by Helen
30 October 2011 10:09
Up until three days ago, I didn't even know of the existence of the 17th century physic garden on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile known as Dunbar's Close. Shame on me! But then, on Thursday, I made what Winne the Pooh might call an 'expotition' to explore Edinburgh's best-kept horticultural secret.
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Tags: herbs, herbology, Dunbar's Close, rue, parterre, physic garden, hedge, plants, tulip tree, plane tree, butcher's broom, yew tree, honeysuckle, fig, winter jasmine, medlar, Holyrood Palace, elderflower, hawthorn, quince, liverwort, doctrine of signatures, southernwood, old lavender
by Helen
13 October 2011 22:16
As part of our Diploma in Herbology, we go out on forays wild-gathering herbs. On Tuesday afternoon, Catherine Conway-Payne, our tutor, escorted the seven of us students to the beaches of East Lothian, outside Edinburgh. Our mission: identify and retrieve buckthorn berries. [More]