Growing At-Risk Medicinal Herbs, Cultivation, Conservation and Ecology Review

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(More customer reviews)This book is essential for any serious medicinal herb grower or for those simply interested the history and conservation of at risk medicinal plants. Many of the plants addressed in this book are somewhat difficult to cultivate but Richo imparts his observations and experience accrued from a lifetime of experience in the field to the reader, effectively facilitating their propagation. The botanical information alone is much more exhaustive than anything that I've encountered anywhere else.
Besides need for individuals to cultivate at-risk medicinals for the sake of conservation, one will find that many of these plants are mainstays in the arsenal of any respectable herbalist. For those of us who prefer to cultivate our own medicinal plants, this book is an essential resource. Also Richo offers seeds, root cuttings, and live plants detailed in this book from his seed company, Horizon Herbs. In my encounters with him, I have found him to be extremely gracious and helpful in answering any questions that I have had.
I am including a list of all of the herbs which are addressed in this book as that seemingly pertinent bit of information is lacking from Amazon's description:
Black Cohosh
Bloodroot
Blue Cohosh
Echinacea
American Ginseng
Goldenseal
Kava Kava
Lady's Slipper Orchid
Lomatium
Osha
Peyote
Slippery Elm
Stillingia
Sundew
Trillium
False Unicorn
True Unicorn
Venus Flytrap
Virginia Snakeroot
American Wild Yam
Note: While completing this review, I discovered that it is no longer offered from Horizon Herbs, from whence I purchased my copy. However, it is offered on another major site that sells used books for under $20. I would assume that it is currently out of print, so please don't hesitate in securing a copy for yourself!


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This book is about plant conservation through cultivation. These plants are becoming rare because their native habitat is shrinking and because they are challenging to grow. Growing "at-risk" medicinal plants depends on conserving or creating the environment that harbors them. It is my sincere hope that gardeners and conservationists will use this book to help preserve wild places and as solid ground for fostering and protecting our irreplaceable native medicinal plants.

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