| It sounds like a great idea. I've enclosed a link to another colonial herb garden, might give you some ideas. It would be quite interesting to research exactly how your herbs were used. Dye plants were very important, and they still work today. Weld (Reseda luteola), Madder (Rubia tinctorum), Woad (Isatis tinctoria) -- don't know when that was replaced with Indigo, which gives a much better blue. http://tntn.essortment.com/growingdyeplan_rgia.htm Some historical medicinal uses are still valid today, others have been discredited, and some are downright dangerous or poisonous. Some good research possiblities. You might also track the subtle shift in the meanings of the word "herb" since colonial times. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Colonial Garden, Maine
| Another use of herbs was more decorative. Handmade brooms had aromatic herbs bent in with the broom bristles, for example. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Decorative wreaths with herbs
| Here's a link that may give you some more direction. |
Here is a link that might be useful: http://www.gardendigest.com/timegl.htm#Start
