Herbs featured in the calendar include:

• Red Currant

• Schizandra

• Red Clover

• Wood Sorrel

• Nettle

• American Black Currant

• Bee Balm

• Red Rasberry

• Anise Hyssop

• Star Chickweed

• Field Garlic

• Dandelion

About the Author and Illustrator

Dina Falconi is a clinical herbalist with a strong focus on food activism and nutritional healing. She has been teaching classes about the use of herbs for food, medicine, and pleasure, including wild-food foraging and cooking, for more than twenty years. She produces Falcon Formulations natural body care products and Earthly Extracts medicinal tinctures. She is a founding member of the Northeast Herbal Association, a chapter leader of the Weston A. Price foundation and on the board of Slow Food-Hudson Valley. An avid gardener and wildcrafter, Dina is passionate about ecological agriculture and has completed the Permaculture Design Certificate Course. She is the author of Earthy Bodies & Heavenly Hair: Natural and Healthy Personal Care for Everybody.

Wendy Hollender is a botanical artist, author, and instructor. Hollender’s illustrations have been published in The New York Times, “O,” The Oprah Magazine, Real Simple and The Observer (UK). Her work was included in the thirteenth International Exhibition at Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, and in exhibition s at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, and the Smithsonian National Museum for Natural History. She is the author of Botanical Drawing in Color: A Basic Guide to Mastering Realistic Form and Naturalistic Color, and Botanical Drawing, A Beginner’s Guide. More of her work can be seen on her website: www.drawingincolor.com.