This is an incredibly thorough book on plant healing. I love my herbal and healing garden, but always want to learn more. This was very in depth and I loved the pictures that were included with the recipes. A great book that I will likely utilize a lot over the years!

I love using my garden to make things for my familys health. This book was beautiful. I loved the recipes and getting to see pictures that went along with the recipes.

The Healing Garden is a beautifully written book about using holistic solutions to everyday problems. Something that stood out immediately when I first got this book was all the beautiful pictures. I love when authors give pictures of what they are teaching the reader and this author does that all throughout this book. We start the book with a background on the author and the qualifications she has to give advice on this topic. The book is organized into 2 parts which makes it easy for reference sake when you are putting the advice to use.

Part 1 is about starting with a good foundation for your herb garden, different types, and tools you may need. We get an in depth look into soil and how to get the soil you’re working with up to the standard you will need going forward. A favorite section in this part was about Holistic solutions for pests and disease, something that anyone who is hoping to garden organically will be very interested in! We also get an explanation about what different types of herbs there are (medicinal and culinary) and lastly how to use containers for your herb garden.

Part 2 is all about making medicine, it is full of more exemplary photos to help guide the reader. We start this section with directions on harvesting and drying out herbs for use both medicinally and culinary. Included here is a history on medicinal herbs and best preserving methods that have been used for as long as there have been civilizations. Next up are recipes for teas, tinctures, salves, infusions, honeys, syrups, salts, oils etc. Many of these recipes are a basic starting point that give the options of customizing a lot of different ways. The remainder of the book is a guide to what I would call “favorite” herbs and ones that anyone starting out will need to know a lot of information about. Each herb has its own section organized alphabetically that gives a brief history, growing information, and then a long look at how it can be used, including specific physical ailments that this herb can help.

After reading the acknowledgements I found that the people in the photographs throughout the book are actually fellow herb gardeners and plant-lovers, such a unique feature! I know I will be using this book as a reference in the future and am so grateful to the author for all the time and effort she put into making such a wonderful guide.

I loved this! We're all so in need of personal healing and finding ways outside of the norms to get it. This book was a gem that I'm so happy to have found and would share it with all my friends!

What a gorgeous book! This is one that every budding or experienced herbalist will want to have in their home library. Filled with beautiful photography and step-by step tutorials, this guide contains practical information for growing a thriving medicinal herb garden as well as harvesting herbs and recipes for using herbs for homemade medicine.

Written by Juliet Blankespoor, founder of Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine, this book will inspire and empower people to grow and make their own herbal medicine.

Highly recommended for those interested in herbs, herb gardening, and herbal medicine making.
Thanks to Harvest and NetGalley for my free e-galley in exchange for an honest review.

I found the book to be a wealth of information. I particularly liked that some less common plants were included. Each herb has a thorough description while other books tender to gloss over the details.

I loved all of the recipes in this book! The photographs draw you in to each page, and feel so homey and comforting. I leaned a lot from this book!

One the most thorough books on healing plants that I have read. I am probably going to get a copy for myself.

This is a great beginner books for anyone interested in medicinal herbs and mixes. I learned a lot and will use it a reference tool. Thanks for the opportunity to review this title.

Useful and thorough book combining details on both how to grow and how to use medicinal herbs, including recipes and directions for all kinds of tinctures, teas, salves, soaks and more. Great resource.

This is a great book and I really enjoyed it! I think people of all ages and kinds can learn from this and take a few of the recipes for everyday life.

This is a great beginner books for anyone interested in medicinal herbs. I plan on buying a copy to add to my other herbal book collection.

The Healing garden by Juliet Blankespoor is a wonderful book on herbs and gardening. This page book goes over many different plants, how to grow and cultivate them and how to process and use them as medicine. I really enjoyed how this book gives such a well rounded approach to the subject and goes very in-depth with its information. I suggest this book to anyone who wants to expand their herbal / gardening knowledge and practice.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and the publisher for sending me a copy of this book. This would be a great book to start out with for someone who knows little or nothing about medicinal herbs

The Healing Garden by Juliet Blankespoor is a wonderful and helpful book. The book is filled with a lot of very useful and easy to understand information. The pictures are beautiful as well.

Thank you NetGalley and Mariner Books for this ARC!

This is almost like an encyclopedia of herbal gardening. A lot of information on building, harvesting, and cultivating her plants, and well as improving soil and recipes for herbal remedies. The author also goes into a lot of information about specific herbs, along with medicinal properties. This book is awesome for any beginner who wants to learn about herbal gardening and using herbs as medicine, as well as anyone who wants to expand their knowledge. There's a lot of good information in this book, and I appreciate Netgalley, the author, and the publisher for allowing me to review. I almost forgot to add how much I enjoyed the author adding her own personal stories and enlightenment on her gardening.

I cannot believe how much is packed into this book! Juliet Blankespoor covers it all. You don't need to be a master gardener to understand the information in this book. Juliet breaks it down for all levels of gardening experience. Also, you don't need to turn your entire backyard into a garden (although she shows you how and I dream of this!); there is plenty here for the container gardener. Whether you're here to learn how to grown one or two herbs for culinary use or an entire garden for medicine making, Juliet has you covered.
Once you have your herbs grown, Juliet goes into harvesting and drying methods and then describes the art of medicine making. Once again, the text and the photos and the wisdom shared here makes this attainable for every level of herbalist.
Don't want to grow your own herbal garden, small or large? That's okay. You can still glean so much wisdom from this book! The herbal materials Juliet uses in her medicine making can be found at local farmers markets, herb shops, or online. Check the Herbal Resources in the back for a list of responsible sources if you don't know of any in your own community.
Need an impressive gift? Herbal Compound Butters and Herbal Finishing Salts are quite easy to make and are thoughtful, unique gifts.
I always love when an herbal book breaks down herbs with their medicinal properties and then gives culinary uses for everyday foods. This is such an attainable way to nourish your body with healing herbs! The Healing Garden takes us just a small step beyond the most commonly used herbs for this section. However, I found that these were still very attainable herbs. I cannot wait to try Thai Calendula Chicken Soup or Rainbow Nopales Salsa.
Bonus: The photography is gorgeous and immensely helpful in the how-to sections.
Huge thanks to NetGalley and Mariner Books for the digital ARC of The Healing Garden. I really cannot wait to add a hard copy of this title to my personal bookshelf, as well as introduce it to my herb and garden loving patrons!

This was an in-depth look at herbal garden. The author talks about space, containers, soil preparation.
This would be a great gift to give anyone who’s serious about having a herbal landscape.
The author breaks down the types of herbs and the growing info for any lay person.
Beautiful pictures are spread throughout the book. Very through and informative. I recommend it for a fan of herbs.
Thanks Marina Books via NetGalley.
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Are you looking to learn about herbs and use them in your life? Then this is the book for you! This book gives you practical advise about herbs and how to grow them and then use them in your life. I find this book extremely helpful and will be using this for years to come!

Thank you to the author, Mariner Books and NetGalley, for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This comprehensive guide to growing herbal plants and using them in natural remedies is amazing - helpful and encyclopedic in its scope, well-written and encouraging in tone, and accompanied by lovely photographs. The author shares lots of knowledge for beginning and intermediate gardeners, particularly those that are new to the concept of healing remedies. She goes into the various plants, how to grow and use them including details about their benefits, contraindications etc. Some of my favorites were missing, but as I understood she classifies those are "to be foraged" rather than to be gardened.