Wild Plant Culture: A Guide to Restoring Edible and Medicinal Native Plant Communities

Name: Wild Plant Culture: A Guide to Restoring Edible and Medicinal Native Plant Communities
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)

Jared Rosenbaum

Nov 2022 · New Society Publishers

5.0

1 review

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Reconnect. Restore. Reciprocate. Repairing landscapes and reconnecting us to the wild plant communities around us.

Integrating restoration practices, foraging, herbalism, rewilding, and permaculture, Wild Plant Culture is a comprehensive guide to the ecological restoration of native edible and medicinal plant communities in Eastern North America.

Blending science, practice, and traditional knowledge, it makes bold connections that are actionable, innovative, and ecologically imperative for repairing both degraded landscapes and our broken cultural relationship with nature. Coverage includes:

Understanding and engaging in mutually beneficial human-plant connections
Techniques for observing the land's existing and potential plant communities
Baseline monitoring, site preparation, seeding, planting, and maintaining restored areas
Botanical fieldwork restoration stories and examples
Detailed profiles of 209 native plants and their uses.

Both a practical guide and an evocative read that will transport you deep into the natural landscape, Wild Plant Culture is an essential toolkit for gardeners, farmers, and ecological restoration practitioners, highlighting the important role humans play in tending and mending native plant communities.

AWARDS

SILVER | 2023 Nautilus Book Awards | Green, Restorative Practices / Sustainability
HONORABLE MENTION | 2023 American Horticultural Society Book Awards

Ratings and reviews

5.0

1 review

Theresa O'Connell

February 27, 2025

I recieved this as an ARC from New Society Publishers. Thank you. As I am reading this book. I am currently working on some re-wilding projects. The descriptions of the plants mentioned in this book, are helpful to that work. And it has inspired me to search out more plants. What I enjoyed the most was, how the author tied in information from First Nations. He drew upon knowledge that often has been lost and needs to be re-taught. I plan on sharing copies of this book with friends, as well as my urban neighbours. Then my neighbours will know that it is more than just weeds, and possibly join in.

About the author

Jared Rosenbaum is a botanist, native plant grower, and ecological restoration practitioner. He and his wife run Wild Ridge Plants LLC, which grows local ecotype native plants using sustainable practices, performs botanical surveys, and provides ecological restoration planning services. Jared has extensive experience in stewardship and monitoring of natural communities. He is known as an educator in plant ecology, ecological restoration, and the cultural uses of wild plant foods and medicines. Jared is the author of two prior books on native plants, including the children's book The Puddle Garden, and maintains an active blog at wildplantculture.com. He is a Certified Ecological Restoration Practitioner by the Society for Ecological Restoration. He lives in New Jersey.

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