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 also when and how to forage for wild medicine, such as water mint, St John''s Wort, hawthorn berries and rosehipsRecipes are included for how to use these herbs, along with 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 how to create 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 INCLUDES:
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
Including safe, legal and successful foraging, a brief introduction to growing your own herbs and preparing, drying and preserving herbs

Witches'' Brews: Poisonous Plants
Including an overview of herbs with interesting stories that cannot be easily used, e.gwormwood, hemlock and mandrake

Herb Encyclopedia
Including detailed information on over 50 different herbs

Format Inbunden Omfång 160 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Octopus Publishing Group Utgivningsdatum 2021-10-21 ISBN 9781783254590