The Witch's Garden describes over 50 of the world's most powerful, harmful, legendary, and storied plants, from the screaming mandrake to calming St. John's Wort, and their uses, from predicting the weather with seaweed to creating salves for broken hearts, sore heads, protection from evil spirits, and immortality. Stories of our folklore fascination with these magical specimens as well as the beliefs and rituals surrounding the natural world are accompanied by illustrations and archival images from the Royal Botanical Garden. 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, and The Witch's Garden tells this story beautifully, evoking the bewitching nature of mysterious plants. Hardcover; 208 pages.
