The Herb Almanac: A seasonal guide to medicinal plants

by Chelsea Physic Garden

A seasonal guide to medicinal plants

The Herb Almanac is a beautiful and accessible seasonal guide to herbalism. 

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 rosehips. Recipes 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.

Genres: Nonfiction

160 pages, Hardcover

Published November 2, 2021

Reviews

[Granny Swithins · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not my first read on herbalism so I was expecting the same basic information that I've already gleaned elsewhere. And while it goes over a lot of familiar ground (there's only so much you can say about lavender at this point) there was still plenty of new stuff in here, as well as the book being pleasingly aesthetic. So much so that I'm considering buying my own copy (this was from the library.)

[Mikkealla · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a fantastic book as an introduction on useful herbs and how/if possible, to cultivate them. Highly recommend for anyone interested in learning how to make some unique tisanes!