INTRODUCTION: Welcome to the Medicine Wheel Garden
PART I CREATING SACRED SPACE: A MEDICINE WHEEL GARDEN
CHAPTER 1 The Circle Is Sacred: The Ancient History of Medicine Wheels
CHAPTER 2 Centering Earth Energies: Designing Your Medicine Wheel
CHAPTER 3 Making the Medicine Wheel: Ground Plans and Garden Styles
CHAPTER 4 Planting the Medicine Wheel Garden: Securing Sacred Space
CHAPTER 5 Finishing Touches: Peace Poles, Wind Horses, and Prayer Cairns
CHAPTER 6 Mulches: The Gardens Conservationists
CHAPTER 7 Personal Altars: Creating a Medicine Wheel Indoors
CHAPTER 8 Celebrating Your Medicine Wheel Garden: Seasonal Healing Rituals
PART II HERBS FOR THE MEDICINE WHEEL GARDEN
CHAPTER 9 Healing Herbs from Angelica to Yucca: Fifty Key Plants, with Illustrations and Profiles
PART III GATHERING THE HERBAL BOUNTY: RECIPES AND PRACTICAL HERB CRAFTING
CHAPTER 10 Harvest Times: Making Good Use of Earth Medicines
CHAPTER 11 Nutriceuticals: Foods, Beverages, Bitters, and Seasonings
CHAPTER 12 Cosmeceuticals: Health and Beauty Aids from the Medicine Wheel Garden
CHAPTER 13 Aromatherapy: Bath Salts, Soaps, and Herbal Baths
CHAPTER 14 Ceremonial and Ritual Items: Smudge Sticks, Prayer Feathers, and Spirit Shields
APPENDIX 1 Native Plant Suppliers
APPENDIX 2 American Indian Craft Suppliers
APPENDIX 3 Some Sacred Sites