Witch's Garden

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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.

About the Book:

208 pages, 200 illustrations, 217 x 157 mm.

Hardback, ISBN 978 178739 436 0, Welbeck in association with RBG Kew, 2020.

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. 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 Kew's archives, along with botanical illustrations and archival images depicting magic and mayhem, Witch's Garden beautifully evokes the bewitching nature and of plants.

About the Author:

Christina Harrison: worked at Kew for over 20 years from 1999 to 2020 and was the editor of Kew magazine until 2020. She is the author of Kew's Big Trees and Treasured Trees. She trained as an ecologist and botanical horticulturalist and has an MA in Garden History. She is currently undertaking a PhD on the history of Kew's arboretum and global tree collections.

Tony Kirkham: worked at Kew for over 43 years and was the Head of the Arboretum at the Royal Botanic Gardens until his retirement in 2021. A world-renowned tree expert, he is the author of several books on plant history including, as co-author,Wilson's China: A Century On. He was awarded an MBE in 2019 for services to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Arboriculture.

Media and Reviews:

To discover so many intriguing things about trees from around the world is truly wonderful. This beautifully illustrated book reveals just how much these useful, fascinating, dangerous yet beautiful living beings really contribute to our lives
- Paula Dempsey, Fortean Times

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