Dara Saville's new book, The Ecology of Herbal Medicine: A Guide to Plants and Living Landscapes of the American Southwest, is a revelation of connections--the land, the plants that grow on it, the herbs that humans produce from the plants, and the animals that find nourishment in those plants.--David Steinberg, Albuquerque Journal
In this manual chock full of practical and personal experience in the 'living landscape,' [Saville] urges the reader to fall in love with the abundant plants and weeds of our Southwest environment--because only then can humans connect with and properly care for them.--Amy Boaz, Taos News
In this manual chock full of practical and personal experience in the 'living landscape,' [Saville] urges the reader to fall in love with the abundant plants and weeds of our Southwest environment--because only then can humans connect with and properly care for them.--Amy Boaz, Taos News
The Ecology of Herbal Medicine is lively and highly informed. . . . [Saville's] extensive knowledge of her subject and devotion to her cause will attract anyone concerned about prevalent ecological crises and the consequent and continuing loss of valuable plant species.--Barbara Bamberger Scott, Bookreporter.com
A unique ecological perspective for the use of herbal medicine in the Southwest.--Kelly Kindscher, editor of Echinacea: Herbal Medicine with a Wild History
Move over, Michael Moore: Dara Saville's ecological herbal is the most unique and refreshing view on the healing power of plants--for both human health and land health--to be published in decades!--Gary Paul Nabhan, author of Food from the Radical Center: Healing Our Land and Communities
Dara Saville's ecological herbal will be an often-consulted volume on my bookshelf for years to come!--Judith Phillips, author of Growing the Southwest Garden: Regional Ornamental Gardening