Herb Cultivation

The Memphis Herb Society has granted the Seed Library an Herban Renewal grant which was used to purchase the various plants on the sun shelf on the 3rd floor. Below is a list of books available in the collection that discuss how cultivate, use, and tend to these herbs! Click on the links for our holdings. Thank you Memphis Herb Society!

Updated July 23, 2025
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The encyclopedia of essential oils : the complete guide to the use of aromatic oils in aromatheraapy, herbalism, health & well-being
Lawless, Julia.
Paper Book
This is one of the bestselling aromatherapy books of all time with vital information on plant origins, medical herbalism and the properties and actions of herbs and essential oils. It covers 165 oils, their actions, characteristics, principal constituents and folk traditions and is a must for...
Encyclopedia of herbal medicine
Chevallier, Andrew
Paper Book
Discover how to make and use natural remedies from home-grown herbs to improve your health and wellbeing. In recent years, more people than ever have turned to natural remedies for general health and wellbeing, and for help with ailments, from the common cold to arthritis. This...
Greenhouse vegetable gardening : expert advice on how to grow vegetables, herbs, and other plants
Palmstierna, Inger
Paper Book
Learn everything you ever needed to know about managing your own greenhouse! Build and decorate your greenhouse. Harvest your own vegetables and herbs. And much, much more! "A garden should be easy and fun to care for--don't complicate things unnecessarily." This is the slogan of...
Growing 101 herbs that heal : gardening techniques, recipes, and remedies
Hartung, Tammi
Paper Book
Complete instructions for successfully growing 101 medicinal plants using totally organic techniques. Hartung, a certified organic grower and board member of United Plant Savers, shares all the secrets of propagation, soil preparation, natural pest management, harvesting techniques, and even...
The herbal pantry
Tolley, Emelie.
Paper Book
Health-conscious cooks and gardeners alike have long enjoyed the flavor benefits that fresh and dried herbs impart to almost any recipe. Now Emelie Tolley and Chris Mead, award-winning authors of three influential books on herb cookery, crafts, and cultivation, show how stocking the pantry with...
Herbs : the complete gardener's guide
Lima, Patrick.
Paper Book
When first published, Herbs was extremely well received and set a new standard of excellence for gardening books. Turid Forsyth's photographs and watercolor illustrations capture all the beauty and detail of these fascinating and practical plants, and Patrick Lima's highly...
Homegrown herbs : a complete guide to growing, using, and enjoying more than 100 herbs
Hartung, Tammi
Paper Book
Enjoy a thriving, fragrant herb garden and use your harvest to bring beauty, flavor, and health to your everyday life. Tammi Hartung provides in-depth profiles of 101 popular herbs, including information on seed selection, planting, maintenance, harvesting, and drying. Hartung also shows...
Lasagna gardening with herbs : enjoy fresh flavor, fragrance, and beauty with no digging, no tilling, no weeding, no kidding!
Lanza, Patricia.
Paper Book
Hang up your shovel and trowel! Now you can use the time (and money) you save laboring in your garden to actually enjoy it. Drawing on the amazingly simple layering system of gardening developed in her previous "lasagna gardening" books, Lanza applies these principles to the ever popular topic of...
Living with herbs : a treasury of useful plants for the home & garden
Gardner, Jo Ann
Paper Book
Through her experience gardening in the inhospitable climate and soils of Nova Scotia, Jo Ann Gardner has learned simple but innovative growing methods and, as she says, to become a more conscious gardener. The wisdom she shares--with vivid stories and a self-deprecating wit--is useful to herb...

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