A beautifully illustrated and fantastically informative book that was a joy to read through. Thanks to NetGalley and the Author for this ARC.

It’s essentially an encyclopedia of herbs with short blurbs and facts about them. It’s very beautiful and nicely researched but I’m not sure who the audience would be. I feel like it’s too esoteric for the casual reader but not in depth enough for an herbalist. It would be a cute coffee table book.

The Complete Language of Herbs by S. Theresa Dietz was an absolute delight to explore and review. For someone who loves growing herbs, this book was an enriching experience. Exploring the depths of herbology, including their historical significance, folklore, and healing properties, was truly enlightening. The book's layout and beautiful illustrations were a particular highlight. I look forward to getting my own copy soon!

This book was really informative. It was just different herbs and their names and purposes but I loved seeing all the little plant images and reading what the historical meanings and uses of them were. This would make a very good coffee table book. I love learning about different nature things and this book definitely filled that want.

This is such a beautiful book, and so full of knowledge! I loved that the author went into such great depth for each of the herbs, and there was such a great variety of herbs included!

A charming, well researched book. Many interesting facts about everyday herbs, but also some which are less well known,
The list is in alphabetical order according to the herb's scientific name.
I loved the information around the folklore of the plants and the little drawings are gorgeous.
An easy to use and understand book. I know that I will be delving into it many times.

This is adorable! Not only describes to you what the herbs mean but it gives you a cute blurb of the folklore and facts behind it, as well its possible powers. Reading wise everything is cohesive and flows really well. My only qualm is the pictures aren’t the best quality and some are just completely black but that very much could be my tablet. Other wise very adorable, will be purchasing once released!

This book was a lovely herbal encyclopedia, but I’m disappointed with the illustrations. They were not as clearly defined as I had expected. I believe that picture images would have been better, but this is my opinion. Besides that, the book was a treasure trove of knowledge.

As someone who is obsessed with botanical illustrations, this did not disappoint! I’ll be honest, that’s the majority of the reason why I picked this up.

There are colorful, delicate, gorgeous illustrations throughout the book. Paired with information on culinary, medical, and spiritual uses for each herb, I think this book is pretty close to perfect. I enjoy mythology and folklore, so I liked the way that was woven into this book as well.

I definitely can’t wait to find a physical copy for my shelves!

The Complete Language of Herbs Is something I have been waiting to read for a long time. S. Theresa Dietz did a wonderful job creating this book, and it is thee all in one companion I will be using every time I want to know about a flower or herb, I am using in my day-to-day life. The information is not to lengthy, is very informative and straight to the point The key at the beginning of the book helps identify whether a plant is medicinal, culinary, or poisonous is easy to read and very helpful when looking for a particular flower or herb I find illustrations of each plant to be beautiful and being able to have so much knowledge in one book makes me so excited to have this book in my personal library.

Thank you to NetGalley and Quarto.

Firstly this book is beautifully illustrated and that’s what kept me reading it.

I think I went in expecting tips for gardening and recipes using natural products; but it’s mainly a book on what the herbs mean in folklore,

If that’s an interest of yours this is for you, if you want ways to use the herbs in cooking then you won’t find that here.

This is such a beautiful guide book on herbs and the additional descriptions and little bits of information on each herb makes this something interesting for those who are both new and already averse in the language of herbs.
Thanks Netgalley for the eARC.

I have been in love with the flora as long as I could remember. Myths and folklore also fascinate me. This book was a blend of both. It has a variety of herbs and plants with a good amount of mythical info about the said herb or plant. The culinary information is very very limited and in most cases, non existent. So if you're someone who believes in the mythical stuff, this book could be helpful to you. If not, it could be a fun book to have to amuse yourself.

Thanks to the publisher for a copy of this book!

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Absolutely loved this book, I am a huge fan of clearly getting to the point, and book set up like this. Easy to find the herb, author’s elegantly layout is so pleasing on the eyes and brain. Sometime there just too much info when you are just needing to look up a herb, and can’t find it or feel overwhelmed with the information. The book solves all that.
I also absolutely loved the author’s authentic opening of how her journey and the book came about. You can clearly feel the authenticity in the words she right.

The best of the best when it comes to describing herbs. This is the latest instalment in the author’s series on herbs.

The presentation, the writing, the brief description and the colourful details all give a very fulfilling reading experience.

Just go for this without thinking twice.

Thank you, Wellfleet Press, for the advance reading copy.

Less typical reference guide and more woo-woo and factual tidbits. Looking for science and planting information, then pass on this. Looking for possible powers of sweetwort, this is for you.

Thanks Net Galley and Wellfleet Press for the temporary ARC to review.

This is exactly what I have been looking for! I am some what new to the world of herbs and a lot of books and guides can be super overwhelming. The Complete Language of Herbs by S. Theresa Dietz is perfect. Each herb is shown with an illustration along with other names, symbolic meanings, folklore, facts, and other little gems. Definitely recommend to anyone looking for information on herbs. The illustrations were also so beautiful. Thank you so much for this opportunity!