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elodieanna's review
5.0
very nice. i dont know how to differentiate between trees or flowers but very nice.
amberindia's review
5.0
This was such a lovely little read, everything from the poetry to the illustrations to the medicinal uses of each plant. It was very concise yet so romantic to read too - it's given me a new connection with nature that I am deeply grateful for :)
athenas_archives's review
5.0
I feel like I've been looking for this book for years.
I used to want to make a collection of natural medicines and remedies, and just never found a successful way to research. All I managed was accidentally registering to a load of scam emails...
This book is interesting, funny, full of anecdotes by [a:Inkwright|18950713|Fez Inkwright|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1625994037p2/18950713.jpg], and still has enough information that I can finally start my notes. Although this book encompasses everything so well that I might just keep this one.
I was lucky enough to be lent a copy by a herbalist friend, so it was filled with annotations, drawings and samples. I'm hoping to make my own copy equally as interesting.
I used to want to make a collection of natural medicines and remedies, and just never found a successful way to research. All I managed was accidentally registering to a load of scam emails...
This book is interesting, funny, full of anecdotes by [a:Inkwright|18950713|Fez Inkwright|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1625994037p2/18950713.jpg], and still has enough information that I can finally start my notes. Although this book encompasses everything so well that I might just keep this one.
I was lucky enough to be lent a copy by a herbalist friend, so it was filled with annotations, drawings and samples. I'm hoping to make my own copy equally as interesting.
dikestrike's review
informative
relaxing
slow-paced
3.5
Lovely book, beautiful illustrations! Was disappointed it was so Euro/Anglo-centric and that went without mention, though.
foxo_cube's review
informative
fast-paced
3.75
A cute, easy-to-read little book covering some of the folklore and traditional uses of common plants. It's alphabetised so you can easily look up anything you particularly want to look at. There's not that much else to say. I think this would come in useful for inspiration in fantasy or historical world-building, at the very least as a starting point!
rosekk's review
4.0
This book provided a good balance of medicine, history and mythology. It details where common plant lore lines up with modern medical science, gives some interesting mythological back story, and discusses the roots (pun not intended) of certain beliefs, and traces how plants have spread around the world (focussing on Europe).
The accompanying pictures were also a) pretty and b) useful for putting a 'face' to the name of the plant, as many are ones I've seen but never knew the name of (or had heard the name, but didn't know what it actually looked like).
The accompanying pictures were also a) pretty and b) useful for putting a 'face' to the name of the plant, as many are ones I've seen but never knew the name of (or had heard the name, but didn't know what it actually looked like).