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The healing garden : cultivating & handcrafting herbal remedies / Juliet Blankespoor, founder of the Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine.

Summary:

"This is the ultimate reference for anyone looking to bring the beauty and therapeutic properties of plants into their garden, kitchen, and home apothecary. Both informative and accessible, it covers how to plan your garden...essential information on seed propagation, soil quality, and holistic gardening practices...30 detailed profiles of must-know plants...and 70 recipes for teas, tinctures, oils, salves, syrups, and more"--
A comprehensive and photographed guide to growing and using healing plants, including recipes.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0358313384
  • ISBN: 9780358313380
  • Physical Description: vii, 439 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Boston ; 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: Havesting and drying herbs ; Preparing botanical medicine & healing food -- Part 3. Botanical medicine: Foundations in herbalism : herbal action teams, energetics & safety ; Herbal profiles & recipes.
Subject:
Herbs > Therapeutic use.
Plants > Therapeutic use.
Medicinal plants.
Container gardening.
Herb gardening.
Self-care, Health.
Herbal treatments.
Genre:
Illustrated works.
Instructional and educational works.
Recipes.

Available copies

  • 14 of 22 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library. (Show)

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Accessibility Features

Summary: "This is the ultimate reference for anyone looking to bring the beauty and therapeutic properties of plants into their garden, kitchen, and home apothecary. Both informative and accessible, it covers how to plan your garden...essential information on seed propagation, soil quality, and holistic gardening practices...30 detailed profiles of must-know plants...and 70 recipes for teas, tinctures, oils, salves, syrups, and more"--
A comprehensive and photographed guide to growing and using healing plants, including recipes.