Letting in the Wild Edges

by Glennie Kindred

In this beautifully illustrated book, Glennie Kindred inspires us to celebrate the bounties of our wild native plants and find a richer relationship with the natural world around us.

Season by season, we are shown how to grow and manage native edible and medicinal plants in our gardens or on the wild edges of the land. Included are foraging tips and many recipes for making kitchen medicines and delicious food from our finds.

By letting the wild native plants into our lives, Glennie helps us to reconnect with our rich herbal heritage and enter into a new relationship with our local environment. She encourages us to forage, grow and eat our edible natives, season by season, and also to strengthen our health with their healing properties.

She explores many different ways to mark and celebrate the seasons, especially outside on the land, which support our ability to adapt and grow for the benefit of the Earth and ourselves.

This is a practical, optimistic and inspirational treasure trove for a more creative, integrated, self-reliant future.

"Letting In The Wild Edges is the story of this journey. It is a joyful, creative synthesis of both the spiritual and the practical, season by season. It is not only to be read and enjoyed for its artistry, or as a journal of activities and celebrations, we can live it too. This is Glennie’s gift – her ability to navigate an ancient healing pathway – and to open a portal that we can all enter. In doing so we not only bring harmony to our inner lives, we reflect it in our outer actions. We deepen our ability to live more gentle, low impact and creative lives."

From the Foreword by Maddy Harland, editor of Permaculture magazine

Genres: Nature, Witchcraft, Spirituality, Nonfiction

308 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 15, 2013

Reviews

[S.J. Howarth · Rating 4 out of 5]

As always, a wonderful reminder, inspiration and guide to (re)connecting with the earth, with the elements and the magic within.

[Colleen Mertens · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was an interesting book about nature and included some of the earth celebrations as well. It was interesting to me to learn about some of the ways to use the plants around you, especially those that seem to be weeds. I could have used a few more pictures of the plants since I know next to nothing that would help me differentiate between them. I liked the recipes for simple medicinal uses for the plants, like cough syrups. The book was written well.

[Anne Patterson · Rating 5 out of 5]

A truly inspiring book about getting out on the land through the seasons, growing & foraging wild plants and making food & kitchen medicine remedies with them and celebrating the pagan seasonal festival of the year.