Kew - The Witch's Garden: Plants in Folklore, Magic and Traditional Medicine River Yarra an artist paints a portrait

an artist paints a portrait of a man’s dead wife

dessen flimmernde Sprache unser Bild der Wirklichkeit in eine phosphoreszierende Schwebe versetzt

It enables thinking a politics of decolonisation for agriculture

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From a pioneer in “social permaculture

Kew - The Witch's Garden: Plants in Folklore, Magic and Traditional Medicine River Yarra an artist paints a portraitFully illustrated, The Witch's Garden tells the story of our folkloric fascination with magical plant specimens, documenting the beliefs and rituals surrounding the natural world. The Witch's Garden describes over 50 of the world's most powerful, harmful, legendary and storied plants from the screaming mandrake to calming St John's Wort, to predicting the weather with seaweed, the creation of salves for broken hearts, sore heads, protection from evil