The land we plant, cultivate and decorate has always represented perfection in a flawed world.
Gardens provide fresh food, beauty for the eyes and a restful place for the soul.
This book will help you to create your own special garden, using some of history's most lovely and exotic landscapes as a model and inspiration. The garden is the world's oldest medicine chest. For thousands of years our ancestors knew and trusted the healing properties of herbs, and we are learning once again to appreciate the vast range of medicines nature has to offer. This book enables you to choose the appropriate herbal therapy for a wide variety of common health problems and to grow and prepare plants for their treatment. 152pp, 9x7, illus.