“The Ecology of Herbal Medicine is lively and highly informed. . . . [Saville’s] extensive knowledge of her subject and devotion to her cause will attract anyone concerned about prevalent ecological crises and the consequent and continuing loss of valuable plant species.”—Barbara Bamberger Scott, Bookreporter.com
“In this manual chock full of practical and personal experience in the ‘living landscape,’ [Saville] urges the reader to fall in love with the abundant plants and weeds of our Southwest environment—because only then can humans connect with and properly care for them.”—Amy Boaz, Taos News
“Dara Saville’s new book, The Ecology of Herbal Medicine: A Guide to Plants and Living Landscapes of the American Southwest, is a revelation of connections—the land, the plants that grow on it, the herbs that humans produce from the plants, and the animals that find nourishment in those plants.”—David Steinberg, Albuquerque Journal
“Exceptionally ‘user friendly’ in organization and presentation.”—Midwest Book Review
“Move over, Michael Moore: Dara Saville’s ecological herbal is the most unique and refreshing view on the healing power of plants—for both human health and land health—to be published in decades!”—Gary Paul Nabhan, author of Food from the Radical Center: Healing Our Land and Communities
“A unique ecological perspective for the use of herbal medicine in the Southwest.”—Kelly Kindscher, editor of Echinacea: Herbal Medicine with a Wild History
“Dara Saville’s ecological herbal will be an often-consulted volume on my bookshelf for years to come!”—Judith Phillips, author of Growing the Southwest Garden: Regional Ornamental Gardening
