Enchanted Plants bookcover

Enchanted Plants

A Treasury of Botanical Folklore and Magic

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Description

"Guided by fairy folk and Ventura's own botanical wisdom, this book is an enchanting walk on the path of green magic and folklore."
--Coby Michael, author of The Poison Path Herbal

From fairy tales to your garden, Enchanted Plants is an illustrated treasure trove of the lore and magic in the kingdom of plants.

Take a walk through mystical, magical, and folkloric gardens and discover the plants and flowers that have captured our hearts and minds for centuries. Will you dare to pick a golden apple or seize the perfect rose? Will you sneak through the gilded gates of the poison garden where plants both alluring and life-saving intertwine? From the baneful bog to the garden gate, plant lover and lover of the bizarre Varla Ventura brings together forgotten lore of plants for the ultimate romp through a botanical wonderland, including excerpts from fairy tales and a lively discussion of each plant's legendary magical and medicinal properties. Don't forget your scissors.

Enchanted Plants is arranged by general environment:

  • cultivated plants and edibles;
  • toxic plants;
  • meadowlands;
  • the woods;
  • marshes and swamps; and
  • tropical plants.
Each chapter contains a cultivated selection of plants, arranged alphabetically by popular common name, with additional information including botanical name, common names, folklore, ethnobotanical properties, magical and occult properties, and modern usage if applicable.

Product Details

PublisherWeiser Books
Publish DateApril 07, 2025
Pages288
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconHardback
EAN/UPC9781578638604
Dimensions0.0 X 0.0 X 0.0 inches | 1.8 pounds

About the Author

Varla A. Ventura is the author of several books, including Fairies, Pookas, and Changelings: A Complete Guide to the Wild and Wicked Enchanted Realm. As a lover of all things strange, Varla's interests extend into the weirdness and magic of the plant kingdom. With a deep fascination for folklore and medicinal plants, she has been studying herbalism and botany for more than thirty years. Her plant knowledge comes from a combination of experimentation, formal classes in botany, and working in the horticultural industry for fifteen years. She ran a retail nursery in Portland, Oregon, as well as in San Francisco, California, and operated her own landscaping business for more than ten years. She is also the botanical brain behind Rotten Botany, a website dedicated to unusual plants. When not writing, she can be found wandering around the Minnesota woods and tending her poison garden.

Reviews

"Poetic and verdantly inspired, Enchanted Plants takes the reader on a lushly illustrated journey from cottage garden to marshland, including plants baneful and beneficial, all with their own magic. Guided by fairy folk and Ventura's own botanical wisdom, this book is an enchanting walk on the path of green magic and folklore."
--Coby Michael, author of The Poison Path Herbal

"This gorgeous tome combines the legends and lore with the botanicals that have become synonymous with the stories. You'll never look at plant life the same way again."
--Jeff Belanger, host of the New England Legends podcast and author of The Fright Before Christmas

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