Inside this informative, colorful handbook are fifty-one herbs portrayed in words & rare botanical art curated by experts at The New York Botanical Garden. Some, like Saffron are treasured & rare; other, like purslane, grow by the roadside. Theyvall haveva place-in the garden, in the kitchen, in the bed or the bath. Explore their history, how to grow them, and how they are employed in the present. Then bring them into your daily life; each herb's profile offers a recipe or project that highlights its unique properties.

ISBN: 9780525617846