APOTHECARY BY THE SEA: A YEAR IN AN ORKNEY GARDEN by Victoria Bennett (HB)

Facing a time of change, disabled writer Victoria decides to take a leap, moving her family five hundred miles north of everything they know to the northern Scottish islands of Orkney. Uprooted and in an unfamiliar landscape, she instinctively returns to the work of growing, setting out to transform her scrappy backyard into an abundant apothecary garden, inspired by Orkney's folklore, ancient landscapes and wild nature. Under the influence of tides and storms, wild plants and seaweeds, she creates a biodiverse backyard sanctuary filled with micro-habitats, wildflowers and herbs. Here, in her apothecary by the sea, she crafts teas, tinctures and balms inspired by the surrounding soil and sea – and reclaims parts of herself long set aside. Hardback Copy