The Herbalist's Garden: A Guided Tour of 10 Exceptional Herb Gardens: The People Who Grow Them and the Plants That Inspire Them

by Shatoiya De La Tour, Richard De La Tour

People travel from all over the world to visit the North American gardens of renowned herbalists Rosemary Gladstar, Adelma Simmons, Dr. James Duke, and others. Now you can explore these beautiful surroundings without ever leaving your armchair! In THE HERBALIST'S GARDEN Shatoiya and Richard de la Tour lead you inside the garden gates of ten of North America's most enchanting herb gardens. And they invite you to share a personal "chat" with the gardeners who tend and love these remarkable healing and healthful plants. Come take a close look at the gardens through the beautiful images taken by award-winning photographer Saxon Holt. You'll hear these celebrated gardeners and herbalists describe the dreams that inspired their green thumb, the greatest joys they find in herb gardening, the challenges they've experienced in the garden, and what their most beloved plants are. The gardeners featured in this book offer their own personal recipes for healthful foods and healing remedies, tips on how to care for particular plants, and ideas for designing a garden of your own. Their deep commitment to their gardens will leave you with fresh energy and a renewed passion for gardening, whether you have a few acres, a few clay pots, or simply a penchant for dreaming.

Genres: Gardening, Herbs

240 pages, Hardcover

First published February 14, 2001

Reviews

[Nancy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I absolutely loved reading about these herb gardens throughout North America. Informational, too!

[Tara Schaafsma · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this, and got some good ideas.

[Jackson · Rating 5 out of 5]

ideas, pictures, lovely stories

[Aaron Meyer · Rating 5 out of 5]

At first I thought this would be like all the rest of the gardening books I have read, fortunately I was wrong. This book just reached out and grabbed me and I didn't want it to end. So many little things about each garden reached out to me, but if I had to pick a favorite it might have to be the Plimoth Garden. Every garden featured the owner showcases three herbs from it which are their favorites. Each showcased herb has additional information on it which nice to have, some of the info I had forgotten about and some I never knew. This is definitely one book I will end up buying for my own bookshelf.

[Sherri · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a nice book with lots of inspiring information from some of the most well known herbalists. The photography was wonderful. I liked the the variety and how the authors highlighted each garden and gardener. Each herbalist also listed their favorite herbs and why which was informative and interesting. It was easy to read from cover to cover and not just browse as is the way with most horticulture or herb books.

[Megan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I rarely come across a gardening book that I want to read from cover to cover, instead of just looking at the pictures and reading bits and pieces. I started reading the introduction in this book, and ended up devouring the rest of it, all the way to the end! Beautifully written and photographed - it gave me some amazing ideas for my new garden.

[Michael · Rating 5 out of 5]

Learned of many new herbs and medicinal usages with them. great garden designs and some neat recipes for tes, medicine, etc.

[Michelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful book!

[Jane H · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful, inspiring book. I also loved the fact that each gardener chose 3 herbs to highlight. Just enough information to make me think I can grow and use more herbs.