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The Green Witch's Garden

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Those who would spend their days with their hands in the dirt and their homes full of plants are familiar with the feeling of watching magic happen with the touch of their hands and hearts. It's very easy to become a green witch, just star digging.

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Another gorgeous addition to the Green Witch collection! The cover art is perfect, the inside art is perfect, and the overall feel of the book is like a cozy hug from an old teacher. I love how this book focuses on many subjects just does not overwhelm. Add this one to your collection!

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Very informative book. Full of a lot of useful information. This book will also be very useful for future reference

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I’m a fan of Arin Murphy-Hiscock. I’ve enjoyed everything written and this didn’t disappoint. Great information for a witchy garden. I will be getting a physical copy so I can reference it often.

Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for the advanced reader copy. This is my honest review

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As a novice herb, I think that this book is a good introduction green witchery. Unfortunately, for me, the book spends more time explaining how to create and maintain a garden than explaining about the plants. I would want to buy this book for the information about the herbs and their uses.

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Not as complete or in-depth as I would've liked, but overall a fine book. Although I appreciate the lovely drawings, I find photos more helpful in plant books for ease of identification, and this book had none.

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This might be my favorite witchy gardening book so far, and I think that is nicely reflected in the fact that I not only requested an advanced copy of it, but I also bought my own physical copy and was given a second copy as a gift recently! This book is beautiful. It has this sort of old fashioned feeling to it, complete with beautiful illustrations, yet at the same time incorporates some modern design styles that really complement the whole vibe. It's the kind of book that I just want to keep picking up and paging through because it feels nice in my hands and the content is so inviting and inspiring and pretty to look at.

The Green Witch's Garden is the kind of witchy gardening guidebook I have been needing. I love plants. I love looking around my home and seeing all the nature. I love the idea of being able to grow all my own herbs and vegetables that I can use in my kitchen, and I also love the idea of planting a garden with intention. I am delighted to report that this book provides guidance all the way from planning to planting to journaling about your garden! There are so many ideas in here, not only for how to design your garden in pretty and meaningful arrangements, but how to consider things like the soil, the. seasons, the moon cycle, your local climate, and your personal skills. This is the book I will be referencing for all of my gardening plans from now on!

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Love this book, it's exactly what I needed to start my witchy garden. I can't wait to have a physical copy.

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A thorough and encouraging reference book! I personally couldn't benefit much from the content, as I have an absolutely black thumb -- but I still appreciated the wealth of knowledge provided here.

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This is the 3rd book I have read by this author and I am loving these. THE GREEN WITCH’S GARDEN gives so many practical tips not only on what types of plants to grow and for what reason, but also tools you need. There are sections on both indoor and outdoor gardens, as well as different types of gardens to create. I am personally very interested in planting a moon garden or an astrological garden. I thought it would be all about herbs, but she also covers flowers, fruits and vegetables. I plan to buy a physical copy of this book to have as a reference I can grab whenever I need to.

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The Green Witch’s Garden is really beneficial if you are looking for ways to make gardening a more spiritual act. There are helpful rituals spelled out for you to connect to your land and set about to honor the space. This book is more focused on magic and less on gardening itself. The author admits in the introduction that the book is not meant to be a step-by-step guide. This book is meant to inspire and offer spiritual insight from an experienced green witch. Setting intentions is so important for magic, so this is something new witches may want to add to their library. The author also takes time to explain the different types of gardens that witches may want to incorporate into their space.

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The Green Witch's Garden: Your Complete Guide to Creating and Cultivating a Magical Garden Space by Arin Murphy-Hiscock excels at all of the Wiccan information, though, and those who want to focus on that with their gardens will absolutely love it.

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I love the books by this author and this one was an interesting one ever more oriented to beginners.
The graphical part is amazing and I liked some ideas that I could use in my practice.
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine

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This is a beautiful book that is written well and easily digestible. If you are looking for a book solely about withcraft spells etc, this is not it. What this IS, is a book about gardening that shows you how to bring your magickal practice into it!

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I think this is a great 101 book about gardening with intention and bringing the mundane into your magick. Overall this is a reference guide about all things gardening, but it is just a jumping off point. Towards the end Murphy-Hiscock gets more into exercises and recipes that you can follow, which added a bit more to the book. As someone who has helped in the family garden most of my childhood, and now has a garden of my own, a lot of the introductory information was just a refresher for me; But I think this would be a great book for someone who is a bit witchy but doesn't even know where to start with gardening.

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I’ll save you some suspense, this book is excellent and I highly recommend it to anyone who has an interest in magical gardening.

The author is very clear from the beginning that this is a book about Green Witchcraft, that it is not all encompassing for every gardening zone or herbal fact, it is not a step-by-step guide. Rather, it encourages readers to try, gives ideas, and is an inspiration. I fully agree – I felt very inspired while reading it.

This book touches on nearly every aspect of modern magical gardening from the traditional organic garden to guerilla gardening to indoor planting including terrariums. If you’re able to stick a plant or seeds in some dirt, then this book will likely have something you are able to do and include the magical processes around it.

As far as the witchcraft aspect of the book, I thought it was just as good and upfront about its limits as the gardening side. Its neo-Pagan in bent in order to be as accessible and open as the author can be. As a Heathen, I enjoyed the references here and there to my practice (mention of the Butzemann, Freyr, wassail, and more). As an animist I loved the discussion of plant spirits and guardian spirits of the land.
While some of it might feel basic to the well versed witch, as someone who has practiced over 2 decades, I found some fantastic inspiration in these pages to add to my craft. The Releasing a Tool Ritual and the creation of a personal Garden Oracle were both unique, heart felt, and lovely ideas.

I will be grabbing a hard copy of this book for my 2022 garden planning and work.

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Thank you so much to net galley for giving me a copy of this book. The suggestions in this book really weren’t that good to me at least but I did enjoy some parts

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I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I especially took an interest in cultivating my magical ingredients. The information is much appreciated. Thanks to the author.😀

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I got so many good ideas for my garden next year! I would love a printed copy of the book for the pictures alone. I’m not a garden enthusiast, but I feel like this is a good starting point for me because I would like to feel connected to the earth.

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FANTASTIC book for anyone gardening library. Not only does it list a vast majority of flowers and herbs, their properties and growing techniques, but also how to grow your garden yearly and what to look for year after year in terms of varying growth patterns yearly. As the author states, it's a must to maintain a garden journal.

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