ARTEMISIA ‘French Tarragon’

  Essential component in French cuisine. Latin name means ‘little dragon’ after coiled serpent like root & belief that it’s use cures snake bite. While Tarragon stimulates digestion, it is a mild sedative & aids sleep. With it’s mild menstruation inducing...

ANGELICA ARCHANGELICA ‘Angelica’

A decorative confectionary is made from the candied green stems. Angelica is an ingredient in the liqueur ‘Benedictine’. Protection against evil & the plague. Association with early Nordic magic. Used to improve poor circulation, long known as useful to improve...

ALCHEMILLA VULGARIS ‘Lady’s Mantle’

Alchemists believed the morning dew collected from the funnel shaped leaves had ‘magical’ properties. (‘Alchemilla’ means ‘little magical one’) The name ‘Lady’s Mantle’ is derived from the plants astringent properties & it’s 16th century use as a means of...