The Healing Garden
Cultivating and Handcrafting Herbal Remedies
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · April 5, 2022
A comprehensive and lushly photographed guide to growing and using healing plants, including recipes, from the founder of the Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine This is the ultimate reference for anyone looking to bring the beauty and therapeutic properties of plants into their garden, kitchen, and home apothecary.
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- Who it’s for
- A richly photographed guide connects growing healing plants with making useful things from them.
- Themes
- Growing healing plants, Herbal remedies and recipes, Holistic gardening
- Genres
- Growing Herbs, Herbal Medicine, Herbs, Spices & Condiments
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A comprehensive and lushly photographed guide to growing and using healing plants, including recipes, from the founder of the Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine This is the ultimate reference for anyone looking to bring the beauty and therapeutic properties of plants into their garden, kitchen, and home apothecary.
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Both informative and accessible, it covers how to plan your garden (including container gardening for small spaces); essential information on seed propagation, soil quality, and holistic gardening practices; 30 detailed profiles of must-know plants (including growing information, medicinal properties, and how to use them); foundational principles of herbalism; step-by-step photographic tutorials for preparing botanical medicine and healing foods; and 70 recipes for teas, tinctures, oils, salves, syrups, and more. Packed with sumptuous photography, this book will appeal to home gardeners who want to branch out to culinary and medicinal herbs, home cooks and those interested in natural wellness, and novice and skillful herbalists alike.
Garden to Apothecary
A richly photographed guide connects growing healing plants with making useful things from them.
Come here for
- Practical guidance on herbs, from garden planning to home remedies
- A meeting point for gardening, herbalism, and the kitchen
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- Plant profiles, photographic tutorials, and 70 recipes
- Accessible guidance on growing, using, and preparing healing plants
Where it sits
| Growing Herbs | 95% |
|---|---|
| Herbal Medicine | 80% |
| Herbs, Spices & Condiments | 41% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Food as Medicine
- Herbs, Spices & Condiments
- Container Gardening
- Growing Herbs
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- Organic Gardening
- Gardening Techniques
- Herbal Medicine
- Health & Wellness
- Authors
- Juliet Blankespoor
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- April 5, 2022
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Growing healing plants · Herbal remedies and recipes · Holistic gardening
- Reading lane
- Food as Medicine