Member Reviews
You con’t need to be a witch to use this reference. It’s a wonderful resource for anyone interested in herbs and plants. Though it has far more information than the average green thumb will use, but then again, maybe they’re a green witch after all.
As a baby Witch myself, I evidently adored this book. I came across plants I've known already but got surprised with quite a bunch of nouveau herbs and flowers. The design and illustration really stood out to me en contraire to similar witchy guides. Absolutely reccommend.
Thank you to Rowan Morgana and NetGalley for an Advanced Reader Copy of this title!
I am sad to say that I found this book to be 'just okay', after being really excited to read it. I love the idea of having a plant encyclopedia with witchy vibes, and I think the set-up for the book fulfills that idea. he first several chapters of the book have general information about basic gardening and how you can incorporate plants into a pagan/witchy/green spiritual practice, which is fine. The latter portion of the book is the 'encyclopedic' portion, and I just feel like it could have been so much more.
For example, while I feel the book makes a good attempt at alerting the reader to the potential danger of handling and ingesting certain plants throughout the book and puts warning for pet and human safety on each entry, it would have been more helpful to use different fonts, sizes, and colors to mark when plants were deadly for pets but safe for humans, if even touching the plants was hazardous, etc. I also felt that the images used for plants could have been more front-and-center - each entry contained one photograph of a flowered plant, but there was quite a bit of space left on each page that could have been used to show multiple cultivars, budding plants, seeds, etc. in a way that was both informative and aesthetically pleasing.
Overall, I think this guide is okay as a jumping off point for those who might want to learn more about the practice of green magic, but it cannot stand alone as a reference guide, which is something I look for in deciding to add a book to my limited space. I appreciate that the author gives many resources she used at the end of the book for those who may want to know more, and I may refer to these in the future. I will not likely buy this book for myself.
I think this book would be more impactful for a beginner gardener or somebody who takes "witchy" things more seriously. As a seasoned gardener, I was more interested in the encyclopedia section and I was a bit let down by the lack of detail. I didn't feel like I learned anything useful about how the different plants and herbs can be used in a practical sense.
I have all the hardcover books in "The Witch's Complete Guide To" series. This amazing cover for the Green Witch matches the others but I am unsure if they are part of the same series.
Love, love that each herb has listed their ruling planet, moon phase, element, zodiac, gender, deity, lore.. LOVE.
I appreciate that their is a coloured illustration of each herb, especially considering there are a whopping 150. Not all guides give you visuals but I think they're so important to help identify each herb. I also love that each herb gets a full page.
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The Green Witch's Herb Guide and Plant Encyclopedia by Rowan Morgana Is a great way to gain knowledge about plant life and herbs on your magical journey
It is a great way to enhance your green witch knowledge
Enjoyable read! Good reference for foragers. Lots of tips for storage and usage of commonly found herbs which are my favorites. Even a few spells I haven’t seen before. Recommend for anyone new to herbal magic or just herbalism in general. Great easy to follow reference.
The Green Witch's Herb Guide and Plant Encyclopedia by Rowan Morgana is a great introducti0n to using plants in one's magical practice. There are a few plant profiles that I haven't yet seen in other plant witchery books, so this felt new for me to read. the information is beginner friendly and gets the information out easy while not being so word heavy. Well Done!
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I found this to be a resourceful read with plenty of information. A great guide for beginners in witchy herbs and plants. It was easy to read and the pictures were nice to have.
I received a free copy of this book via NetGalley and I am voluntarily leaving a review.
This book would be a fantastic resource for a beginner green witch and indeed a useful guide to any green witch planning a magical garden. The bokk is split into 2 distinct sections. The first being a short section about what green witchcraft is a succinct and somewhat vague history of green witchcraft and a few spells to start you on the green witchcraft path. The second section is a directory of 150 plants that are perfect for the witches garden.
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read this book. The first part of the book contains basic information about green witchery, gardening and foraging, as well as a chapter of spells and recipes. There are a lot of similar books on the market and I don't feel this one has much new or interesting to offer. However I loved the second part of the book which contains magical plant profiles.Each of the 150herbs and plants in this section has a profile including a color illustration, magical uses and correspondences, and gardening information. The book also includes a directory of herbs by need and an index. Four stars!
This is going to come in handy. I've always had a green thumb and have been wanting to dabble some in the witchy area.
I practice witchcraft and I think this is a good book for beginners and good for finding references. I think that it gives bits of information here and there to really get you started in the big word of green witchcraft. I didn’t check if all the herbs were marked correctly but as a rule of thumb, double check!
This was my first book of this kind and i really enjoyed it. I wanna get into witchcraft and just learn more about plants in general so this was really helpful for the beginning.
This is an interesting book. I love the bits about gardening and how to grow and take care of herbs. The spells and rituals are also fascinating. My favorite part of this book, though is the plant profiles. There was so much information and so many different plants covered. As a gardener, I found this section indispensable. Overall, I think this is a good book and would be interesting to many different people.
I found "The Green Witch's Herb and Plant Encyclopedia", by Rowan Morgana an excellent resource for all types of practitioners of magic. This book is ideal for new witches it has step by step instruction, and spells for Green Witchcraft. The herb and plant information is important for all witches to know. This volume is a must for your witch library!
Overall I am quite impressed with this book even though I myself read a fair few on the topic .
Really like the list in the beginning of the book with herbs to help you start growing your magical apothecary.
While most of the books on the topic just focus on the encyclopedia side of things with just huge list of herbs and their use, this books gives you actionable steps to implement plant allies in your practice and how to set up your green space/ garden.
Book also has a selection of nice beginner friendly rituals and I definitely will be doing one or two.
Loved that plant profiles included small tips on gardening these particular plants! And having pictures for each plants too, unfortunately not all similar books have them.
It’s important to remember that is not a medicinal herbalism book and if you want to use any plants in medicinal purposes you’ll need to use trusted scientific based resources.
I gave up on this book quickly. It may be fine for someone who is not actually going to do anything with the information but it is not a good resource for herbal information. The very first plant listed is aconite (monkshood), which is an incredibly poisonous plant. While it has a history of being used to kill many people, I would not put it in an herbal book. The next plant listed is African violet, which the book lists as edible. African violets are not edible, and are not true violets (which are edible and healthy). I cannot recommend this book for anyone really wanting to learn about herbs.
I read a temporary digital copy of this book for review.