The Sensory Herbal Handbook : Connect with the Medicinal Power of Your Local Plants

The Sensory Herbal Handbook by Fiona Heckels, Karen Lawton and Belle Benfield (writing as the Seed Sistas) introduces readers to Sensory Herbalism, a way of working with local medicinal plants through direct sensory experience rather than memorised lists of properties.

The book sets out five practical tools, observation, intuition, interpretation, characterisation and plant-dream work, for building a personal relationship with plants, and organises herbal remedies, recipes and rituals around the seasons.

Illustrated throughout with around 140 photographs and drawings, it blends traditional herbal knowledge with science, creativity and a good dose of playfulness, making it accessible to complete beginners as well as more experienced herbalists.