The Herb Almanac

The Herb Almanac is a beautiful and accessible seasonal guide to herbalism from the historic botanic garden.

Discover the best times of the year for growing specific healing herbs and learn when and how to forage for wild medicine, such as water mint, St John's Wort, hawthorn berries, and rosehips. The book includes recipes for using these herbs, folklore stories from herb wives and hedge witches, the meanings behind their names, and the history of how these natural medicines were discovered.

There are plenty of tips for creating your own medicinal herb garden, even with just a few pots, along with a biodynamic guide for sowing, planting, and harvesting.

Including detailed hand-drawn line illustrations to help deepen your understanding, The Herb Almanac is the perfect gift for any nature lover.

CONTENTS INCLUDE:

Introduction
Including using herbs as seasonally appropriate remedies and tonics, an overview of herbs in folklore, wild medicine, magic, superstition, ritual, tradition and literature, and herbs in religion and floriography (the language of flowers).

Gathering and Using Herbs
Discusses safe, legal, and successful foraging, introduces growing your own herbs, and covers preparing, drying, and preserving herbs.

Witches' Brews: Poisonous Plants
An overview of herbs with interesting stories that cannot be easily used, such as wormwood, hemlock, and mandrake.

Herb Encyclopedia
Features detailed information on over 50 different herbs.