Author: Laura P
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Lavender
Lavender is one of the most quintessential plants in an english herb garden, and deployed way beyond the herb garden too for scented borders and in flower beds. Those with […]
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Linden Chocolate
The limeflower season is so brief, no sooner have you sniffed the honey-sweet air and found your foraging bags, and the flowers have gone over. Lime flowers need to be […]
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Who Smells Best?
Smell is critical to our appreciation of, and learning about, herbs. On initially encountering a new plant we may first look, but before we taste, we sniff. Nose blind The […]
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July Herb Walk
Incredible sunshine and warmth this summer has brought everything on early. Blooms and fruits are racing ahead so we’re out of step with the old almanacs and typical timings for […]
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Herbs taken over
Well, what a fun time that was! So lovely to see a constant stream of people popping into the Herbal Takeover throughout the day. There was a lovely buzz to […]
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Takeover Time
Our Herbal Takeover is just a couple of weeks away – Saturday 19th July. Whether you pop in for a few minutes, linger for a chat, stay longer for a […]
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Herbal Workshops
It’s time to choose which workshops you want to take part in. Herbs to help One of the reasons we get so excited by herbs is because there are so […]
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A Herb for Dursley
Which herb best represents Dursley? It’s nearly time for the Herbal Takeover (Saturday 19th July), and as part of our full herbilicious day, we get to debate and decide on […]
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Limeflower
Limeflowers from the Linden Tree The name ‘lime’ evolved from Middle English word ‘lind’. Now commonly referred to as Lime trees, and valued for their limeflowers (actually the flower and […]
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June Herb Walk
The recent fantastically sunny weather means plants are growing at pace, responding to the lengthier days, high sun and their own desire to flourish and reproduce. The lack of rain, […]