Witch's Garden

<b><i>The Witch's Garden</i> </b><b>describes over 50 of the world's most powerful harmful legendary and storied plants</b>--from the screaming mandrake to calming St. John's Wort to predicting the weather with seaweed the creation of salves for broken hearts sore heads protection from evil spirits and to even induce immortality. </p><b><i>The Witch's Garden</i></b><b><i> </i></b>offers: </p><ul><li>The story of our folklore fascination with these magical specimens </li><li>The beliefs and rituals surrounding the natural world </li><li>Illustrations and archival images from the Royal Botanical Garden </li></ul>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. <b><i>The Witch's Garden</i> tells this story and beautifully evokes the bewitching nature of mysterious plants.</b> </p>