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Renowned herbalist Rosemary Gladstar presents a beautiful keepsake collection of teachings, reflections, and insights on the plant world and herbal healing, featuring diverse voices from the community of herbal teachers and practitioners.
A beloved teacher and leader in the herbal healing world for more than 50 years, Rosemary Gladstar has curated this collection of her favorite teachings and reflections from a wide range of plant lovers and herbal teachers. The many featured voices explore key themes in herbalism, including: the sacred teachings of the plants; the importance of preserving knowledge of the plants' healing properties and the work of herbal healers; the practices of gardening and gathering herbs in the wild; the power and passion of the herbal community; and the rich value of living with gratitude and reverence for the Earth and a deep connection to the plant world. Many of the quotes are original to this collection, excerpted from Gladstar's private correspondence and conversations. Her narrative voice runs through the book, introducing each theme, and the text is accompanied by stunning photographs and artwork celebrating the beauty and wonder of plants.
The Generosity of Plants Shared Wisdom from the Community of Herb Lovers
by Gladstar, RosemaryFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2025-04-22
Publisher(s): Storey Publishing, LLC
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Author Biography
Rosemary Gladstar is the best-selling author of nine books including Rosemary Gladstar’s Medicinal Herbs: A Beginner’s Guide, Herbs for Children’s Health, and Rosemary Gladstar’s Herbal Recipes for Vibrant Health, which draw on her 40-plus years of experience studying and teaching about the healing properties of herbs. She is a world-renowned educator, activist, and entrepreneur, the creator of the most highly regarded herbal studies course, The Science & Art of Herbalism, and the founding director of Sage Mountain Botanical Sanctuary, the International Herb Symposium, and the New England Women’s Herbal Conference. Gladstar is founding president of United Plant Savers, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the conservation and preservation of native American herbs. She was the original formulator for Traditional Medicinal herbal teas and has led herbal educational adventures around the world. She is the recipient of an honorary doctorate from the National University of Natural Medicine in Portland, Oregon, and serves on the board of the Association for the Advancement of Restorative Medicine and The National Health Freedom Coalition. She lives in Vermont.
Table of Contents
Introduction: What Unites Us: The Sacred Teachings of the Plants
“Plants are the earthly embodiments of light; they track the sun, the same star that would blind humans, with a meditative tenacity, watching its every movement; they transmute luminosity into fecundity and light’s potential into life’s kinetic energy. What secrets of light do plants hold, and how to unlock them? How to become an even more direct conduit for refracting the light of the cosmos?” –Lia Chavez
“Talking to plants is one way of talking directly to Spirit.” -Rosemary Gladstar
Chapter 1: Gathering--Reflections on gathering plants and wildcrafting, along with learning, gathering together, and gathering knowledge
“Women for millennia have gathered the healing herbs at first light. Grown grains and vegetables by the river to feed family and clan. Created colorful dyes from berries and leaves. Woven nettle fiber, hemp, yucca and cotton into warm and beautiful clothes for babies, children and men. This marriage of woman and plant has its origins in the primordial womb of time. We honor and heal ourselves as well as the plants by continually strengthening and renewing this bond. “~ Kiva Rose
"What amazing dinner hosts plants are as they gather the best of folks together and always, a good time is had. Rarely does anyone leave wanting, for these medicines and foods nourish us in places we never knew were hungry” ~ Kathleen Maier
Chapter 2: Preserving--The importance of preserving and conserving plants, llong with preserving our herbal heritage
Chapter 3: Sharing--The value of sharing the bounty of herbs and herbal knowledge
“Herbalism is based on relationship — relationship between plant and human, plant and planet, human and planet. Using herbs in the healing process means taking part in an ecological cycle. This offers us the opportunity consciously to be present in the living, vital world of which we are part; to invite wholeness and our world into our lives through awareness of the remedies being used.”--Wendell Berry
“We live in a connected world. Not connected by the threads of modern human-to-human telecommunication, but by our interactions with the plants, animals, mushrooms, microbes, soil and stone, water, air, fire and light with whom we share the biosphere.”— Guido Masé
Chapter 4: Healing Practices & Health Freedom--Advocating for the relevancy of herbal healing practices today and for choices in and healing options
Chapter 5: On Being an Herbalist--Celebrating the life work of the herbalist
Chapter 6: Reverence for the Earth--Reflections on our connection to the plant world
Chapter 7: On Gardening--Celebrating and honoring experiences in the garden
“Plants are the earthly embodiments of light; they track the sun, the same star that would blind humans, with a meditative tenacity, watching its every movement; they transmute luminosity into fecundity and light’s potential into life’s kinetic energy. What secrets of light do plants hold, and how to unlock them? How to become an even more direct conduit for refracting the light of the cosmos?” –Lia Chavez
“Talking to plants is one way of talking directly to Spirit.” -Rosemary Gladstar
Chapter 1: Gathering--Reflections on gathering plants and wildcrafting, along with learning, gathering together, and gathering knowledge
“Women for millennia have gathered the healing herbs at first light. Grown grains and vegetables by the river to feed family and clan. Created colorful dyes from berries and leaves. Woven nettle fiber, hemp, yucca and cotton into warm and beautiful clothes for babies, children and men. This marriage of woman and plant has its origins in the primordial womb of time. We honor and heal ourselves as well as the plants by continually strengthening and renewing this bond. “~ Kiva Rose
"What amazing dinner hosts plants are as they gather the best of folks together and always, a good time is had. Rarely does anyone leave wanting, for these medicines and foods nourish us in places we never knew were hungry” ~ Kathleen Maier
Chapter 2: Preserving--The importance of preserving and conserving plants, llong with preserving our herbal heritage
Chapter 3: Sharing--The value of sharing the bounty of herbs and herbal knowledge
“Herbalism is based on relationship — relationship between plant and human, plant and planet, human and planet. Using herbs in the healing process means taking part in an ecological cycle. This offers us the opportunity consciously to be present in the living, vital world of which we are part; to invite wholeness and our world into our lives through awareness of the remedies being used.”--Wendell Berry
“We live in a connected world. Not connected by the threads of modern human-to-human telecommunication, but by our interactions with the plants, animals, mushrooms, microbes, soil and stone, water, air, fire and light with whom we share the biosphere.”— Guido Masé
Chapter 4: Healing Practices & Health Freedom--Advocating for the relevancy of herbal healing practices today and for choices in and healing options
Chapter 5: On Being an Herbalist--Celebrating the life work of the herbalist
Chapter 6: Reverence for the Earth--Reflections on our connection to the plant world
Chapter 7: On Gardening--Celebrating and honoring experiences in the garden
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