10 BOOKS THAT I’D RECOMMEND TO THE BUDDING HERBALIST
Here is a stack of my favorite books I’d recommend to anyone embarking on their journey into the plant portal 🌱🌀
With so much information out there and everyone on the internet being an expert the water is MURKY! These are all reputable authors with real lived experience NOT AI! Each of these books have deeply informed me on my own journey + many of them you can find second hand!
A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs by Steven Foster and James A. Duke
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
The Complete Folk Herbal by Rebecca Beyer
The Modern Herbal Dispensatory by Thomas Easley and Steven Horne
Medicinal Herbs: A Beginners Guide by Rosemary Gladstar
The Book of Herbal Wisdom: Using Plants as Medicines by Matthew Wood
Plants Have So Much to Give Us, All We Have to Do Is Ask: Anishinaabe Botanical Teachings by Mary Siisip Geniusz
Alchemy of Herbs: Transform Everyday Ingredients Into Foods and Remedies That Heal by Rosalee de la Forêt
Botany in a Day by Thomas J. Elpel
The Herbal Medicine-Maker’s Handbook by James Green