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Kew - The Witch's Garden: Plants in Folklore, Magic and Traditional Medicine
Hardback
Main Details
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Kew - The Witch's Garden: Plants in Folklore, Magic and Traditional Medicine
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Sandra Lawrence
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Physical Properties |
Format:Hardback | Pages:208 | Dimensions(mm): Height 210,Width 150 |
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Category/Genre | Botany and plant sciences Plants Trees, wildflowers and plants |
ISBN/Barcode |
9781787394360
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Classifications | Dewey:133.258 |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Welbeck Publishing Group
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Imprint |
Welbeck Publishing Group
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Publication Date |
17 September 2020 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
The Witch's Garden describes over 50 of the world's most powerful, harmful, legendary and storied plants - 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. 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. The Witch's Garden tells the story of our folkloric fascination with these magical specimens, documenting the beliefs and rituals surrounding the natural world. Illustrated with pages from herbals held within the archives of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, along with botanical illustrations and archival images depicting magic and mayhem, The Witch's Garden beautifully evokes the bewitching nature of mysterious plants.
Author Biography
Sandra Lawrence is a journalist and author. She writes for the Evening Standard, Guardian, Financial Times, The Times, Londonist.com and the English Garden. She is the London columnist for British Heritage magazine and is on the Q&A panel of experts for History Revealed magazine. Her travel writing is collected on madamepassepartout.com.
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