Part of Thames & Hudson's Illustrated Garden series, The Medicinal Garden is Caroline Parker's guide to growing a herbal first-aid kit at home. Forty herb profiles and seven foraged medicinal weeds cover everything from planting through to harvest, with an emphasis on plants that work as hard in the kitchen as they do in the medicine cabinet.

Recipes range from cakes, biscuits and teas through to oils, tinctures, compresses and washes aimed at skin, gut, muscles and mind. Illustrated throughout by Lucy Mora, it's a practical, good-looking reference for anyone wanting to get more out of a home garden.