'Nettles and roses' is recommended by / é recomendado por: algarvedailynews.com

July 2012: the online newspaper algarvedailynews.com recommends Nettles and roses book. The whole article can be found here.

Julho de 2012: o jornal online algarvedailynews.com recomenda o livro Nettles and roses. O artigo completo está disponível aqui. 


Nettles and Roses is first the English edition of an established series of books for children on organic gardening and cooking with garden produce. Written by Fernanda Botelho to get the next generation excited about knowing, using and growing plants, the book is lavishly illustrated with beautiful watercolour botanical paintings by Sara Simões, and is 36 pages in hardback format.  

'Sementes à solta' is recommended by / é recomendado por: Biosfera

June 2012: Biosfera ecology program on RTP2 (a portughese public TV channel) recommends 'Sementes à solta'. Please see the video from 1'13'' to 1'41''.

Junho de 2012: o programa sobre ecologia Biosfera, na RTP2 recomenda o livro 'Sementes à solta. No video, a partir dos 1'13'' até aos 1'41''.

'Sementes à solta' is recommended by / é recomendado por: Público

January 2012: Público newspaper published a review from the book Sementes à solta, authored by the journalist Rita Pimenta. The article can be red at her blog Letra Pequena.

Janeiro de 2012: o jornal Público publicou um artigo da jornalista Rita Pimenta acerca do livro Sementes à solta. O texto pode ser encontrado no seu blog Letra Pequena.

'Salada de flores' is recommended by / é recomendado por: 'Folha Viva', Câmara Municipal do Barreiro

February 2012: the eco magazine 'Folha Viva', published by Barreiro city council, promotes the book 'Salada de flores'.

Fevereiro de 2012: a revista ecológica 'Folha Viva', publicada pela Câmara Municipal do Barreiro, divulga o livro 'Salada de flores'.



Source / fonte

'Salada de flores': Release / Lançamento

Salada de flores release on May 5th 2011 in Lisbon, at the annual outdoors book fair.

Lançamento de Salada de flores na Feira do Livro de Lisboa, a 5 de Maio de 2011.

The audience / A assistência

Paula Amaro, Fernanda Botelho, Sara Simões

Edible flowers to taste / Flores comestíveis para provar

Fernanda Botelho tells her story / Fernanda Botelho conta a sua história

Carob cake with borage flowers: one of the book's recepies / Bolo de alfarroba com flores de borragem: uma das receitas do livro

Sara Simões: Illustrator / Ilustradora

Sara Simões was born in Lisbon in 1980.
From a very early age she showed a special talent for drawing. In 2002 she graduated in Industrial Design and later furthered her training in animation, web-design and computer 3D modelling. Between 2005 and 2008 her interest in nature led her to study scientific illustration with biologist and scientific illustrator Pedro Salgado. She took part in field sketching expeditions in Portugal (Berlengas islands, Douro river and Madeira laurel forests), and the Amazon. These expeditions were put together by Grupo do Risco, an organisation focused on promoting appreciation for nature and biodiversity through art.
Sara has lent her talent to various activities in the design and illustration fields, such as furniture and trade fair stands design, concept art and storyboarding for 3D animation, and graphic interfaces for educational software.
She authored the book Uma Mão Cheia de Amoras, and has had artwork published on exhibition catalogues, novels, a scientific magazine and a field guide. Sara is the illustrator of Sementes à Solta, also by Fernanda Botelho.
Snapshots of her creativity can be found in her blog: velhadaldeia.blogspot.com.


Natural de Lisboa, onde nasceu em 1980, Sara Simões mostrou ter, desde pequena, uma apetência especial para o desenho. Não surpreende que se tenha licenciado em Design Industrial e aprofundado a sua formação em áreas afins, como a animação, o webdesign e a modelação a três dimensões por computador.
Entre 2005 e 2007, o gosto pela observação da natureza levou-a a estudar Ilustração Científica com o biólogo Pedro Salgado e, mais tarde, a integrar expedições de desenho de campo às Berlengas, ao Douro Internacional e à Amazónia. Autora do livro Uma Mão Cheia de Amoras e com ilustrações publicadas em revistas científicas, romances, catálogos de exposições e um guia
de campo, Sara Simões revela parte da sua criatividade no blogue www.velhadaldeia.blogspot.com.

Fernanda Botelho: Writter / Escritora

Fernanda Botelho was born in Tojeira, Sintra, Portugal, in August 1959. At the age of 17 she travelled to London to study and graduate as a Montessori teacher. While in England, she also
studied Waldorf education and photography, took courses on medicinal plants, worked in a nursery school and at a herbshop.
She became a member of the UK Herb Society in 1997. At 37 she returned to Portugal and developed several projects on environmental awareness in schools, cultural organizations and local borough councils. She studied children’s literature with specialist Portuguese writers António Torrado and Margarida Fonseca Santos, and completed the Botanic Garden guide course. She published As Plantas e a Saúde, a first-aid herbal guide, as well as a 2010 Diary (on medicinal plants), a 2011 Diary (on trees) and a 2012 Diary (on bees and medicinal plants).
Besides participating in the Portuguese Eco-Schools project and organising workshops on medicinal plants and herbs, she writes for different magazines and sites, such as Portal do Jardim. In
her garden, she shares her days with countless spontaneous and cultivated herbs, her huge elder tree, an old fig tree, lots of birds and three cats. Her blog is at malvasilvestre.blogspot.com.
Should you wish to get in touch with Fernanda Botelho, please either write to fernandatojeira@gmail.com or call +351 21 9611767.


Fernanda Botelho nasce na Tojeira, concelho de Sintra, e aos 17 anos viaja para Londres, onde inicia e conclui a formação como educadora no método Montessori. Na capital inglesa, estuda ainda pedagogia Waldorf e fotografi a, realizando vários cursos sobre plantas medicinais. Membro da Herb Society UK desde 1997, regressa a Portugal aos 37 anos e desenvolve diversos projetos de educação ambiental junto de escolas, de associações culturais e de câmaras municipais. Autora do blogue www.malvasilvestre.blogspot.com, estuda literatura infantil com António Torrado e Margarida Fonseca Santos e, mais tarde, publica As Plantas e a Saúde, um guia básico de primeiros socorros. No seu jardim, partilha os dias com plantas medicinais, um enorme sabugueiro, uma velha figueira, muitos pássaros e alguns gatos.

Para contactar Fernanda Botelho: fernandatojeira@gmail.com or +351 21 9611767.