Revised with an updated text and 50 new colour photographs, many specially commissioned, this encyclopaedic manual includes: a modern herbal of 300 plants with full cultivation details and uses; designing a herb garden; planning a garden - choosing herbs, organic growing, propagation, harvesting, drying and storing; cooking with herbs and spices - 200 recipes; household herbs and spices - herbs for potpourri and herbal pillows, for washing and polishing, candle-making and herbal dyes; natural cosmetics - distillation techniques and herb scents, bathing, skin care, herbal hair care, colourants and dyes; herbs for health - safe herbal preparations for relaxation, invigorating tonics, remedies for digestion, coughs, colds, fevers, and first aid. Sarah Garland is also the author of "The Herb Garden" and the writer and illustrator of the children's books, "Doing the Washing", "Coming to Tea" and the "Sam" series - "Sam and Joe", "Sam's the Name", "Supersam" and "Sam's Cat".