Archive for August 12th, 2008

Though we still use plants as food for seasoning

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

Though we still use plants as food, for seasoning, and for fragrance, there was a time when most medicines and dyes also belonged to the vegetable world. Therefore, homes in medieval and earlier times had plant collections out of sheer necessity, giving herb garden design a classical touch that dominates much thinking on the matter even today. However, those with an eye for the modern should not be bound by the herb garden design ideas of our ancestors, and should give their imaginations full flight in creating new and enchanting ensembles.