The Forager's Treasury is a New Zealand guide to the art of foraging - a comprehensive guide to finding sustainable, free and fascinating plants.

In the urban and rural wildernesses, there is an abundance of food just waiting to be discovered, if only you know what to look for. Foraged food is healthy, economical and sustainable, but the best part is the fun you will have finding it.

This book is guaranteed to make you look at the plants around you in a different light. The Forager's Treasury features profiles of many edible plants commonly found in New Zealand; advice on where to find them, how to harvest them and how best to use them; and over 60 delicious food recipes as well as more than 30 recipes for medicine, natural dyes, perfumes and skin care.

This fully revised and updated edition of a classic bestseller is an exhaustive treasure trove of information about our wild plants.

• The essential guide to finding and using wild plants in Aotearoa
• Written by Johanna Knox
• 360 pages
• ISBN: 9781988547671

Johanna is of Ngāti Tukorehe and Ngāti Kahu ki Tauranga descent. She also has English, Scottish and Irish ancestry. She lives on Te Atiawa land in Te Whanganui-a-Tara where she works as a writer and editor.

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