Beautifully illustrated with botanical prints from Elizabeth Blackwell's classic A Curious Herbal, this book draws on ancient wisdom to show how herbs can be used to benefit your daily lifestyle. From country garden staples to re-emerging historical favourites, discover: a directory of 35 heritage herbs and flowers with information about identifying, growing, gathering and storing, as well as essential qualities and medicinal properties. Remedies and recipes for each herb to heal, nourish and style. A herbarium of themed uses for further inspiration on cultivating, cooking and crafting with herbs and edible flowers.

Step-by-step instructions on herb gardening, recipes, a how-to list of 50 useful herbs, and summaries of over 230 native herbs.

A collection of Crow recipes, age-old plant medicines and healing remedies. This work imparts the lore of ages along with the traditional Crow philosophy of healing and detailed practical advice for finding and harvesting plants.