More and more gardeners are beginning to buy and enjoy plants for
their interesting uses and associations - magical, romantic, or
historical - as well as for their more obvious attractions. Herbs -
loosely defined as plants used for culinary, medicinal or aromatic
purposes - have fascinating histories, memorable aromas, and a
diversity of uses. Herbs are a gift from nature. They are plants
that can easily be grown in the smallest of gardens or in pots with
little difficulty. Herbs include leaves, stems, flowers, bark,
roots, berries, seeds and gums. They have been the main source of
medicine throughout human history and are still widely used today.
For thousands of years they have been used to help maintain good
health and until the arrival of modern science, they were even
regarded as magical.
Making herbal remedies at home, using plants
gathered from your own garden or window box, is extremely pleasant
and satisfying. It is also very therapeutic. Home grown and freshly
dried herbs are normally more potent than commercially available
specimens and they also provide a constant array of healing aroma's
to enjoy. Here, for anyone interested in herbs, is a
website to provide knowledge and inspiration for beginners and
established enthusiasts alike.