Enjoy Medicinal Herbs In Your Garden

By Orian Johnson

Welcome To The Medicinal Herbal Garden!
I believe that starting a garden, is one of the most creative activities one can do. When you start your garden, nature will step in, in miraculous and powerful ways. A co-creation begins to happen between you and Nature. Adding herbal plants to your garden will bring in another dimension of plant "beingness". It opens up another dimension of fragrances, knowledge and folklore.
If you are starting a garden, or have a garden, or trying to decide on new plants or considering alternative herbal medical knowledge, this book may give you some ideas.
You will meet eighteen herbal plants and learn some gardening growing tips, touch on herbal plant history, and explore some of these herbs amazing medicinal properties and energies. Included are four essays and several photos by Gerry Johnson.
In 1999, Orian and Gerry Johnson started their large herbal garden on a farm on the coast of California, USA. In this garden, they learned how to grow, harvest and make many herbal remedies and products. From Orian's herbal research on these individual plants they both gained tremendous respect and understanding for their herbal allies in their garden. It was here that Gerry inspired by the beauty of the flowers, started his new hobby, photography. In time, this garden hosted many weddings and events and was a delight for many people.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Orian Johnson
• Release date: Feb 15, 2014
• ISBN: 9781310908972

Orian Johnson

I am originally from South Africa, but have lived in the USA for 27 years. I have always loved and have spent a lot of time in nature,In my thirties and forties I really fell in love with gardening and learning more about the world of herbs. This started me on the path of making herbal products, which I continue to this day. I I am currently semi retired and living a gypsy lifestyle with my husband and our RV. We have covered a lot of miles exploring the western coast and the south west, USA. We have particularly enjoyed the deserts of Arizona and Southern Utah. I hope to write a book about our travels in the South West and include some of our photos.

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ENJOY

MEDICINAL HERBS

IN YOUR GARDEN

WRITTEN AND PUBLISHED BY ORIAN JOHNSON

PHOTOGRAPHS BY GERRY JOHNSON

ENJOY

MEDICINAL HERBS

IN YOUR GARDEN

WRITTEN AND PUBLISHED BY ORIAN JOHNSON

PHOTOGRAPHS BY GERRY JOHNSON

SMASHWORDS EDITION 2014

COPYRIGHT 2014 ORIAN JOHNSON

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The information in this e-book is for informational purposes only and nothing contained herein should be considered as professional or medical advice. Please consult a professional or certified acupuncturist, herbalist or medical practitioner for medical or herbal treatment.

Thank you.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Prologue

1.Anise Hyssop

2.Borage

3.California Poppy

4.Chamomile

5.Essay of Chamomile

6.Comfrey

7.Echinacea

8.Evening Primrose

9.Feverfew

10. Ginkgo

11. Lemon Balm

12. Mugwort

13. Mullein

14. Nettle

15. Rosemary

16. Essay of the Spirit Of lavender

17. St John's Wort

18. Sweet Violet

19. Essay of Purple Sisters

20. Valerian

21. Yarrow

22. Garden Elf

Epilogue

This book is dedicated

to our first garden

that we co-created with nature.

Thank you for your teachings,

your beauty,

your magic,

and

All the gifts you gave us freely and generously.

RETURN TO THE BEGINNING

PROLOGUE

Once upon a time, two people, a man and a woman, came together and created a very large medicinal herbal garden on a farm. Their intent was to create something very beautiful with the help of nature, the land, and the elements. The fairies, the plants spirits and divas were invited to this garden too and they must have responded because very soon the plants were flourishing and thriving so lavishly and abundantly.

The woman chose very carefully the plants and the seeds and took care of their fragile growth and their placement in the garden. The man watered, weeded, pruned and nurtured the garden consistently. In the garden, there were little rooms created with borders of stone and placement of chairs. Little paths led through and under flowering trellises finding secret places within the garden. Sounds of water tinkled from a fountain and light reflected off glass objects and crystals. Over a hundred different herbs grew amongst many ornamental plants, including a cherry tree and black bamboo. Birds flew here and perched there and hummingbirds high on nectar sugars zoomed between the plants.

A lovely green house built by the man, stood outside the garden to better protect and take care of the plant babies. The garden enclosed with a tall dear fence became green and colorful with the growth of Passion Vines. As the years went by it became a secret garden, only revealing itself when the garden gate opened.

This man and woman spent every weekend and every free hour in the garden. They learnt a great deal about themselves, each other and the world of plants. She would choose different flowering herbs to meditate next to, and then she would draw them and then later at home find out their medicinal usage. He would photograph the plants she studied and both of them bore witness to the amazing miracle of growth from seed to plant then back to seed again.

Time went on and one day the man and the woman were married in the garden, in the presence of a few friends and the woman's son. They continued to work and care for the garden for many years watching in wonder as it evolved, changed, grew and grew.Then the day arrived when it was time to leave and say goodbye to their Garden of Eden and they closed the garden gate