Gogerty, Clare – The Bell Bookshop

The Little Wild Library: Nettle

Emma — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

In The Little Wild Library: Nettle, discover how to make the most of this tenacious plant, with recipes and makes to try throughout the year. Bursting to life in spring and popping up everywhere, the nettle is one of the most common plants, though sometimes cruelly called weeds!Once you’ve found your favourite patch of nettles, come back as the seasons change and find new things to do with your foraged treasure…? Learn how to identifyand how to safely forage for nettles.? Discover easy recipes that make use of fresh and sweet nettle tips that appear in spring.? All the recipes and makes are beginner friendly! Learn how to identify the nettle amidst its hedgerow friends from the comprehensive botanical information included, and take this pocket-sized book out on foraging adventures to help spot the urtica dioica waving merrily on a spring breeze, or brightening a dull fall afternoon. Through the book, learn all about the nettle including how it got its name, and discover some of the myths, legends, and folklore attached to this fantastic plant.The perfect beginner’s guide to foraging, in a handy pocket-sized format, The Little Wild Library: Nettle will reveal the secrets of this magical weed and inspire those new to foraging to experiment and explore the beautiful plants around them.

The magic of seeds

Emma — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

The ultimate reference to growing plants from seed.
Seeds are magical. Every little one has the potential to become a new plant and give you more seeds – connecting us to the circle of life and nature’s endless ability to surprise and delight. The act of planting seeds and watching them grow into seedlings and then on into productive plants is enormously therapeutic. Even when things don’t go to plan, the gardener is constantly learning, growing and deepening their connection to nature. It’s an incredibly grounding and humbling experience that feeds the soul of the gardener.
This beautifully illustrated guide will show readers how and when to harvest the seeds of 100 different garden plants and flowers, with advice on when and how to sow them, and where and when to plant them out. Alongside this hands-on guidance, the reader will be engaged with snippets of folklore and traditions that further enhance their appreciation of nature and help them discover the inherent magic of seeds.
Whether the reader is a practising green witch, or simply an amateur gardener with a spiritual affinity with nature, this book will give them everything they need to successfully make a garden from seed and unlock the wonders of nature.

Britain’s Hidden Villages

Emma — Thu, 28 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000

The official TV-tie in to the popular Channel 4 programme ‘Penelope Keith’s Hidden Villages’

Explore the most interesting and beautiful examples of British village life in this lavishly illustrated book, published as a companion volume to the highly successful Channel 4 television series, ‘Penelope Keith’s Hidden Villages’. Featuring gorgeous illustrations and dust jackets from Brian Cook’s iconic designs, the book explores the villages as they appeared then and now.

It’s hard not to be enchanted by rural villages. From thatched roofs, charming churches, bunting, cream teas and the local landscape, they capture our imaginations. Structured by region, this book follows Penelope’s journey through Britain across all four series, including the idyllic villages found in the Costwolds, the cosy cottages of East Anglia and the treasures nestled in the North Yorkshire moors.

Pictured alongside Brian Cook’s iconic illustrations, Hidden Villages of Britain takes you through the fascinating history and the curious customs and characters unique to each village and how they survive in the present. From bog snorkelling in Llanwrtyd Wells and gravy wrestling in Stacksteads to cheese rolling down Cooper’s Hill in Brockworth and dwile flocking (where contestants seek to soak their opponents with a beer-soaked cloth outside the village pub), snippets of the history, life and traditions of each village are fully explored.

Whether you are looking for a place for your next holiday, a guide to Britain’s rural landscape or have a love for Britain’s most inspirational settings, this book is perfect for the armchair traveller.