CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION: Welcome to the Medicine Wheel Garden

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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

Selected Bibliography