Description

A reduction Lino print of wild garlic .

The printed image is 21 x 21 cm. There are 5 prints available. (Unframed – the black frame is for display idea only)

As they are hand printed each one is slightly different in ink saturation.

Ramsons, Wood Garlic, Moly, Ramsey, Wild Garlic

Alium ursinum

In May 2024 I had never seen or foraged as much wild garlic in the woods on the edge of

the moors. Apart from Wild Garlic other Devonshire old names were Moly and Ramsey. The

old English name for wild garlic was Hramsa or Hramsan (plural), which became Ramsons.

Other English local names include Devil’s Posy, Brandy Bottles and Gypsy’s Gibbles, and

animal names such as Badger’s Flower, Ram’s Horns, and Snake’s Food.