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A comprehensive and lushly photographed guide to growing and using healing plants, including recipes, from the founder of the Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine

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…

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1 author picked The Healing Garden as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This book combines two of my great lovesmedicine and gardening! What I love so much about this book (apart from the gorgeous photographs) is that it contains everything you need to know about medicinal herbs in one beautiful book. 

If you want to know when to plant a specific herb, how to grow it, and what its medicinal uses are, you only need to pick up this book instead of searching from one book to the next. To top it all, it has an abundance of fascinating recipes such as Calendula Tulsi Chai, Chickweed Crepes, and Creamy Nettles…

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