The Herb Garden Journal

Christmas Gifts for Gardeners 2026: The Healing Herb Garden Gift Guide
Christmas Gifts for Gardeners 2026: The Healing Herb Garden Gift Guide
The best Christmas gifts for gardeners in 2026 are ones that keep giving: herb seed kits they sow in spring, steel garden art that lasts for years, and our new... Read more...
Skullcap herb benefits for relaxation, anxiety relief, and smoking uses
Skullcap Smoking: A Restorative, Relaxing Nervine
Skullcap Smoking: A Restorative, Relaxing Nervine Skullcap is a remarkable medicinal herb, used for centuries in traditional medicine for its ability to ease stress, tension, anxiety, nervousness, and even panic... Read more...
The Poultice from The Medicine Beneath Our Feet
The Poultice from The Medicine Beneath Our Feet
How The Healing Herb Garden Is Helping Britain Grow Its Forgotten Herbal Heritage Again There was a time when the garden was more than a place of decoration. It was... Read more...
How to Propagate Medicinal Herbs in Late Summer in the UK
How to Propagate Medicinal Herbs in Late Summer in the UK
Late summer is a season of abundance in the herb garden. Your plants are leafy, established and full of life — but the first cooler nights are already hinting that... Read more...
The Complete Beginner’s Guide to Drying Every Type of Healing Herb
The Complete Beginner’s Guide to Drying Every Type of Healing Herb
There is something deeply satisfying about opening a jar of herbs that you grew, harvested and dried yourself. The colour, fragrance and texture can bring your garden back to life... Read more...
Skullcap in Herbal Wellness Tradition: What the Herbalists Say
Skullcap in Herbal Wellness Tradition: What the Herbalists Say
Skullcap in Herbal Wellness Tradition: What the Herbalists Say Some plants accumulate history the way old houses accumulate character — slowly, layer by layer, until the heritage is inseparable from... Read more...
American Skullcap vs Marsh Skullcap: Which Should You Grow?
American Skullcap vs Marsh Skullcap: Which Should You Grow?
American Skullcap vs Marsh Skullcap: Which Should You Grow? Two plants share the skullcap name — and knowing the difference matters both for gardening and herbal tradition. American skullcap (Scutellaria... Read more...
Growing Mint in Pots: Planting, Harvesting, Propagation & Winter Care
Growing Mint in Pots: Planting, Harvesting, Propagation & Winter Care
Learn how to grow healthier, more productive mint plants with this complete guide to planting, watering, harvesting and caring for your mint collection. Discover expert tips for growing mint in... Read more...
Recipes • Tea • Summer Drinks • Cooking • Choosing the Right Mint
Recipes • Tea • Summer Drinks • Cooking • Choosing the Right Mint
Discover four remarkable mint varieties perfect for teas, summer drinks, desserts and everyday cooking. Explore Lemon Mint, Lime Mint, Moroccan Mint and Ginger Mint, plus simple recipes and inspiration to... Read more...
History • Folklore • Traditional Uses • Meet the Family
History • Folklore • Traditional Uses • Meet the Family
Most gardeners grow mint, but few discover its remarkable diversity. Journey through the history, folklore, and flavours of four extraordinary mint varieties and uncover why one mint is never enough. Read more...
What piece of traditional plant or gardening knowledge was passed down to you?
What piece of traditional plant or gardening knowledge was passed down to you?
What generations of observation can teach us about herbs, resilience and our relationship with the living world. Read more...
How to Build a Climate-Resilient Medicinal Herb Garden
How to Build a Climate-Resilient Medicinal Herb Garden
Create a thriving medicinal herb garden that is better prepared for changing UK weather. Discover how to group herbs by their water needs, improve soil health, conserve moisture and choose... Read more...
How to Use Skullcap: Teas, Tinctures and Growing Your Own - The Healing Herb Garden
How to Use Skullcap: Teas, Tinctures and Growing Your Own
How to Use Skullcap: Teas, Tinctures and Growing Your Own If you have started growing American skullcap — or you are thinking about it — the natural next question is:... Read more...
Where to Buy Skullcap Plants in the UK: A Grower's Guide - The Healing Herb Garden
Where to Buy Skullcap Plants in the UK: A Grower's Guide
Where to Buy Skullcap Plants in the UK: A Grower's Guide Skullcap is not your average garden centre herb. You will not find it between the basil and the flat-leaf... Read more...
How to Use Spearmint | Traditional Tea, Kitchen & Garden Recipes - The Healing Herb Garden
How to Use Spearmint | Traditional Tea, Kitchen & Garden Recipes
Wondering what to do with your spearmint plant? Discover traditional teas, garden-to-table recipes and practical ways to enjoy one of the most versatile herbs you can grow. Read more...
Spearmint Through the Ages | Traditional Uses, History & Growing Guide - The Healing Herb Garden
Spearmint Through the Ages | Traditional Uses, History & Growing Guide
From medieval herb gardens to modern growing spaces, discover how spearmint became one of the world's most cherished herbs and why it still deserves a place in every garden. Read more...
7 Perennial Healing Herbs to Grow for Your Own Cottage Apothecary Garden - The Healing Herb Garden
7 Perennial Healing Herbs to Grow for Your Own Cottage Apothecary Garden
Create a beautiful healing herb garden filled with perennial medicinal plants that return year after year. Discover traditional herbs like red clover, lemon balm, mullein, marshmallow, horseradish, and sweet woodruff,... Read more...
Southernwood: The Forgotten Cottage Garden Herb Making a Comeback - The Healing Herb Garden
Southernwood: The Forgotten Cottage Garden Herb Making a Comeback
Long before modern conveniences, families grew Southernwood outside their homes for its beautiful fragrance, practical uses, and connection to traditional living. Today, this forgotten cottage garden herb is making a... Read more...
Essential edible medicinal plants for UK home gardens - The Healing Herb Garden
Essential edible medicinal plants for UK home gardens
Explore our essential edible medicinal plants list for UK home gardens. Learn to grow safe, flavorful herbs for culinary and health benefits! Read more...
The Giving Garden: Growing More Than Plants - The Healing Herb Garden
The Giving Garden: Growing More Than Plants
Create your own Giving Garden and discover the joy of growing herbs to share, heal, and nourish naturally. Learn how to grow meaningful medicinal plants, create simple herbal gifts, and... Read more...
Top Medicinal Herbs to Grow at Home for Natural Wellness - The Healing Herb Garden
Top Medicinal Herbs to Grow at Home for Natural Wellness
Discover the best herbs to grow at home for natural wellness. Learn what thrives in your garden and how to care for medicinal plants effectively. Read more...
Beginner Garden Checklist: Start Your Medicinal Herb Haven - The Healing Herb Garden
Beginner Garden Checklist: Start Your Medicinal Herb Haven
Ready to grow? Use this beginner garden checklist to create your medicinal herb haven and enjoy a rewarding gardening experience! Read more...
How to start a healing herb garden: UK beginner's guide - The Healing Herb Garden
How to start a healing herb garden: UK beginner's guide
Learn how to start a herb garden with our UK beginner's guide. Discover essential tips for growing medicinal herbs successfully at home! Read more...
Herb garden design for thriving medicinal plants - The Healing Herb Garden
Herb garden design for thriving medicinal plants
Learn essential herb garden design principles for thriving medicinal plants. Transform your garden into a healing sanctuary with expert tips! Read more...
Best Herb Pairings to Grow in Pots (For a Thriving Healing Garden) - The Healing Herb Garden
Best Herb Pairings to Grow in Pots (For a Thriving Healing Garden)
Create a thriving healing herb garden in small spaces with these powerful herb pairings. Discover which herbs grow best together in pots and how to combine them for natural wellness,... Read more...
Where to Buy Rare Herb Plants in the UK - The Healing Herb Garden
Where to Buy Rare Herb Plants in the UK
Where to buy rare and hard to find herb plants in the UK — why they are scarce, what your options are, and why The Healing Herb Garden is the... Read more...
How to Grow Marsh Skullcap in the UK - The Healing Herb Garden
How to Grow Marsh Skullcap in the UK
How to grow Marsh Skullcap in the UK — the native British relative of American Skullcap. Growing guide, herbal tradition and where to buy from The Healing Herb Garden. Read more...
How to Grow Gypsywort in the UK - The Healing Herb Garden
How to Grow Gypsywort in the UK
How to grow Gypsywort in the UK — a native British wetland herb with a specific and devoted herbal following. Growing guide from The Healing Herb Garden. Read more...
How to Grow Wood Betony in the UK - The Healing Herb Garden
How to Grow Wood Betony in the UK
How to grow Wood Betony in the UK — once the most valued herb in the British Isles, now almost forgotten. Growing guide and herbal history from The Healing Herb... Read more...
How to Grow Elecampane: Complete UK Guide - The Healing Herb Garden
How to Grow Elecampane: Complete UK Guide
Everything you need to know about growing Elecampane in the UK — a magnificent tall perennial with a 2,000-year herbal history. Plants available from The Healing Herb Garden. Read more...
Hard to Find Herb Plants in the UK: A Grower's Guide - The Healing Herb Garden
Hard to Find Herb Plants in the UK: A Grower's Guide
A guide to the best rare and hard to find herb plants in the UK — American skullcap, gotu kola, elecampane, wood betony, gypsywort and marsh skullcap. All available from... Read more...
How to Store and Use Your Herbal Tinctures - The Healing Herb Garden
How to Store and Use Your Herbal Tinctures
How to store herbal tinctures correctly for maximum shelf life, and how to use them — dosage, timing, method and building a home tincture shelf. From The Healing Herb Garden. Read more...
Alcohol vs Glycerite Tinctures: Which to Choose - The Healing Herb Garden
Alcohol vs Glycerite Tinctures: Which to Choose
Alcohol vs glycerite tinctures — the differences explained, which works better for which herbs, and when to choose each. Practical guide for UK home herbalists. Read more...
Tincture Making Equipment: What You Need - The Healing Herb Garden
Tincture Making Equipment: What You Need
Everything you need to make herbal tinctures at home — the complete equipment list, what to buy, what to skip, and a full shopping list for under £25. Read more...
How to Harvest and Dry Herbs for Tinctures - The Healing Herb Garden
How to Harvest and Dry Herbs for Tinctures
When and how to harvest herbs for tincture-making — the golden rules of herb harvesting, fresh vs dried plant tinctures, and how to dry herbs correctly for long-term storage. Read more...
Best Herbs for Tincture Making UK - The Healing Herb Garden
Best Herbs for Tincture Making UK
The best herbs for making tinctures at home in the UK — which plants extract best in alcohol, why home-grown is superior to commercial, and how to get started. From... Read more...
How to Make Herbal Tinctures at Home: A UK Guide - The Healing Herb Garden
How to Make Herbal Tinctures at Home: A UK Guide
Everything you need to know about making herbal tinctures at home in the UK — the best herbs to use, the basic method, alcohol vs glycerite, and how to store... Read more...
Building a Women's Wellness Herb Garden - The Healing Herb Garden
Building a Women's Wellness Herb Garden
How to plan, plant and grow a women's wellness herb garden in the UK from scratch — plant selection, layout, planting guide and first harvest. From The Healing Herb Garden. Read more...
How to Grow Evening Primrose: Complete UK Guide - The Healing Herb Garden
How to Grow Evening Primrose: Complete UK Guide
Everything you need to know about growing Evening Primrose in the UK — the biennial cycle explained, planting, harvesting and herbal tradition. Plants from The Healing Herb Garden. Read more...
How to Grow Red Clover: Complete UK Guide - The Healing Herb Garden
How to Grow Red Clover: Complete UK Guide
Everything you need to know about growing Red Clover in the UK — soil, planting, harvesting and herbal tradition. Plants available from The Healing Herb Garden, delivered across the UK. Read more...
How to Grow Lady's Mantle: Complete UK Guide - The Healing Herb Garden
How to Grow Lady's Mantle: Complete UK Guide
Everything you need to know about growing Lady's Mantle in the UK — soil, planting, harvesting and herbal tradition. Plants available from The Healing Herb Garden, delivered across the UK. Read more...
How to Grow Motherwort: Complete UK Guide - The Healing Herb Garden
How to Grow Motherwort: Complete UK Guide
Everything you need to know about growing Motherwort in the UK — soil, planting, harvesting and herbal tradition. Plants available from The Healing Herb Garden, delivered across the UK. Read more...
Best Herbs for Women's Wellness: A UK Grower's Guide - The Healing Herb Garden
Best Herbs for Women's Wellness: A UK Grower's Guide
Discover the best herbs for women's wellness that you can grow in a UK garden. Expert guide covering motherwort, lady's mantle, red clover, evening primrose, lemon balm and chamomile —... Read more...
Where to Buy Sleep and Relaxation Herb Plants in the UK - The Healing Herb Garden
Where to Buy Sleep and Relaxation Herb Plants in the UK
Where to buy quality sleep and relaxation herb plants in the UK — valerian, lemon balm, chamomile, skullcap and more. Why growing your own beats dried products and what to... Read more...
The Relax and Sleep Herb Garden: Which Plants to Grow - The Healing Herb Garden
The Relax and Sleep Herb Garden: Which Plants to Grow
How to plan and plant a dedicated sleep and relaxation herb garden in the UK. Which plants to choose, how to lay them out, and how to use them —... Read more...
How to Make a Calming Herbal Tea Blend at Home - The Healing Herb Garden
How to Make a Calming Herbal Tea Blend at Home
Learn how to make a calming herbal tea blend at home using herbs from your own garden. Drying, blending and simple recipes using lemon balm, chamomile, valerian, skullcap and lavender. Read more...
How to Grow Chamomile: Complete UK Guide - The Healing Herb Garden
How to Grow Chamomile: Complete UK Guide
Everything you need to know about growing German and Roman Chamomile in the UK — differences explained, planting, harvesting and herbal tradition. Plug plants available from The Healing Herb Garden. Read more...
Best Herbs for Sleep and Relaxation: A UK Grower's Guide - The Healing Herb Garden
Best Herbs for Sleep and Relaxation: A UK Grower's Guide
Discover the best herbs for sleep and relaxation that you can grow in a UK garden. Read more...
Leaf Celery: The Forgotten Herb That Transforms Your Cooking - The Healing Herb Garden
Leaf Celery: The Forgotten Herb That Transforms Your Cooking
You’ve probably walked past this herb without ever noticing it… but once you try it, there’s no going back. Leaf celery is deeper, more flavourful, and surprisingly easy to grow... Read more...
The Herb That Never Gives Up: Broadleaf Thyme - The Healing Herb Garden
The Herb That Never Gives Up: Broadleaf Thyme
If you’ve ever struggled to keep herbs alive indoors, you’re not alone. Broadleaf Thyme is the plant that changes everything — resilient, forgiving, and perfectly suited to real homes. A... Read more...