More Than a Field Guide – Writing with Ecological and Cultural Respect

In 2021, Falcon Guides published my book, Medicinal Herbs of California: A Field Guide to Common Healing Plants. As a member of United Plant Savers and a lifetime environmentalist and plant lover, I took seriously the responsibility of sending my readers into the wild to sustainably collect medicinal herbs. I also accepted the challenge of providing ample evidence of Indigenous use along with current scientific data to back up that use. If you’re thinking of doing any writing about wildcrafting, you may be interested in the environmentally and culturally sensitive process that produced my book and earned it Honorable Mention for Botanical Literature by the American Botanical Council.