Description

The Witchs Garden describes over fifty of the worlds most powerful harmful legendary and storied plantsfrom the screaming mandrake to calming St Johns Wort to predicting the weather with seaweed the creation of salves for broken hearts sore heads protection from evil spirits and to even induce immortality

Wise women apothecaries witches herbalists whatever you like to call them those who cultivate plants for their apparent mystical properties have existed for thousands of years The Witchs Garden tells the story of our folkloric fascination with these magical specimens documenting the beliefs and rituals surrounding the natural world This book beautifully evokes the bewitching nature of mysterious plants