A Woman’s Garden, Grow Beautiful Plants and Make Useful things

A Woman’s Garden, a new book from Tanya Anderson of Lovely Greens, covers seven categories of useful plants, over thirty-five plant-based projects and recipes, and features women gardeners and their growing spaces

Find A Woman’s Garden Here:

You’ll learn about growing plants for skincare, food, medicine, home, and dyeing

An Introduction to A Woman’s Garden

A Woman’s Garden is written by Tanya Anderson, whose garden features in chapter 4

I am incredibly excited to reveal that I’ve been working on a beautiful new book for you. A Woman’s Garden Grow Beautiful Plants and Make Useful Things infuses the grow-your-own philosophy with creative ways to use your harvests in herbalism, skincare, natural dyeing, and beautiful food.

A Woman’s Garden shares inspiring ways to use the power of plants for home and health with helpful growing advice and step-by-step instructions for creating over 35 inspiring projects and recipes from your garden. It also introduces you to eight women who specialize in growing a particular category of useful plants.

A Woman’s Garden shortlisted for GMG Award

Aside from the many glowing reviews from people who have purchased A Woman’s Garden, it was also shortlisted for the Peter Seabrook Practical Book of the Year Award. This award is presented by the Garden Media Guild, and awarded to a book that conveys outstanding practical gardening ideas and clear advice.

A Woman’s Garden presents Creative Plant-based Makes

Projects in A Woman’s Garden include ways to use edible flowers, plant-based dyes, and natural beauty products

Gardens grow more than just pretty flowers. They grow well-being and a deeper connection with nature. Gardens can also produce plant material for creating homemade skincare, natural dyes, artisan crafts, delicious foods and beverages, and medicines–homegrown ways to create a wholesome lifestyle. Plant-based projects in the book include:

  • Using onion skins to dye wool
  • Alkanet root and lavender soap
  • Rose petal facial mist
  • Edible flower ice cubes
  • Healing calendula skin salve
  • Paper mache leaf lanterns
  • Chamomile tincture
  • Gardening projects, including a herb spiral, strawberry pallet planter, and more

Take a Look Inside the Book

Growing plants for home and health and creativity

The heart of A Woman’s Garden, the book, is the idea that our growing spaces can be places where we grow plants, but also a place where we can find connectivity. Connection to the land, our food, the things we make, use, and gift. Growing a garden is also a way to cultivate friendships, community and to find our place in nature, and support it.

Space isn’t an issue either. Whether you have a backyard garden, a balcony, or a window box, you can grow plants for home, health, and creativity. Vegetables that reduce food miles, flowers that support pollinators, and herbs that you can use for health and beauty. Every plant you grow, and every project you make, is a step forward to creating a better life and a better world.

Tweet
Pin341
Share631
972 Shares