Part three of The Very Curious Herbal, Amanda Edmiston of Botanica Fabula leads us through a plate of Elizabeth Blackwell's book of 1737 and into an ancient corn field...

A tale or two about the Dandelion. Taraxacum features in plate one of Elizabeth Blackwell's 'Curious Herbal', so here I share some stories and thoughts about this much maligned weed. A plant with the power to help us keep going even when everything is working against us. The fairy clock, telling the time and reseeding itself on a puff of wind. A short Nasrudin tale from the Sufi tradition and a traditional Scottish fairy legend, reveal aspects of the often overlooked first plant of Spring.

The Very Curious Herbal is a multidimensional herbal storytelling project with nearly as many elements as the book it was inspired by!

Inspired by Elizabeth Blackwell's book: 'A Curious Herbal'; the first herbal created by a woman to be published. Amanda Edmiston of Botanica Fabula, introduces the project and builds a picture of Blackwell...this is the first episode in what will become a magical garden of herbal stories with accompanying interactions and artwork available in the facebook group and on the Botanica Fabula website.