{"product_id":"growing-plant-medicine-vol-1-by-richo-cech","title":"Growing Plant Medicine: Vol 1 by Richo Cech","description":"\u003cp\u003eGrowing Plant Medicine: Vol 1 by Richo Cech, Sena Cech Olivier (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSigned by Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eTheory and practice of natural garden techniques, newly augmented with bioregional medicinal plant recommendations, garden plans and materia medica. Arranged by plant families, alphabetically by kinship and common name. Families A through H. The rest of the alphabet will be left to Volume 2, which is in production. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVolume 1 is an extensive book and unique, including fine line drawings of the plants themselves, their leaves, seeds, sprouts, roots and flowers. The writing includes in-depth cultural information on a wide array of medicinal plants, delving into the fossil record, archaeology, ethnobotany, traditional medicinal uses, dosages, cultivation and preparation. Also poetry and storytelling. This is a personal book, filled with ruminations on gardening and herbalism coming from a lifetime of observing, growing and advocating for world medicinal herbs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRicho Cech\u003c\/strong\u003e started his professional work as an archaeologist and ethnobotanist in East Africa. Upon his return to the United States in 1978, he began cultivating and saving the seed of medicinal plants. Over the years, his gardens have become the basis for Strictly Medicinal Seeds, growers of organic, open pollinated and GMO-free seed and plants of medicinal herbs, culinary herbs, succulents, trees and garden vegetables. Richo and his family produce a popular, bi-yearly, hand-illustrated seed catalog that provides access to this collection of common, quirky, eclectic, and bizarre seeds and plants. Richo is author of “Making Plant Medicine” (2000), “Growing At-Risk Medicinal Herbs” (2002), and “The Medicinal Herb Grower” (2009).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRicho has botanized in China and Africa, resulting in the introduction of many new and exciting medicinal herb species to gardeners throughout the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe botanical Drawings that grace this book flowed from the steady pen of \u003cstrong\u003eSena Cech Olivier\u003c\/strong\u003e. She has enjoyed a lifelong love for spirituality, herbal healing and the art of botany. She lives on her permaculture farm in Williams, OR.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ePaperback\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCopyright Date: \u003c\/strong\u003e2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePhysical Info:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e0.94 x 8.19 x 10.43 inches (1.7 lbs) 354 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Herbal Reeds LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52752091513142,"sku":null,"price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/2301\/7526\/files\/615uW994OcL.jpg?v=1755291988","url":"https:\/\/www.summerbeambooks.com\/products\/growing-plant-medicine-vol-1-by-richo-cech","provider":"Summer Beam Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}