Pristlands Birch
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Ladies & Gentleman
For your delectation, behind the scenes we have been developing the next Sloe Birch Bubbly vintage.In brewing terms, this means choosing the correct dosage for the second fermentation. These five glasses denote different dosage quantities for the best ratio of taste, colour and fizz. The last step is six months patience before we can pop the cork and celebrate the new vintage.
Watch this space in September 2022
Countryman Magazine November 2021
A great article telling the story of Priestlands Birch beginnings in 2012 and its progress so far..
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The Herb Society
Below is an article I wrote, that featured in the Summer 2020 edition of "Herbs" The Herb Society's quarterly publication. The article details how the tapping process is achieved and where the idea for birch products originated from.
For more details on The Herb Society
Anne has written a valuable volume of details practical information on growing, harvesting, and using medicinal trees and shrubs sustainably - in the home garden, for an agroforestry project on the farm, for self-sufficiency or profit. Anne draws on her many years' experience of creating a beautiful and biodiverse medicinal forest garden to provide herbal medicine supplies for herself and other practitioners.
After meeting Anne at a RHS event, she asked if she could include my birch project and products in her new book, to inspire others.
For more details on this book or if you would like to purchase your own copy, click the link below.
* Please note, this link will be take to a new separate website and any purchases of the Medicinal Forest Garden Handbook will not be through Priestland Birch*
Marie Claire
British Stylist Lisa Eldridge recommended P.B. birch sap and moisturisers in her favourite roundup of products for Vanity Files, Marie Claire magazine, January Issue 2017 USA edition.
The teeny weeny little paragraph at the bottom right of the page says:
"Local Favourite": Priestlands Birch makes a birch water and creams with birch sap. I discovered them at the London Farmers Market on Hampstead Heath, near where I live in London."
Clarence House
London Farmers Market celebrated 25 years of trading at Swiss Cottage, 2020. HRH Prince Charles and HRH Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall visited and where very enthusiastic to meet all the different traders.
P.B sent a box of goodies to Clarence House and received a lovely letter of thanks.
Returning To Roots
The Wellington Weekly News discovers a Somerset gem
February 2015
Foaming At The Mouth
Helen the herbalist, from Elderfarm, and I went to a Steiner School Summer Fete in Exeter and shared a stall.
We had a very interesting time, and so it appeared, so did a small child, who thought a sample bar of soap was a block of white chocolate, and took a big bite out of it! We looked in vain the piece that must surely have been spat out or for a child foaming at the mouth, but found neither!
