Jeanine M. Davis - Growing and Marketing Ginseng, Goldenseal and other Woodland Medicinals

Praise for Growing and Marketing Ginseng, Goldenseal and other Woodland Medicinals

This book is the complete resource for ginseng. I recommend this book to our members and visitors who are interested in learning and growing their own green gold. Thank you for bringing so much helpful and useful information.

Michael S. Lee, President of WildGrown.com

Jeanine Davis and Scott Persons have produced the definitive guide to growing our shade-loving native medicinal plants for fun and profit. As an ecologist and conservation biologist, I particularly appreciate the fact that woodlot owners can help take some pressure off wild populations through careful cultivation of medicinals on appropriate plots in their forested landscape. By passing on lessons from their vast hard-won experience in this enterprise, Davis and Persons have done a great service.

James B. McGraw, Eberly Professor of Biology, Department of Biology, West Virginia University

My office is like a shell midden, with the oldest and most decomposed material at the bottom, and more recent and vital material located somewhere near the surface. I am delighted to report that my copy of Jeanine Davis and W. Scott Persons book has always stayed right at the top! I have always had a soft spot for home gardeners, who are largely responsible for cultivating and conserving our treasure house of plant diversity. Upgrades to the information found in this book will help maintain this tradition of growing valuable plants close to home, and I believe the plants will join me in thanking the authors for a job well done. May we all go out to the woodlands, drop to our knees in the cool, soft earth, and cultivate, for the love of life, a rare plant.

Richo Cech, herbal author and gardener at Horizon Herbs, LLC in Williams, Oregon.

The recent popular interest in wild American ginseng spurred by high prices in Asian markets means that now more than ever its important to create cultivated woods-simulated supplies of American ginseng and other woodland medicinal plants. Scott Persons and Jeannine Davis have combined decades of experience and expertise to create the most significant, must-have reference on growing ginseng, goldenseal, and other woodland medicinal plants. Anyone interested in understanding any aspect of wild American ginseng, its biology, history, economics, and the practical details of production needs this book.

Steven Foster, Senior author, Peterson Field Guide to Medicinal Plants.

Important revised work on how we can encourage conservation through cultivation of two medicinal and economically important plants that have been on United Plant Savers At-Risk list since UpS created this list.

Susan Leopold, Executive Director of United Plant Savers.

This work is a plant lovers treasure. What Jeanine and Scott have accomplished with this book will be revealed for years to come, as the layers of wisdom and knowledge are deep. Scientists, herbalists, growers, conservationists, native plant enthusiasts, plantophiles in general will thrill at the research and clear, userfriendly information that is in these pages. You can easily tell that these authors have made this a life long passion and profession

Kathleen Maier, RH (AHG), Sacred Plant Traditions, LLC

This book is required reading for anyone interested in growing ginseng and other woodland botanicals in a shady site. Persons and Davis have captured the wisdom of a generation of ginseng growers in this comprehensive book, now updated to include practical information for home gardeners who want to enrich a patch of woods with native medicinal plants. Numerous photos and stories by experienced growers, interspersed with charts, timelines and budgets, give this book the warmth of the old Foxfire books, but with a sharp scientific edge.

Barbara Pleasant, award-winning garden writer and contributing editor to Mother Earth News

The first edition of Growing and Marketing Ginseng, Goldenseal and Other Woodland Medicinals became an instant classic in the fields of medicinal plant horticulture, sustainable agriculture, and agroforestry. With this latest edition, Scott and Jeanine have remarkably managed to expand, improve and update this classic so that it is now even more useful and full of up-to-date information. Their combined knowledge, experience and wisdom is abundant throughout this book. I heartily recommended this updated edition to anyone interested in native woodland plants and their culture.

Eric P. Burkhart, PhD., Program Director, Plant Science, Shavers Creek Environmental Center, The Pennsylvania State University

Scott Persons and Jeanine Davis have written the only accurate and comprehensive growers guide to woodland cultivation of American Ginseng and other forest medicinal and culinary herbs. This new revision of their original book is a significant improvement over the first edition, with updated and expanded information. In addition to being full of practical how to data, based on both University peer reviewed research, as well as first-hand knowledge and experience, it is a delightful and easy to read textbook. I consider this book as truly a must read for anyone who is seriously interested in pursuing this form of Agroforestry.

Bob Beyfuss, American Ginseng Specialist, Cornell University Cooperative Extension (retired)

This unique book is a comprehensive guide on the history, production and marketing of medicinal plants native to the forests of eastern North America. Practical experiences are included from both an American and Canadian perspective. It is a valuable, easy to read resource for both the beginner and experienced grower.

Dr. Sean Westerveld, Ginseng and Medicinal Herbs Specialist, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food and Ministry of Rural Affairs

Copyright 2014 by Jeanine Davis and W. Scott Persons. All rights reserved.

Previous edition 2005 and 2007 W. Scott Persons and Jeanine Davis.

Cover design by Diane McIntosh.

First printing June 2014.

New Society Publishers acknowledges the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund (CBF) for our publishing activities.

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Persons, W. Scott, 1945,

[Growing & marketing ginseng, goldenseal & other woodland medicinals]

Growing and marketing ginseng, goldenseal and other woodland medicinals / Jeanine Davis and W. Scott Persons. Revised and updated 2nd edition.

Revision of: Growing & marketing ginseng, goldenseal & other woodland medicinals / W. Scott Persons, Jeanine M. Davis. Fairview, N.C.:

Bright Mountain Books, c2005.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Issued in print and electronic formats.

ISBN 978-0-86571-766-4 (pbk.).ISBN 978-1-55092-563-0 (ebook)

1. American ginseng. 2. Goldenseal. 3. Medicinal plants. I. Davis, J. M. (Jeanine Marie), 1955, author II. Title. III. Title: Growing & marketing ginseng, goldenseal & other woodland medicinals