Tag: st johns wort
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St John’s Wort
Hypericums are commonly found in gardens and municipal areas, enjoyed for their big yellow flowers. Sometimes known as the ‘happy plant’ it’s not just the joyful blooms that make you smile, there’s also a therapeutic punch in the plant that is preferred by some to off-the-shelf mood improvers. However, for that kind of medicine, it’s…
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Wort of the Week
Anyone who’s been on a herb walk with us will know how excited we get about worts! A ‘wort’ is simply an old term for a plant, typically a purposeful plant. At Cotswold Herb Centre we define herbs as ‘purposeful plants’ so its worts and all for us! In particular, though, we love the plants…
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September Herb Walk
With a very wet start to September here in our corner of Gloucestershire, we were glad to have clear skies for our first-Saturday-of-the-month herb walk. The meeting point was the post box at Cam Tesco, familiar enough to most locally, unlike our actual destination: Rackleaze Nature Reserve. Unsurprisingly there was a ‘I don’t know Rackleaze’…