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*The following books are on my own "to read someday" list, as recommended by the Northern Appalachia School of Vitalist Herbalism and Ecology.

*Keep in mind to check your local library for resources, or purchase secondhand when able.

Medical Herbalism/Materia Medica:

The Botanical Safety Handbook by Zoey Gardner

Botanical Medicine for Women’s Health by Aviva Romm

Herbal Vade Mecum by Gazmend Skenderi

Alchemy of Herbs: Transform Everyday Ingredients into Foods and Remedies That Heal

by Rosalee De La Foret

The Book of Herbal Wisdom by Matthew Wood

Evolutionary Herbalism by Sajah Popham

Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine by Andrew Chevallier

Herbal Medicine from the Heart of the Earth by Sharol Tilgner

Botany:

*A variety of other field guides specific to your region*

Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide by Lawrence Newcomb

Bark: A Field Guide to Trees of the Northeast by Michael Wojtech

Botany in a Day by Thomas J. Elpel

Ecology, Wildtending, & Decolonization:

1491 by Charles C. Mann

Rambunctious Garden by Emma Marris

Our Knowledge Is Not Primitive: Decolonizing Botanical Anishinaabe Teachings by

Wendy Makoons Geniusz

Plant Spirit Medicine:

The Secret Life of Plants by Stephen Buhner

Thus Spoke the Plant by Monica Gagliano

Plants Have So Much to Give Us, All We Have to Do Is Ask: Anishinaabe

Botanical Teachings by Mary Siisip Geniusz

Tending the Wild by Kat Anderson

Sacred Smoke: The Ancient Art of Smudging for Modern Times by Harvest McCampbell

Planetary Herbology by Michael Tierra

Phytochemistry:

Herbal Constituents: Foundations of Phytochemistry by Lisa Ganora

Flower Essences:

The Encyclopedia of Flower Essence Therapy by Mechthild Scheffer

The Bach Flower Remedies by Edward Bach

Cultivation:

The Organic Medicinal Herb Farmer by Jeff & Melanie Carpenter

Biodynamic Gardening: Grow Healthy Plants and Amazing Produce with the Help of

the Moon and Nature's Cycles by DK

Farming the Woods by Ken Mudge & Steve Gabriel