• And the Plants Will Set You Free

    Through knowing and using the plants that grow around us—the ones in our backyard, the weeds that resist all efforts to control them, the abundance and diversity of the species in the Cascadian forests—we are more whole, secure and free. What’s right under our feet are, by their very nature, agents of freedom. [Read full post]

  • Design Thinking for the Creative Herbalist

    As herbalists, we are naturally using design processes all the time. Working in the plant and human world for the purpose of healing we are constantly dealing in very complex worlds. I want to push you to go past what you know is comfortable and reimagine your practice so you are doing the wildest, most liberating brilliant work that you can. [Read full post]

  • Aesthetic & Beauty in Practice

    It’s touching the dirt, digging roots, preparing and sipping beautiful garden tea blends, smelling the flowers, having my apothecary full of jars containing gorgeous, whole-leaf herbs. Microwaving a wack bag of herb tea is a completely different game. Authentic botanical practice is a lifestyle that honors the sanctity of life and the ecological patterns around us. It’s how we connect to the larger planetary system. [Read full post]

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Invasive Plant Medicine: The Ecological Benefits and Healing Abilities of Invasives

By Timothy Lee Scott

Invasive Plant Medicine: The Ecological Benefits and Healing Abilities of Invasives

You can view this book's Amazon detail page here.

Tags: ecological, ecology, herbs, invasive, medicine, weeds

Started reading:
5th July 2011
Finished reading:
14th July 2011

Review

Rating: 10

When this book came out last year, there was quite a bit of buzz about it. And it’s well deserved. This book–part herbal, part ecological theory, part field guide–is a very well researched and accessible. And there are plants covered that are really invasive and fall out of the scope of a lot of other books on uses for weeds and invasives, which typically cover things like dandelion and St. John’s wort but leave out scotch broom, Japanese knotweed, bindweed, English ivy, etc. A book for ecologists, herbalists and all plant lovers.