Discover the wisdom of almost 4 decades of herbal practice in Suzanne Tabert’s published works — created to inspire and guide readers on their journey to vibrant health and natural well-being.
Whether you’re just beginning your path or deepening your knowledge, Suzanne’s books are filled with accessible, trustworthy, and practical herbal education that speaks to the heart of community-based plant medicine.
by Suzanne M. Tabert
Over 360 pages of herbal wisdom, gathered from four decades of teaching and a lifetime spent learning from the plants and the natural world.
The Forager’s Apothecary is more than a guide to finding wild plants. It is an invitation to know them deeply, to confidently identify them, understand their medicine, harvest with care, and transform them into effective remedies for yourself and your family.
Through 50 in-depth plant monographs and more than 100 additional distinguishing species, Suzanne introduces you to over 150 wild plants. These distinguishing species help you recognize related plants that may share similar medicinal uses, greatly expanding the medicine available to you wherever you live.
Detailed plant monographs take you far beyond the standard “What’s this plant good for?” approach. Learn botany and positive identification, distinguish poisonous and problematic look-alikes, understand key constituents and herbal actions, and discover why certain preparations bring out the best in each plant.
You’ll also learn to read the land around you. Ethical wildcrafting is more than taking only what you need. Suzanne teaches you to consider the health of the plant community, surrounding flora and fauna, and the interconnected web of life before you harvest. Whether you live in the country, the suburbs, or the heart of a city, wild medicine may be growing closer than you think.
With 85 recipes and remedies, you’ll turn your harvest into tinctures, teas, infusions, salves, culinary preparations, and much more. Along the way, you’ll learn seasonal harvest timing, foraging tools and techniques, solubility and ideal preparations, dosage and safety, cautions and contraindications, storage and preservation, materia medica, and the art of creating thoughtful herbal formulas.
This is wild plant medicine from the ground up, from positive identification and ethical harvest to the finished remedy in your hands.
More than a foraging guide, The Forager’s Apothecary will help you build confidence, deepen your relationship with the natural world, and develop practical skills that support a healthier, more self-reliant way of living.
by Suzanne M. Tabert
What if creating a calmer, more resilient life isn’t about escaping stress, but learning how to better support yourself through it?
In Quest for Calm, herbalist and educator Suzanne Tabert brings together medicinal plants, the nervous system, and practical lifestyle changes to help readers understand how stress affects the body and what they can do about it.
Go beyond “what’s this herb good for?” and get to know plants such as ashwagandha, chamomile, hawthorn, lavender, lemon balm, motherwort, mugwort, nettles, oats, reishi, and violets. Learn how these remarkable plants work in the body, why one herb may be a better choice than another, and practical ways to prepare and use them in daily life.
But herbs are only part of the story.
Through approachable science, personal stories, activities, recipes, and real-life tools, Quest for Calm explores the many pieces that contribute to resilient emotional health. You’ll learn ways to nourish a frazzled nervous system, support restful sleep, better navigate difficult people and situations, and create healthy habits that help you meet life’s challenges with greater strength.
Open yourself to the world of plants, a world of wonders, and discover practical tools for creating a calmer, more resilient life.
“The recipes are true delights and are almost as if they were a long forgotten secret…”
“This book is absolutely wonderful! So many amazing recipes for healthy skin and spirit…”
“The recipes are easy to follow, even for a beginner. A must-have for all lovers of natural skin and body care…”
by Suzanne M. Tabert
Healthy, glowing skin is about far more than what we put on our faces.
In Wild & Beautiful, herbalist and educator Suzanne Tabert takes readers beyond the beauty counter to explore the skin as a living, changing part of the body. Learn how lifestyle, nutrition, herbs, and the ingredients we use every day can affect the health and appearance of our skin.
Discover the plants, oils, butters, clays, and other natural ingredients used in herbal body care, and learn how to choose and combine them to create products suited to your own needs. Rather than simply following recipes, Suzanne helps you understand why ingredients are used and what they bring to the finished product.
With 161 recipes, Wild & Beautiful moves from everyday skin care into the home apothecary and bathroom cabinet. Create moisturizers, soaps, aromatherapy blends, toothpaste, deodorant, sunscreen, and other useful preparations while developing the knowledge and confidence to tailor products for yourself and your family.
Peppered with herbal wisdom, practical teaching, and Suzanne’s conversational style, Wild & Beautiful invites you into the kitchen to stir, blend, experiment, and discover a more natural approach to caring for your skin and body.
Redefine beauty from the inside out and the outside in, and discover just how wild and beautiful natural skin care can be.
"Empowering and complete—there isn’t a page in this book I would change. The Forager’s Apothecary is perhaps the most thorough foraging book I’ve ever read. It begins with the foundational skills needed for safe plant identification and ethical wildcrafting, then dives deep into constituents, formulations, and outside-the-box recipes. Truly a gem in my botanical library."
“Foraging is an act of reconnection with Earth. The medicine we need in our ailing times is growing right outside our doors freely and abundantly. The Forager's Apothecary is a comprehensive guide to help us on our journey of identifying, harvesting, and preparing these wild plants and in doing so heal ourselves, our communities, and our Earth.”
"The Forager's Apothecary is wonderfully written and thorough, from plant identification to medicine-making techniques. Suzanne has thought of everything, including recipes for all of your foraged finds. A must-have book for your library!"
“I first met Suzanne on a plant walk she led at the NorthWest Herb Symposium. I was impressed by her ability to weave together the science, tradition and stories of herbalism, all the while making it fun, and you will find that same remarkable balance of engagement and education in this book. It’s full of creative recipes, detailed instructions, herbal philosophy, and of course, science. If you’re looking to get started in the art of natural skin care, you’ll find this guide indispensable. All I need to do now is get with my soap making friends so I can whip up a batch of her pine tar bars for my friends and family!”
“In our modern globalized world, localizing your apothecary is more important than ever. Suzanne's decades of experience in the fields and pharmacy garden come together in this must-have book for your herbal library. She guides you step-by-step, from proper identification and ethical harvesting to potent preparations and effective usage of dozens of remedies every herbalist should know. Through following her wisdom, we can develop direct relationships and experience with the plants we rely upon for healing and build an incredible herbal dispensary in the process.”
“Ethical wildcrafting demands precision and respect for plant identity and plant ecosystems. Suzanne brings decades of field experience and deep ecological knowledge to every page of The Forager's Apothecary. This is not a casual wildcrafter's handbook—it is a rigorous, ethically grounded guide to edible and medicinal plants, written by someone who has spent a lifetime in relationship with this landscape. Suzanne has been teaching Bastyr University students in wildcrafting courses for over twelve years, and I am pleased to see her wisdom and experience distilled in these pages."
“Suzanne was one of my very first teachers and inspirations when I began my own herbal practice 30 years ago. Even then, she knew the landscape around us like the back of her hand, and her love for nature and the integrity of her work made an indelible impression in my beginner’s mind. Suzanne’s handprint will always be in my own work, as we all carry the signature of the teachers who entrust us with their wisdom. Here, Suzanne offers a glimpse of that landscape as it lives in her entire heart and soul, and a lifetime of learning, listening, practicing, creating and sharing her deep, hard-earned knowledge. The recipes in this book are tried and true and perfect; the instruction and guidance is invaluable. I can’t wait to put it in the hands of all of my own students and clients. What an absolute treasure trove she has given us all.”
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