Reference List
These are books that we most frequently consult when writing posts and that we find useful in gardening and magical work. If you wish to buy any of these books, please ask your local independent bookstore to order them for you. If you prefer to order books online, please consider ordering through Bookshop.org (https://bookshop.org), where your purchases support independent bookshops rather than mega-corporations. For a selection of both new and used copies, please visit Powell’s Books (https://www.powells.com), the world’s largest independent bookstore (three stories, occupying an entire city block), where we occasionally go on pilgrimage. These are not affiliate links.
- The Bountiful Container by Rose Marie Nichols McGee and Maggie Stuckey. Workman Publishing, 2002.
- Cunningham’s Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs by Scott Cunningham, Second edition, Llewellyn Publications, 2010.
- Discovering the Folklore of Plants by Margaret Baker, 2011 (1969), Shire Classics
- Flower Chronicles: The Legend and Lore of Fifteen Garden Favorites by E. Buckner Hollingsworth, University of Chicago Press, 1958 (2024 edition)
- Herbs (RD Home Handbook Series), edited by Lesley Bremness, The Reader’s Digest Association, Inc. and Dorling Kindersley, 1990
- How To Make a Forest Garden by Patrick Whitefield, Permanent Publications, 1996.
- Gardener’s Folklore by Margaret Baker, David & Charles, 2024.
- Gardener’s Latin by Bill Neal. Algonquin Books of Chape Hill, 1992.
- The Medieval Garden by Sylvia Landsberg, British Museum Press, 1995
- The Treadwell’s Book of Plant Magic by Christina Oakley Harrington, Weiser Books, 2023.
- A Victorian Flower Dictionary: The Language of Flowers Companion by Mandy Kirkby, Ballantine Books, 2011.
- Old Wives’ Lore for Gardeners by Maureen and Bridget Roland, Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1976.
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