The Real Witches' Garden

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A real witches review. - Rated
I always find Kate West a brilliant read, and the Real Witches Garden is Kate at her best. I am a healer and Wise Woman and teach courses on wicca all around the UK. I regularly recommend Kate West's books to my students. They are sensible, no-nonsense, down to earth books that demystify the craft and make it accessible to anyone in a way that I try to get over in my courses. Therefore they are great course back up books.
WELL DONE KATE, YOU'VE DONE IT AGAIN!

Grow your own magic ! - Rated
Reading this book made me realise the importance of having your own witches garden, be it large or small. It's very easy to buy what you need online but things that you have grown yourself will always be a hundred times more magical. Really gets you taking a closer look at the environment & how you can gain spiritually from it aswell as helping to preserve it.

Witchy Gardening! - Rated
Kate West's guide to Gardening the Witches way.

This is a wonderful book, so much information, including how to grow herbs to use for spells, planning your garden in fact everything magickally related for your garden! And if you have 20 acres or 20cm it doesn't matter anyone can really get something out of this book.

This is not a comprehensive guide to herbs etc, it might be good to use another herbs book in conjunction with this too. This is also brilliant to use with The Real Witches Kitchen I own both and they both work extremely well together.

Kate has also included information about Witchcraft so this would be a brilliant book for someone new to Witchcraft as well, though I would recommend getting a couple of Kate's other books if you are new too. And she has written some really good suggestions for Sabbats too.

All in all a brilliant book, and brilliant information as always.

Green fingered Witchcraft - Rated
In this book Kate West has bought her wisdom, experience and wit to the subject of creating a sacred space in the Garden, be it window box or acres. This is not a gardening manual, if that is what you want try Alan Titchmarsh. This about taking Witchcraft back into the natural space. As usual Kate West provides a wealth if information on how to use your space to celebrate the Lord and Lady and to mark the Wheel of the Year. There is lots of information on herbs and plants and their uses, though this is not a comprehensive 'Herbal'. I found the book both fascinating and inspiring and I have never been that interested in Gardening. Kate West reminds us that the Craft is nature based and what better way to celebrate it, than to tend to Nature itself!

Kate West Steps out of the Kitchen and into the Garden! - Rated
The same size as 'The Real Witches' Kitchen'(Pub by Element), 'The Real Witches' Garden is perfect company on the bookshelf. Both books have the most beautiful front covers!
Written in the typical Kate West style, this book sends you off into the Gardener's World, even if you are not normally green-fingered and may only have access to a window box!
The contents have obviously been well researched and tested.
Twelve chapters(178 pages) take you through to the Three Appendices which include 'What Witchcraft really Is', so a good starting point for the novice to The Craft, as well!
This section includes a definition of the eight Sabbats(Wheel of the Year) and follows on to a 'Terms and Definitions' section - a handy glossary of all you need to know!
A brilliant book from a brilliant author!