fatigue required her to slow down and rethink her relationship with health, nature, and the rhythms of everyday life.
This experience deepened her interest in herbalism, nourishing food, and regenerative approaches to growing and preparing what we eat.
Today, Lynne shares her work through teaching, writing, and cultivating spaces where people can reconnect with the natural world. She holds an Advanced Permaculture Certification and has trained with internationally recognised educators in nutrition, herbalism, and ecological design.
Through this herbarium, she hopes to invite readers to rediscover and reconnect with an older kind of wisdom rooted in observation, nourishment, and care for the living world.
You can follow her work online at Jardin Feuilles de Vie.
This book is for you if...
🌱 You've always been curious about the plants growing around you but didn't know where to start.
🌱 You want to reconnect with seasonal rhythms, nourishing food, and older ways of living
🌱 You're interested in herbalism, foraging, or ecological cooking, but want something grounded and approachable, not overwhelming
🌱 You're looking for a book you'll actually use, not just read once
This is a guide for the curious. For those drawn to ecological and ancestral ways of living who want a grounded, beautiful, usable place to begin.
This is not about survival. It's about remembering.
frequently asked questions
Yes. Plant identification guidance is written with beginners in mind, including clear notes on look-alikes and the reminder that you should always be absolutely certain of any plant before consuming it. The book encourages caution, cross-referencing, and curiosity over speed.
The book focuses on wild edibles and medicinal plants found in our gardens, which are widely found across Western Europe and temperate North America. Many of the plants covered, such as dandelion, nettle, elderflower, and plantain, grow abundantly across both continents.
Both. It's a premium hardcover designed to look beautiful on a shelf, but it's also made to be taken outside. It has heavy paper with space to write and press plants inside. It's meant to be used!
Within Europe: approximately 3–7 working days via tracked shipping. To North America: approximately 7–14 working days via tracked international post. Shipping costs are calculated at checkout.
The hardcover book is toile-bound with a sewn binding, a ribbon bookmark, heavy-weight paper, 152 pages, 210×210mm square format. This format is meant to be taken outdoors with you as a guide and reference, as well as used indoors for pressing leaves and flowers, following recipes, and more. The digital copy will provide you with a PDF that will allow you to follow the information inside as well as print it off in a style of your choosing.
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