Books Herbs for every Season

An accessible exploration of how herbs can be used for medicinal and culinary purposes year round, from gardening to cooking―you'll learn how to use herbs in a myriad of life-changing ways.

Winner of the 2026 GardenComm Silver Laurel Media Award

Herbs in Every Season offers gardeners, herbalists, cooks, and homesteaders a new way of looking at herbs throughout the year. Herbalists will learn how an herb’s growth habits inform its medicinal capabilities, and gardeners will gain insight on herbs as integral culinary plants for the kitchen garden, pollinator plants for perennial borders, and key ingredients for a home apothecary. ​With detailed plant profiles, Bevin Cohen encourages a year-round perspective on growing and using herbs in tandem with the seasons. He assures any newcomer that herbs are not only easy to grow, but also forgiving. Readers will take delight in: 

• Simple, homegrown recipes and preservation techniques for tonics, teas, meals, and treats
  
• Herbal remedies and useful DIY applications for common ailments such as sunburns and mosquito bites
  
• Deep insight on how the life cycle of an herb contributes to its medicinal and culinary properties
  
• How a seasonal herbal approach can provide a much-needed process of cyclical re-connection to the earth
  

Start a new seasonal routine today with Herbs in Every Season!

About Author Bevin Cohen:

Bevin Cohen is an author, herbalist, gardener, seed saver, educator, and host of the popular Seeds & Weeds podcast. He is the owner of Small House Farm and the founder of Michigan Seed Library Network, a community seed-sharing initiative that has helped establish more than one hundred seed library programs. Bevin offers workshops and lectures across the country on the benefits of living closer to the land through seeds, herbs, and locally grown food. He is a food and garden writer who has written a number of books on these topics, including Saving Our Seeds, The Artisan Herbalist, and The Complete Guide to Seed & Nut Oils. Bevin’s work has appeared in many national publications, including Mother Earth News and Homestead Living Magazine.