Garden like a healer: This Indiana woman wrote a gardening book on 'Outlander' herbs

Mindy McIntosh-Shetter, the ‘Outlander Botanist,’ stands alongside her husband, Steve Shetter, Jr., on her father’s property in Floyd’s Knobs. Mindy has spent the past five years writing gardening books about the plants featured in the Outlander show and the novels by Diana Gabaldon. McIntosh-Shetter currently has three books — “The Unofficial Outlander Book of Herbs,” “The Unofficial Outlander Book Of Herbs II” and “Unofficial Guide to Outlandishly Outlander Landscape Designs” — in which she profiles more than 300 plants and their ties to the show. June 1, 2021

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A close-up of Mindy McIntosh-Shetter, the ‘Outlander Botanist’s,’ book titled “The Unofficial Outlander Book of Herbs,” which discusses the plants featured in the Outlander show and the novels byÊDianaÊGabaldon. McIntosh-Shetter has three booksÊÑ “The Unofficial Outlander Book of Herbs,” “The Unofficial Outlander Book Of Herbs II”Êand “Unofficial Guide to Outlandishly Outlander Landscape Designs”ÊÑ in which she profiles more than 300 plants and their ties to the show. June 1, 2021

Mindy McIntosh-Shetter’s wax seal on one of her gardening books about the plants featured in the Outlander show and the novels byÊDianaÊGabaldon. June 1, 2021

Mindy McIntosh-Shetter, the ‘Outlander Botanist,’ wax seals one of her gardening books about the plants featured in the Outlander show and the novels byÊDianaÊGabaldon. June 1, 2021

Mindy McIntosh-Shetter, the ‘Outlander Botanist,’ has spent the past five years writing gardening books about the plants featured in the Outlander show and the novels by Diana Gabaldon. McIntosh-Shetter has three books — “The Unofficial Outlander Book of Herbs,” “The Unofficial Outlander Book Of Herbs II” and “Unofficial Guide to Outlandishly Outlander Landscape Designs” — in which she profiles more than 300 plants and their ties to the show. June 1, 2021