Herbs Knowledge and preparations

Joke Custers

Not your average book on herbs!

Beautifully illustrated, with a detailed explanation on active substances and preparations

For both amateur and skilled herbalists

Knowledge of herbs is of all times. Herbs keep on intriguing people. Herbalist Joke Custers explains, using clear language and a logical structure, how you can make all kinds of herb preparations. She provides you with information on how to recognise, pick and harvest herbs, how you can process herbs in water, vinegar, alcohol and oil, and how you can process those substances into ointments, creams, lotions and much more.

A must-have for everyone who is seeking to gain more knowledge on nature's healing power.

295 x 240 mm | 320 pages | 75,000 words full colour illustrations | hardcover all rights available

Joke Custers works as a bio-engineer in land and forest management and teaches in herb knowledge and herb preparations. In New Zealand she took the course Wise Women Herbal Practitioner and graduated as Master Herbalist at the European Academy for Natural Healthcare.

Plants and Cosmetics For skin, hair and house

Leoniek Bontje, photography Bella Thewes and Anya van de Wetering

Make your own natural personal care products keeps growing

A beautifully designed gift book

Including recipes, handy pictures of the making process and explanatory notes of the used plants

Plant expert Leoniek Bontje teaches you how, with the use of the plants around us, you can make (cleansing) creams and lip balm, but also how to make deodorant, toothpaste, massage oil and fragrance sticks for your home. Finally you will have care products that are guaranteed to be free of synthetic additives.

With this practical book you can start making care products yourself and you’ll know exactly what you use for your hair, skin and home.

150 x 200 mm | 224 pages | 26,500 words full colour illustrations | hardcover all rights available

Leoniek Bontje is herbalist and wild picker. She loves to share her knowledge about plants. She gives workshops and has already written the well-received books Edible Wild Plants, Medicinal plants and Gather and Conserve.