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The important herbs missing from your garden
Grow a garden with purpose
Everything you need in one box: ten heritage herbs, the kit to sow them, and a full guide to growing and using every one.
£24.99
usually £27.67 · Black Friday offer
✓ Premium non-GM UK seeds ✓ Beginner friendly ✓ Gift boxed
Ten heritage varieties
Premium non-GM UK seed
Beginner friendly
Step-by-step growing guide
Full digital guide
Folklore, traditional uses, how to grow
Gift boxed
Ready to wrap or to keep
Purposeful gardening
Not just pretty. Every plant in the box does a job.
Grow your own, from seed
Raising a plant from seed is the most self-reliant way to garden. Each kit holds enough seed for more than one sowing, and most of the herbs are perennials that return every year.
A garden that works for you
Leaves for the kitchen and the teapot, flowers for pollinators, comfrey for homemade plant feed. These are useful plants, chosen because gardeners have relied on them for centuries.
Knowledge worth keeping
The digital guide tells the story of every herb: where it came from, the folklore around it and what it has traditionally been used for, alongside step-by-step growing instructions.
What's in the box
Everything you need to start growing
- 10 seed packets: ten varieties of premium non-GM UK seed, enough for multiple sowings
- 10 seeding bags: one for each variety, to start your seedlings
- 10 seed markers: so you always know what is growing where
- Full digital growing guide: how to grow each herb from sowing to harvest, with its folklore and traditional uses
All packed in a gift box, ready to wrap or to keep.
How it works
From box to border in three steps
1
Choose your garden
Pick the kit that suits the way you want to garden, for yourself or as a gift.
2
Sow
Start each variety in its own seeding bag and label it with its marker. The guide tells you when and how.
3
Grow and discover
Plant out, watch it fill, and read the folklore and traditional uses of every herb as it grows.
Ten herbs · Traditional uses
Inside the Apothecary Garden
Ten varieties, each with a story. Tap a herb to see what gardeners and herbalists have traditionally used it for.
St John's Wort · Hypericum perforatum
Traditionally used by European herbalists to lift the spirits, and as a red infused oil for the skin. Bright yellow star-shaped flowers at midsummer.
Bergamot · Monarda
Traditionally used as a warming tea for winter chills and after meals, known as Oswego tea. Shaggy, fragrant flowers that bees adore.
Valerian · Valeriana officinalis
Traditionally used as a root tea taken in the evening before rest. Tall, sweetly scented, pale pink flower heads.
Hyssop · Hyssopus officinalis
Traditionally used in teas and syrups for the chest and throat in winter. Aromatic blue spikes and one of the best bee plants you can grow.
Comfrey · Symphytum officinale
Traditionally used as a leaf poultice on bruises and sprains, which gave it the old name knitbone. Gardeners also prize the leaves for liquid plant feed.
Nettle · Urtica dioica
Traditionally used as a spring tonic tea and a nourishing cooked green. A wildlife powerhouse, best grown in a contained corner.
Echinacea · Echinacea purpurea
Traditionally used by the peoples of the North American plains, and later by herbalists, to support the body through winter. Purple coneflowers with copper centres.
Mullein · Verbascum thapsus
Traditionally used as a leaf and flower tea for the chest. Woolly silver rosettes, then towering yellow spires.
Motherwort · Leonurus cardiaca
Traditionally used by herbalists as a calming herb, especially for women. Tiered whorls of soft pink flowers.
Horehound · Marrubium vulgare
Traditionally used in syrups and boiled sweets for coughs and sore throats. Wrinkled, woolly leaves and an old cottage-garden character.
Ten herbs · Traditional uses
Inside the Physic Garden
Ten varieties, each with a story. Tap a herb to see what gardeners and herbalists have traditionally used it for.
California Poppy · Eschscholzia californica
Traditionally used as a gentle herb of the evening, taken before rest. Silky orange flowers that open in the sun and close at dusk.
Yarrow · Achillea millefolium
Traditionally used to dress cuts and grazes; legend says Achilles carried it for his soldiers. Flat flower heads loved by pollinators.
German Chamomile · Matricaria chamomilla
Traditionally used as a soothing tea after meals and at bedtime. Apple-scented daisies, gathered fresh or dried.
Calendula · Calendula officinalis
Traditionally used in salves, oils and washes for the skin. Glowing orange pot marigolds that flower for months.
Ribwort Plantain · Plantago lanceolata
Traditionally used as a crushed fresh leaf on stings, bites and grazes. A humble hedgerow herb with a long folk history.
Feverfew · Tanacetum parthenium
Traditionally used for headaches; its name comes from the Latin febrifugia. Button daisies with aromatic leaves.
Meadowsweet · Filipendula ulmaria
Traditionally used for aches and to settle the stomach, and it gave aspirin part of its name. Frothy, honey-scented cream flowers.
Catnip · Nepeta cataria
Traditionally used as a calming tea, popular in England before China tea arrived. Soft grey-green leaves that cats adore.
Marshmallow · Althaea officinalis
Traditionally used as a soothing root preparation for the throat and stomach. Velvety leaves and pale pink flowers.
Self-heal · Prunella vulgaris
Traditionally used on cuts and as a gargle, earning it the old name heal-all. Low purple flower spikes.
Ten herbs · For the cook
Inside the Kitchen Garden
Ten classic cooking herbs to grow on a windowsill, patio or plot. Tap a herb to see how it earns its place in the kitchen.
Basil · Ocimum basilicum
Sweet, peppery leaves for tomatoes, pesto and pizza.
Parsley · Petroselinum crispum
A kitchen essential; harvest leaves all season.
Chives · Allium schoenoprasum
Mild onion flavour, plus edible purple flowers.
Thyme · Thymus vulgaris
For roasts, stews and stuffings; loved by bees.
Sage · Salvia officinalis
Soft grey leaves for stuffing and brown-butter pasta.
Rosemary · Salvia rosmarinus
Resinous sprigs for lamb, potatoes and focaccia.
Oregano · Origanum vulgare
The pizza herb; dries beautifully.
Chervil · Anthriscus cerefolium
Delicate aniseed flavour, a French kitchen classic.
Coriander · Coriandrum sativum
Fresh leaves for curries and salsas, then seeds to save.
Dill · Anethum graveolens
Feathery leaves for fish, potatoes and pickles.
These are historical uses, shared for interest. They are not medical advice, and some of these herbs are not suitable for everyone. Speak to a qualified professional before using any herb medicinally.
Why I started
A note from the grower
I started The Healing Herb Garden because I wanted to live more naturally. I wanted to know the plants our grandparents knew by name, to grow them myself, and to rely a little less on things that arrive wrapped in plastic.
What I found was that herb growing is one of the most satisfying kinds of self-sufficiency there is. A handful of seed becomes a border full of flowers, leaves for the teapot and the kitchen, food for the bees and feed for the rest of the garden. Every plant earns its place.
The hard part was getting started. Which herbs? Which seeds? How deep, how warm, how long? So I put the answers in a box: the seeds I trust, the bits you need to sow them, and a guide that explains both how to grow each herb and what people have traditionally used it for.
These kits are how I'd want to be introduced to herb growing. I hope they do that for you, or for someone you love.
Founder, The Healing Herb Garden
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£24.99 usually £27.67
10 seed packets · 10 seeding bags · 10 seed markers · Full digital guide · Gift box
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Questions before you sow
When do I sow the seeds?
From late winter into spring. The guide gives the timing for each variety, so a kit bought now is ready for the new growing season.
Do I need a big garden?
No. Most of the herbs grow happily in pots on a patio or balcony as well as in beds and borders. The guide says which suit containers best.
I've never grown from seed. Is this for me?
Yes. The kit includes the seeding bags and markers you need to get started, and the guide walks you through each step from sowing to harvest.
Is the guide a printed book?
The guide is digital, so you can read it on a phone, tablet or computer and keep it for every season.
Our seed kits are sold for growing and interest only. The traditional uses described are historical and are not medical advice. Seek professional advice before using any herb medicinally, especially if you are pregnant, breastfeeding or taking medication.