Happy Herbs

These plants thrive in the Physic Garden and are important for at least two reasons:-

1)      Historical - they (or the indigenous ones) are likely to have been the plants that ancestors of people living in this area primarily used for healing.
2)      Practical - they would provide for the making of herbal products.

Click on herbs highlighted in blue for more detailed information about their traditional uses, modern scientific evidence and recipes for use at home.  Are their any budding entrepreneurs out there who could use any of the herba listed below to make something exciting to sell from the garden? We would love to hear from anyone who could use the herbs to make preparations such as herbal oils/ vinegars, jams/jellies/chutneys, skin cream/ointments/lotions, bath products, soaps, potpourris, sachet, smudging sticks or anything else that we could sell here for them from the garden (charging a small commission).  MEDICINAL PLANTS, SHRUBS AND TREES THAT LOVE LIVING IN DILSTON PHYSIC GARDEN

Alkanet Alexanders Angelica Apple Artichoke-globe Ash Bamboo Berberis Bethony Bistort Bluebell Bramble/ blackberry Box Butterbur Chamomile -flowering Chives Cleavers Columbine Comfrey Creeping Jenny Daffodil/Narcissus Daisy Dandelion Dogwood Elecampagne Enchanter’s Nightshade Evening primrose Fennel Feverfew Geranium Ground elder Hawthorn Horseradish Iris/flag

Lady’s bedstraw Lamb’s lettuce Larch Lavender Lemon balm Marguerite Marjoram Motherwort Mugwort Nettle Oak Quince Rhubarb Sage (broad leaved) Scopolia Sloe/blackthorn Soapwort Sorrel St John’s Wort Sweet ciceley Sweet rocket Tansy Tarragon-russian Thistle Thyme Toad flax Valerian Wild cherry Wild garlic/ ransoms Wild lettuce Wild wallflower Woad Yarrow

                    The ones in bold are particularly rampant –plentiful supplies!