Rosamond Richardson (1928 – 2017) was the author of several books about the countryside, including the international bestseller Country Wisdom. She wrote regularly for Britain’s biggest-selling bird magazine BirdWatching, and for several years was a contributor to The Countryman. Familiar to many as author of the Penguin Classic Hedgerow Cookery and co-presenter of BBC2’s Discovering Hedgerows, she also wrote for LandScape and Countryside NFU magazines.