| Shakespeare Garden | Monastery Garden |
The Garden of Charlemaigne
Alexanders Almond Amaranth, Slender Angelica / Verbascum Aniseseed / Pimpernell Apple Artemisia/Southernwood Baldmoney / Spignel Bay Laurel Beet Bishop's weed Broad Bean (Fava) Bryony, White Burdock, Great Burning Bush Cabbage, Wild Caper Spurge Caraway Cardoon Carrot Catmint Celery, Wild Centaury Cherries, Diverse Cherry, Sour Cherry, Sweet Chervil Chestnut Chick Pea Chickory / Chicory Chives Cilantro / Coriander Colocynth / Bitter Cucumber Costmary/ Feverfew Cucumber Cumin Cumin, Black Dill Endive Fennel Fenugreek Feverfew Fig Garlic Garlic, Wild Gourd, Bottle Ground-Madder / Madder Hazelnut Hazelwort / Wild Ginger Heliotrope Hens & Chicks Iris, Purple Flag / Bearded Kohlrabi Laserwort / sermountain Leek Leek, House Lettuce Lettuce, Wild Lily, Madonna / white Lovage Lovage, Mountain Mallow, Common Mallow, Marsh Marigold Medlar Melon, Chate Melon, Musk Mint, Horse Mint, Spear Mint, water Mulberry, Black Mustard, Black Mustard, White Onion Onion, Welsh Orache / Orach Orange, Seville Parsley Parsnip Pea, Black Eyed Pea, Cow Pea, Garden Pea, Hyacinth Bean Peach Pear Pennyroyal Plum Poppy, Garden / Opium Quince Radish, Spanish Rocket Rose, Dog Rose, Provence or Pale Rosemary Rue Sage Sage, Clary Savine Juniper Savory, Summer Sea Squill Service Tree Shallot Snakeweed Stone Pine Tansy Tarragon Teasel, Fuller's Turnip Walnut, English Watercress
Ground
Covers & Lawn Substitutes
* Ranging from ground-hugging lawn substitutes to
creepers to vines
to small shrubs, ground covers bully the weed competition by
out-rooting or over-shading weeds.* Low maintenance, great for erosion control, walkways, rockeries, steep slopes, dense shade, wet, dry, alkaline or acid soils. For every site problem, there's a ground cover. * Cover bare areas & link other features in the landscape. Lots of texture, color & fragrance. * Yarrow, lady's mantle, catsfoot, calamintha, chamomile, rock rose, lily ofthe valley, dianthus, avens, ephedra (mahuang), erica, forsythia, bedstraw, sweet woodruff, hypericum, hyssop, creeping jenny, mentha, pennyroyal, corsican mint, oregano, sorrel, primrose, prunella, rosemary, rue, salvia, santolina, soapwort, savory, spikenard, germander, thymus, viola. |
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* A comfortable reading bench, a bust of Old Will, a
knot garden or maze hedge. * Use bay, burnet, hyssop, marjoram, chamomile, wild thyme, mallow, artemisia, carnations & pinks, fennel, Madonna lily, monkshood, parsley, lemon balm, mustard, rose, spearmint, savory, rue, English lavender, caraway, primrose, calendula, rosemary, strawberry, oxlip, myrtle, viola, mint and box. * Use plant markers, print plant name, then a quote from the bard or name the play the plant was used in. |
* Contains separate kitchen and cloister areas. * The kitchen garden with onions, garlic, leeks, shallots, celery, parsley, anise, cumin, chervil, coriander, dill, lettuce, poppy, rosemary, savory, radishes, parsnips, carrots, cabbage, beets, etc. * The cloister garden had the medicinal herbs and plants used primarily for decoration of the church, celebration of feast days and processions. This garden contains rose, sage, peppermint, rosemary, pennyroyal, watercress,rue, clary sage, marsh mallow, agrimony, lovage, horehound, fennel, marjoram,yarrow, mugwort, wormwood, Roman chamomile, hyssop, lavender, speedwell, angelica. * Many of these herbs are fragrant, for a touch of Medieval aromatherapy. * Add a shaded bench, gazing pool, meditation path, * Use fruit or nut trees as a centerpiece of the garden. * Other areas in a monastery garden: a Mary Garden, bible garden or one dedicated to a saint. |
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| Knot Gardens | Asian Healing Garden | ||||||
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* Any theme garden can be a knot garden, any pattern
can be followed, the choice of plants dictated by the design. * Knot gardens are very structured and can be higher maintenance. * The symmetrical design may be outlined by gravel, stone, brick, moss paths. * Defineenclosed planting areas with terra cotta, rock, timbers or mini-hedges. * Variegate the foliage textures or colors to add interest to the knots mini-hedges (santolina, thymes, lavender, rosemary, germander, curry, southernwood, hyssop, savory, marjoram, box). * Use topiary specimens or woody shrubs clipped into a tree for a centerpiece (bay trees, upright rosemary, lemon verbena). * Plants are then graduated in height from the center to outer edge. Use angelica, borage, fennel, sage, lavender, tarragon and rosemary with lower growing herbs such as oregano, hyssop and ground-hugging thymes, mints, culinary plantings and low flowers (basils, chives, feverfew, marigolds, violets, pansies, primroses, etc.) |
* An enclosed area, the space as healing as the
plants grown in it. * Create privacy with bamboo screens, a moon gate, climbing vines. * Running water is a must, a pool or a fountain. * Use A stone walkway, slate bench, meditation bell. A Zen garden with sand, stone & rake. * Use ashwagandha, chinaberry, Chinese foxglove, mugwort, ginkgo biloba, angelica, plantain, skullcap, mentha, motherwort, rhubarb, red sage, bamboo, codonopsis, wolfberry, burnet, licorice root, anise hyssop, honeysuckle flowers, rosa, chrysanthemum, forsythia, ephedra, flowering quince, artemisia, pinks, perilla, clematis sinensis, prunella, agrimony, American ginseng, teasel, elecampane. |
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| Scented Garden | |||||||
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* A romantic escape with an abundance of
foliage and flowers. Fragrant even when not in bloom. * Use rosemary, catmint, curry, scented geraniums, parsley, lemon balm, balm of Gilead, lemon verbena, woodruff, dill, evening primrose, nicotiana, yarrow, patchouli, soapwort, agrimony, bergamot, rue, chamomile, sage, scented thymes, lavender, jasmine, honeysuckle & moss roses. * Include a garden seat, arbors, arches, winding paths, walled gardens, mossy branches, a wishing well, a flower-filled wheelbarrow, a hand pump. |
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| Mary Garden | The Tea Lovers Garden | ||||||
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* Many of our culinary and fragrant herbs were grown
in monastery gardens or used by missionaries. * Acloister garden with a border or edge that sets the garden apart. * Use a statue or shrine of Our Lady, a Crucifix, a pool, etc., to give a central focus. * Use chives, mallow, dill, angelica, fennel, lavender, lemon balm, mentha, monarda, catnip, parsley, thyme, veronica, love-in-a-mist, oxalis, rue, rose of Sharon, pink, carnation, sweet william, rose campion, valerian, blessed thistle, garden balsam, our ladys bedstraw, rock cress, sweet violet, spiderwort, fuller's teasel, monk's hood, bleeding heart, foxglove, lady's mantle, mullein, pot marigold, lily-of-the-valley, honeysuckle, soapwort, viola, columbine, hollyhock, primrose, meadowsweet, lady-fern. |
* Imagine strolling through a beautiful and fragrant
garden, picking this, trimming that. All for a pot of freshly
brewed tea. * The scent of the Tea Garden is heavenly, whether in-bloom or not. * There are tea plants to suit any site and exposure. * Stagger the bloom periods for continuous color Spring-Winter. * Groundcovers:yarrow, alpine calamint, lady's mantle, sweet vernal grass, calendula, caraway, chamomile, rock rose, ephedra, sweet woodruff, bedstraw, avens, Saint John's wort, creeping jenny, pennyroyal, catmint, wood betony. * Great Scenteds & Bloomers: anise hyssop, lemon verbena, mallow, borage, balm of Gilead, meadowsweet, lavender, motherwort, monarda (bee balm), sweet cicely, catnip, valerian, scented geraniums, rosa, rosemary, rue, goldenrod, feverfew. * Edibles: dill, fennel, wild ginger, caraway, curry, lovage, lemon balm, mentha, basil, sweet marjoram, oregano, parsley, rosemary, sage, savory, stevia, thyme, Mexican tarragon. * Shrubs& Vines: southernwood, tea tree, witch hazel, winter hazel, bay tree, Chinese forsythia, gromwell, licorice. |
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| Moonlight Garden | Country Garden | ||||||
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* Located on a well traveled path, deck or balcony,
this garden is radiant by moonlight. * Use plants with blues, silvers, pale greens and whites, both in foliage and flowers: lavenders, forget-me-nots, santolina, silver sage, curry, thymes, daisies, sweet cicely, sweet annie, caraway, chives, comfrey, rosemary, evening primrose, mullein, dill, wormwood, horehound, southernwood, woodruff. * Add a white statue, bench, stones, a tinkling water feature, bird bath. |
* Everlastings, herbs & grasses with ornamental
seed heads to feed the birds all winter. * Include local wild herbs and native plants. * Place a separate kitchen garden close to the door for culinary herbs, vegetables, edible flowers, sunflowers, nasturtiums, marigolds. * A working garden, rustic. Rough-cut pergolas, lashed-branch tripods& arbors, raised beds, old gardening & and farming tools, cart wheels, harnesses, horse shoes, buckets, rain barrels, whisky barrels, compost, chicken coop and bee skeps. |
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| Hummingbird Garden | |||||||
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consume half of their weight each day in sugar and need
several feedings per hour. They obtain their sugar and many other
nutrients from flower nectar. Providing a steady succession of flowers,
from early spring until late fall is the key to attracting these birds. Hummingbirds, in natural habitats are the primary pollinators of many flowers. Red is the color that gets a hummingbird’s attention, but they will also feed from flowers of other colors if they're good nectar producers. A complete habitat also includes trees and shrubs for shade, roosting, perching and nest sites. Willows are a multipurpose hummingbird tree or large shrub. Their flowers are a source of both nectar and small insects, while the downy filaments which aid in willow seed dispersal are good nest-building material. These
plants are especially attractive to bees:
basil, bay, beebalm, borage, catnip, chamomile, fennel, germander,
horehound, hyssop, lavender, lemon balm, marjoram, oregano, rosemary,
sage, savory, and thyme. |
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| Butterfly Garden | |||||||
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are several things you can do to attract butterflies to your
garden: provide lots of nectar-bearing flowers, food for caterpillars,
sun, shelter and water. Provide flowers from early spring until
late autumn. Not all flowers attract butterflies. Each species lays its eggs on or near a certain kind of plant. Its caterpillars are adapted to eat only (with a few exceptions) this particular plant. Be prepared! You can’t have butterflies without caterpillars- and caterpillars eat plants! Many butterflies, such as swallowtails, are attracted to small mud puddles to get their needed salts for their diets. Chemicals, especially pesticides, will kill not only the target insects, but also others, including butterflies and caterpillars. So avoid chemichals whenever possible! |
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Achillea Spring/Summer Agastache foeniculum Summer/Fall Ammobium Summer/Fall Agastache foeniculum Spring Asclepias Summer Aster Summer/Fall Buddleja Summer/Fall Centaurea Early Summer Centranthus Summer Coreopsis Early Summer Cynara Summer Dianthus Summer Echinacea Summer Eupatorium Late Summer Gomphrena Summer/Fall Helenium Fall Helianthus Fall Inula Early Summer Lavandula Early Summer Liatris Summer Limonium sinuatum Summer/Fall Monarda Summer Origanum vulgare Summer Pycnanthemum Summer Rudbeckia Summer/Fall Salvia farinacea Summer/Fall Salvia farinacea Late Summer Tagetes Summer Tithonia Summer/fall Thymus Spring Verbena Summer |
Plant
Butterfly
Range Anaphalis margaritacea American Painted Lady USA Artemisia dracunculus Swallowtail WUSA Artemisia ludoviciana American Painted Lady USA Asclepias Monarch USA Aster Crescents USA Cassia marilandica Yellows USA Chelone glabra Baltimore Checkerspot EUSA Foeniculum vulgare Anise Swallowtail WUSA Helianthus Gorgone Crescent WUSA/SEUSA Humulus lupulus Comma EUSA Malva West Coast Lady WC Passiflora incarnata Gulf Fritillary SEUSA Penstemon Checkerspots USA Plantago major Buckeye USA Populus White Admiral USA Western Tiger Swallowtail WUSA Rumex acetosella Little Copper Ruta graveolens Black Swallowtail EUSA Salix Mourning Cloak USA Urtica dioica Tortoise Shell EUSA/WUSA Vaccinium Bog Copper EUSA Viburnum Spring Azure USA Viola odorata Fritillary USA |
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| Plants for The Dye Garden |
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Yellow
- Saffron (yellow)- Syrian Rue (glows under black light) - Red Clover (whole blossom, leaves and stem) - Yellow cone flower (whole flower head) - Onion (skins) - Marigold (blossoms) - Willow (leaves) - Queen Anne's Lace - Burdock - Celery (leaves) - Golden Rod (flowers) - Goldthread (Coptis trifolia) - roots cooked with cloth - Sumac (bark) - Weld - Celandine - Chamomile plant - Dandelion flower - Osage Orange (heartwood, inner bark, wood, shavings or sawdust) - Daffodil flower heads (after they have died) - Mullen (leaf and root) - Hickory leaves- boiled and salt added. - Yellow, Curly, Bitter, or Butter Dock (all have a bright yellow taproot) - White mulberry tree (bark) - Paprika - Beetroot - Black eyed susan- boil disk florets - Bristly Crowfoot- boil whole plant - Jewelweed (Orange Touch-Me-Not) boiled juice & flowers - Black oak - Smartweed-(Polygonum persicaria) - White ash - Barberry - Golden Marguerite - Hickory - Sassafrass - St. Johnswort flowers - Ragweed Orange
- Bloodroot- Sassafras (leaves) - Onion skin - Lichen (gold) - Barberry-(with alum) - Giant Coreopsis-with alum. - Turmeric-cloth turns orange/red if dipped in lye. - Carrot flesh, crushed |
Pink
- Strawberries- Cherries - Raspberries (red) - Cranberries - Roses - Lavender, - Lichens - (pink, brown, or wine colored dye) -Cardinal flower - Sorrel root & bark - Sassafras root - Willow bark - Birch bark Red
- Red leaves will give a reddish brown color - Sumac (fruit) - Dandelion (root) - Beets (deep red) - Rose (hips) - Chokecherries - Madder - Hibiscus Flowers - Wild blackberries - Goosefoot- crushed red calyx - Alkanet- - Bloodroot--Sanguinaria - Pokeberry-Phytolacca - Hemlock bark Red-Purple
- Pokeweed (berries)- Hibiscus (flowers purple ones) - Daylilies (old blooms) - Dandelion root Peach-Salmon
- Broom Flower- Virginia Creeper (all parts) - Achiote powder (annatto seed - Plum tree (roots) - Weeping Willow (wood & bark) - Cherry Bark |
Blue
or Purple
- Red cabbage- Woad (first year leaves) - Mulberries (royal purple) - Elderberries (lavender) - Grapes (purple) - Blueberries - Cherry (roots) - Blackberry (strong purple) - Japanese indigo (deep blue) - Red Cedar Root (purple) - Red Maple Tree (purple)(inner bark) - Nearly Black Iris - (dark bluish purple) Green
- Artemisia species - Artichokes - Spinach (leaves) - Black-Eyed Susans - Grass (yellow green) - Nettle roots, stalk & leaves - Plantain Leaves & Roots - Lily-of-the-valley -Be careful! the plant is toxic - Barberry root - Red onion (skin) - Marjoram - Broomsedge (Andropogon) stalks, leaves - Horsetail - Carrot leaf Brown
- Wild plum root- Oak bark - Sumac (leaves) - Walnut (hulls) - Juniper berries - Acorns (boiled) - Yellow dock - Beetroot - Beech - Apple - Hemlock - Red maple - Butternut - Alder bark - Buckeye husk Grey-Black
- Walnut husks- Iris (roots) - Sumac (leaves) - Carob pod |
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Container
Gardening,
In or Out
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| Containers
can be grouped or displayed in themes, with the added
interest in the containers used. Use several planters or a
divided one to allow for different moisture needs of plants. Growing
herbs indoors is not much harder than outdoors. Plants need much the
same conditions. Sunlight-(different herbs have different light
requirements, most need a sunny location). Maintain an indoor
herb garden indefinitely by well-drained soil mix that is not too
rich. Air movement across the plant, periodic light feeding,
yearly repotting, renewing annuals, seasonal moves outdoors for
perennials, and occasional pruning. If you notice a pest problem, take
them outside & hose off. Whitefly traps work great. Grows
Well Indoors: basil, bay, chives, marjoram, mint, oregano, parsley,
rosemary, salad burnet, scented geraniums, tarragon, thyme, vitex,
winter savory. Requires Extra Care for Indoors: chamomile,
chervil (extra light); coriander, lemon verbena, sage(sparse watering)
Not Suited for Indoors: angelica, anise hyssop, borage, caraway,
catmint, comfrey, costmary, dill, feverfew, sweet cicely, yarrow,
native plants & woodland plants. |
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