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Garden Witchery: Magick from the Ground Up |  | Author: Ellen Dugan
Publisher: Llewellyn Publications
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
Pages: 272
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Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 7.4 x 0.7
ISBN: 0738703184
Dewey Decimal Number: 133.43
EAN: 9780738703183
ASIN: 0738703184
Publication Date: March 1, 2003
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Product Description
2004 COVR AWARD 2ND RUNNER-UP!
How does your magickal garden grow?... With violets, rosemary, and yarrow to attract faeries; an apple tree for love and health; and a circle of stones in some tucked-away corner? Whether you live in a cottage in the woods, a home in the suburbs, or a city apartment with a small balcony, a powerful and enchanted realm awaits you. Discover the secret language and magickal properties of the trees and flowers, herbs and plants found growing around you, and learn how to create your own witch's garden. Written with down-to-earth humor by a Master Gardener who is also a practicing witch, this creative and encouraging guide will inspire gardeners of all ages and experience levels. It includes a journal section that makes it easy to keep track of your progress, practical gardening advice, personal stories, and garden witchery lore and magick. Inside, you'll get the dirt on:
flower folklore moon gardening and astrological timing faerie magick beginning to advanced witchcraft floral and herbal spells Sabbat celebrations "witch crafts" (sachets, wreaths, charm bags) creating sacred space shade, moonlight, and sun gardens enchanted houseplant and container gardens magickal herbal correspondences garden blessings
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 Absolutely lovely! January 10, 2010
MoonWillow
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was my first book I had ever read on wicca and I was so relieved that Ellen Dugan didn't try to gussy it up like some know it all.It felt so down to earth, as if a friend was just chatting with me. At first I attempted to highlight the key ponits,definitions,etc. but ended up draining my highlighter because almost the whole book was neon yellow by the time I finished! In all I adore this book, it is my favorite, and I use it like a manual.Her soul is reflected in all her words and her passion for this "natural way" is absolutely lovely!
 Learn to make your own magickal garden December 17, 2009
Jaymi Elford (PacNW)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Garden Witchery brings fun back into the garden chores. Ellen Dugan, Master Gardener and witch has written a manual to delight anyone. Dugan writes as if she were speaking to you while wandering though her own garden. This book is extremely practical and fun to read. The stories and wisdom on her own gardening experiences sprinkled throughout the book help to illustrate and remind the reader that gardening is a process and mistakes happen. There aren't many pictures in the book but it does contain some decorative illustrations and charts. As a new homeowner with a yard waiting to be sculpted, Garden Witchery got me excited about planting and making my gardens magickal.
The book opens with gardening basics. While she lives down south, Dugan presents her gardening wisdom as generically as possible. This section includes a copy of the US Hardiness Zones chart that explains how to pick the best plants according to the weather. Some might find such practicality odd to include in a pagan-themed book. But Dugan points out that gardening and planting is fun and very magickal. She shows readers how to plan their garden, select plants and which ones to avoid. Plants, flowers, herbs and trees are discussed equally in the book. She explains that a magickal garden doesn't need to include exotic and expensive flowers, or flowers that aren't native to the area. Instead she invites the reader to look outside and within their local area to see what it has to offer their magickal gardens.
She includes a chapter devoted to different types of gardens that focus magickal energy into different intentions. Shade gardens, cottage gardens, moon gardens, faerie gardens and more. Dugan makes each garden magickal by listing a "witches dozen" listing of plants one can add to their garden. She also gives spell and ritual suggestions for each garden. The plants in Garden Witchery are chosen for their "witchyness" as well as their ease to plant, locate and grow. Like the circle of life, Dugan teaches that with garden magick, everything is interconnected. The magick represented in this book connects and grows from one another.
Dugan starts imbedding her magickal knowledge by sharing her ideas on planting correspondences tables. She believes that the seasons, time of day and the day you choose to plant something affects the plants, their blooms, and the magick you can draw from them. Then she relates all those correspondences back to the lists of plants and trees the book contains. The spells, rituals, simples and other crafty examples all draw from the plants she includes in the book. The book includes an entire chapter written about the art of florigraphy (the meaning of flowers) and flower lore. Then she ties the magick back into a whole garden by giving the reader ideas on how to construct their own Garden Book of Shadows and spells.
The book ends with a garden journal for the reader to record his or her own thoughts. However, I found that it's not the end of what the book has to teach. After having read this book I found that I became more knowledgeable and aware of the soil my yard has. I also know more about what plants I do currently own and can get to incorporate into my spells and rituals. Garden Witchery helped me see the value and fun in planting and keeping gardens.
This is A Wonderful, Inexpensive Holidays and Practices Book for Beginners September 3, 2009
Mama Fortuna (Southern California)
We have recommended this book to our congregation for use by beginners. Ellen Dugan has not only included a wealth of information regarding plants and gardens, she has also included all the wiccan holidays, suggestions for celebrating at home, color, day-of-the-week and planetary associations and a guide to learning that is easily understood by the beginner.
It is not necessary to read this book cover-to-cover, although that is also enjoyable for people who have the time to do so. The book is very well indexed, and individual subjects can be looked up from the back of the book very easily. The way the book is organized makes it quick and easy to find the basics on most topics of interest to the beginner, and also to well seasoned Pagan worshippers.
Her writing style is entertaining, and her ethics are exemplary. This is a highly recommended book for people just starting out, and a really nice addition to an existing library. I hope that, when members of our congregation go shopping for a basic manual about holidays and practices that can be done easily and safely from home, this is the book they consider bringing home instead of purchasing some of the more difficult or unethical books on the market.
witchy gardening August 5, 2009
mossy cat (puyallup, wa)
I loved this book and reread various parts often. Dugan gives planting advice, spells, and, for me, best of all crafts. This is one of her best! Cottage Witchery is also great.
Magick gardens August 3, 2009
Sandy Rhoad (Branchville, SC United States)
I am not a witch - though some have said..well, never mind. I buy all of Dugan's books. I don't practice the spells or charms but I enjoy reading about them AND I am a gardener. This book gives valuable information about planting at certain times, where to plant, what to plant - how to decorate your garden to enjoy it. This book is a charm - and so is Ms. Dugan. She's a fun writer and a wonderful addition to my garden book shelf.
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