The healing garden : cultivating & handcrafting herbal remedies

Summary: "Herb gardens bring us deep into the heart of our medicine: when we step inside, their beauty and healing literally surround us. Blankespoor shows how to design a herb garden, and organically grow some of the most healing plants on the planet. Detailed herbal profiles, and clear instructions on transforming your garden harvests into botanical medicine and health-giving foods are also covered"--

Record details

ISBN: 9780358313380 (hardcover)
Physical Description: print
vii, 439 pages : colour illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher: New York, NY : Mariner Books, 2022.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 422-425) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

part 1. Cultivating medicine: Planning your dream herbal landscape ; The nitty-gritty on soil ; Holistic solutions for plant diseases & problematic insects ; Growing medicinal herbs in containers ; Plant propagation -- part 2. Making medicine: Harvesting and drying herbs ; Preparing botanical medicine & healing food -- part 3. Botanical medicine: Foundations in herbalism : herbal action teams, energetics & safety ; Herbal profiles & recipes.