Healing Gardens: Aromatherapy - Feng Shui - Holistic Gardening - Herbalism - Color Therapy - Meditation [Hardcover]

Romy Rawlings (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1998 | ISBN-10: 1572232080 | ISBN-13: 978-1572232082 | Edition: 1

Our own gardens, regardless of size, should provide a welcome sanctuary for relaxation from the pressures of the outside world. When carefully planned, the garden can even make a positive contribution to a healthier and happier life. Healing Gardens beautifully demonstrates how alternative therapies such as meditation, aromatherapy, feng shui and color therapy can be put into practice in the home garden for mazimum results. The helpfull narrative explores personal needs for revitalization and offers solutions to a range of health problems, including asthma, hay fever and stress. Comprehensive plant lists are provided for each of the suggested therapies, with expert advice on selection of species, growing and healing uses. Lavish color photographs and artwork illustrate the principles of garden design, planting and ornaments. Whether you have a country garden or a city terrace - or even a window box - this book shows in exquisite detail how you can maximize the hea! ling potential of your garden environment.

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About the Author

Romy Rawlings is a landscape architect and garden designer in Warwickshire, England. She has a strong personal belief in complementary medicine and has extensively studied the application of alternative therapies in practical garden situations.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 176 pages
• Publisher: Willow Creek Press; 1 edition (January 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1572232080
• ISBN-13: 978-1572232082
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 8.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,206,746 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book blossoms!!, October 11, 2001

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Priscilla Buttler (Saint Simons Island, GA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Healing Gardens: Aromatherapy - Feng Shui - Holistic Gardening - Herbalism - Color Therapy - Meditation (Hardcover)

I received this book as a gift. I am a healer and frankly, I didn't think I would learn a thing. But the photographs were so appealing that I started flipping through it. To this day, (I've been reading it over and over for about a year now) I learn something or garner an idea that absolutely inspires me. I have now transformed my entire yard with the influence of this book. At least four groups of people stop on a daily basis and are so attracted to my yard that they are drawn to stop and tell me. I am extremely impressed with Ms. Rawlings ability to include so much factual information about so many subjects and to align her knowledge of the subjects with gardening in general. I think the book is brilliant, well-researched and obviously comes from the heart of a garden lover.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars BEAUTIFUL PICTURES, July 4, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Healing Gardens: Aromatherapy - Feng Shui - Holistic Gardening - Herbalism - Color Therapy - Meditation (Hardcover)

The book contains beautiful pictures and lots of great information on plants for the experienced gardener. I think that to many subjects were covered in one book. Each of the areas adressed in the book could have been an entire book in itself. This book assumes that the reader has a workable knowledge of plants. Not a book for a beginner. Not worth the price that I paid.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Standard Coffee Table Book, Grade Two, July 19, 2008

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Nicole Loew "Bibliophile" (North America) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Healing Gardens: Aromatherapy - Feng Shui - Holistic Gardening - Herbalism - Color Therapy - Meditation (Hardcover)

While filled with several informative and interesting passages on select "healing" gardens and rather helpful information on creating your own (including plant lists), this book just doesn't do it for me. A wonderful one-over for all types of holistic gardens, but if you're looking for something on one specific type go for a specialized book.