The Herbal Year

“A beautiful and well-organized book that takes the reader on a deep dive into the foundations of herbalism. This is an excellent resource for anyone looking for more than just a casual introduction to home herbalism. I especially love how the author has organized the book by the seasons, filling it with bountiful seasonal recipes that support health and well-being throughout the year. The lush photography and beautiful illustrations make an already wonderful book even more enjoyable to explore."

"Herbal resources that take a seasonal lens to the art and craft are among my favorite, and this book now tops that list. This is a gorgeous, practical, and inspiring book I wish I had written, but now I don’t have to! Nurse practitioner-herbalist Juliette Carr brings you on a multi-sensory journey through the seasons, connecting with the earth and ecosystem, your body, and locally abundant plants. Beautiful photography, practical tips, and fantastic recipes evoke the vibe of each of the four seasons. This makes remedy making, herbal energetics, herbal actions, and learning herbal healing a natural and approachable adventure. Fans of my book, Body into Balance, will find Juliette’s The Herbal Year a joyful guide to add another layer of deeper meaning and focus to your herbal and healing journey.” 

“I highly recommend Juliette Carr’s delightful, insightful, witty, sensible, detailed, yet highly readable guide to natural self-healing, The Herbal Year. It is an irresistible invitation to partake in the intangible joys along with the fruits of each season, to notice both the wild and cultivated bounty of the land, and to harvest and preserve with common sense and reverence. Her medical training informs her crisp, clear discussions of human health and disease. Her botanical expertise reveals natural means of restoring organ vitality and metabolic balances. Her instructions on creating your own botanical remedies are both precise and an invitation to individual creativity. Her perspective as a mother is to nurture the children and the gardens of the world with cheerful, patient determination. Reading this book is like having a thoughtful, funny, enthusiastic friend lead you from her gardens to her kitchen where you share ancient wisdom and fresh decoctions." 

“There is no greater joy than embarking on a journey with a guide who has passion, skill, and years of experience to help you explore the terrain. Juliette’s book is all of that and more. As a farmer and grower, she leads us through the patterns and medicine of the seasons with clarity and poetry. A must-have for those beginning their journey into the study of this ancient and timely practice of herbal medicine. As a clinician, she brings trusted wisdom to the materia medica we know and offers a deeper, broader lens. The beauty of her gardens, recipes, and insights into the meaning of the seasons' medicine will delight experienced herbalists alike.”

"The Herbal Year is everything I want in an herbal book: both folk and scientific understandings of herbs woven together beautifully, all while centering accessibility without sacrificing exactness. Juliette is a shining example of how to incorporate herbalism realistically into your life, especially if you have a family and want to live more closely to with the ever-changing seasonal year. The incredibly beautiful photography coupled with the many years of tried-and-true herbal teaching and learning make this book a treasure for any person walking the herbal path.”

“Warm, practical, and deeply rooted in seasonal living, Juliette Abigail Carr’s book beautifully captures the rhythms of herbalism. Through recipes, medicine making, and thoughtful explorations of plants and place, readers are invited into a richer relationship with the seasons and their botanical allies.”

“If you crave a closer relationship to nature for you and your family, Juliette will bring you there—aligning your life with the seasons through fun, meaningful herbal activities and practices for every part of the year.” 

“Juliette Abigail Carr's The Herbal Year is my favorite kind of book: one that presents information accessibly and roots that knowledge deeply in reliable herbal concepts. This is important because "home herbalist" defines one's scope of practice, not their depth of knowledge, and this book lays a solid foundation upon which to grow a skilled practice of herbalism. Even more than that, Juliette illuminates the intrinsic relationship between the herbalist and the ecosystems and cycles of nature we are a part of, which nourishes and inspires all we do.”