This is a collection of herb and spice plants that we grow for cooking purposes and beyond

Herb garden with basil, mint, thyme, dill, chives, and parsley

The Herb Garden on Arleta Avenue is one of five adjacent thematic parks that comprise the ambitious Visitation Valley Greenway Project. In its entirety, the Greenway functions as an outdoor classroom and recreation area beautifying the landscape and uniting the diverse groups and generations of Visitacion Valley. This parkland incorporates a native plant garden, children's play garden, various fruit and street trees, public art made by school children and community members, agricultural crops, herb gardens, a Senior Pavilion, job training, and horticultural classes.

The Rocchia garden is informal, romatic and creative. Set deep in evergreen forests beside a small river, it is full of lush growth. It is functional in its simplicity, with a grapevine of white Hungarian grapes that yield enough to produce a modest number of bottles each year; a very healthy herb garden; a bog area with hostas and white iris; and a wildflower garden next to the river. There are yellow loosestrife, daisies, evening primroses, California poppies, verbascum, digitalis and hollyhocks. (Source: Mick Hales Gardens Around the World)

Three years after we moved into our townhouse, we discovered we had green thumbs! Who knew? So, out went the grass in the back and front yards. In went every conceivable plant, herb, vegetable and flower we could squeeze in! Gardening has changed my life!

We live on 80 acres of woods,marsh,bog,wild field & pond. We are blessed with abundant and fascinating wildlife. We moved here in '06 to retire and simplify life. I vowed not to be tied to large and numerous gardens as my health is failing. I decided on a veggie garden with small beds and herb borders. I use a lot of fresh herbs in cooking,garnish, and healing. Each bed can be easily worked from a network of mulched pathways and instead of the one acre garden we once had to have to feed our large family, this garden provides enough for fresh eating and attractive plantings. In our front yard there was an existing crescent moon perennial garden we haven't been able to resist adding to until the borders are bursting and it was going to have to be expanded in some way. A new bed was tilled this summer and now we have mirror image gardens in the front yard on either side of a cement bench. We have just begun the plantings. In the back yard a tiny daylily bed has been replaced by a partial sun perennial garden, a small pond and border plantings. I have planted roses which I love but have not had good luck with in our previous home. To the west of the house, against the woods, we have a hosta bed that is beautifully serene. Our gardens are always evolving and quirky and challenge me to find ways to limit the work and enlist helpful hands and minds. I am by by no means a professional I just enjoy the sun, soil and challenge- So welcome to my garden

3 Gardens in my front yard, 2 on the east side of my house, 1 a herb and 1 a flower garden, also a 3rds garden on the north side, mostly roses and day lillies.

An eclectic mix of perennials, herbs (my true love), annuals and veggies. Potager style. I have an herb garden too. I try to grow heritage varieties like peas and lettuce, as my small way to keep more variety on the planet.

A San Francisco backyard changing into an organic vegetable, herb, and flower garden. With a compost pile and worm compost bins to boot!

Veggies are full to bustin this season also lots of flower and herb gardens on the property !!

I live on 2.5 acres and have perennial gardens around the house. I am an amateur gardener and always looking to learn. I have 6 apple trees, two grape vines and a small vegetable garden. I am looking into planting a small herb garden.

50 square foot of veggies and a herb/flower garden plus a few fruit bushes and trees

I have always been brutally awful at keeping indoor plants alive but I believe in the principle of try, try again and I am hoping my children's love and help will....help! As a child my dad would sprout grapefruit seeds between paper towel and a glass, put toothpicks into carrots and potatoes and show me how they sprouted, and it was fabulous. I want to do this too but take it to the next level: grow them the full way with my kids so they can see that even indoors we can grow and eat our own food. My main challenge is being a north-south facing townhouse that I have, really, one good kitchen window with south light: my north window gets virtually no direct sunlight, even less in the winter. So, I figure we will stick to what grows relatively well indoors: container tomatoes, a bean plant or two, perhaps some carrots, our herb pot and, just for fun, I will take on the challenge of growing my own coffee.

I have had raised beds for quite some years, but two years ago I decided to go to square foot gardening. I plant peas, carrots, various lettuces, several different herbs, peppers (jalapeno and chili), garlic, onions, cucumbers, spinach, potatoes and beans. I built a spiral herb garden this summer to plant next year.

The garden is made with Landscape timbers arranges so there are six sides. Landscape timbers are used to divide the garden into six wedges. there is a different herb or edible plant in each wedge. Included are Three kinds of thyme in one wedge, two kinds of Lavender in another. In a third is two kinds of parsley, in the fourth is chocolate mint, the next has nasturtiums and the last has sage.

Over 36 beds with flowers, veggies, herbs & shrubs. Very informal with stone walkways edging most of the beds. I make jellies and herb breads with the fresh picked produce and we have a small market store at the property. Very much a spring/summer/fall garden with lots of color.

My garden is in Days Bay, Eastbourne. In the front it is mostly a cottage style garden with roses and lawn. Amongst my roses are fox gloves, granny bonnets, pentstemons and much more. In the back I have rhododendrons and camelias underplanted with hostas, and renga lilies.A small herb and vegetable garden features in the back also. The total size of our land is 1/4 acre.

Initially lots & lots of grass, but since last year we started adding herbs & veggies. Now we have 20 different veg & herb varieties. Hopefully they'll all take off & we'll be blessed with some good crops.

Mixture of fruit trees, vege & herb gardens, flower beds

Home based garden business with a focus on permaculture. Includes chcikens raise dofr eggs and fruit trees plus worm farm and herb production along with seasonal vegetables. Tours of garden and Horticultural advice available bt arrangement.

I have a backyard raspberry, grape, mint soil garden; a tomato, pepper, bean, cucumber container garden; an herb flower box garden; a perennial garden and a winter indoor herb, tomato, pepper potting mix/hydroponic/aeroponic garden

I have an enclosed garden surrounded by stone walls. It consists of two parts, one is lawned with three central flower beds, a further flower bed running next to the wall and three trees, The lower garden is again lawned with a separate vegetable plot and one flower bed, There is a small herb garden and I also have several balcony plants and container plants.

Herb garden, bouganvillia, plumeria, hibiscus, orchids, and asorted green vines and plants

The building of a perennial and herb garden

bio dynamic agriculture.

Three year old amateur flower, herb and vegetable garden, about a dozen old apricot-trees and another dozen new fruit trees. Part of nature reserve (with oaks, olive trees and many others), no fencing (to the North), wild rabbits, stray cats, etc....

1000+ sq metres around my house.Southwards: 'tropicals'and lawn;west:lawn and roses and cedrus pedula;north-west:lawn and new perennial border and shrubbery;north:narrow'Japanese' garden with small pond and patio with raised herb beds.

We inherited the garden when we moved here 2 years ago, it is split into three, main section has 3 large false pepper trees, fig, magnolia and jacaranda trees, surrounded by hedging, some of it lantana other evergreen. There are also shrubs and rose trees and a small pond with fountain. The grass area of sorts is very poor and the whole of this area is surrounded by a gravel path with bench seat on each side. The next area is grass again, with a palm tree, currently receiving treatment for the red palm beetle, no sure if it will survive or not, a large Yukka plant and two sky rocket conifers, also another bed consisting of roses, conifer, and other palm type plant. The third area around the pool is planters, in which I have a lemon and orange tree, bay, plus bedding plants and herb pots. Garden so named because it was designed by the previous owner, Olimpia.

Property is about 5 acres (4 Acres bush and subtropical rainforest. We have a variety of established fruit trees including mandarin, lemon, lime, lychee, papaya, ladyfinger bananas, Percimon, Nectarine, Mangoes, Jack fruit and Nashi Pear. There is also one lonely macadamia in need of some tlc. After living in town for the last few years we recently returned and started a veggie patch and herb garden. I am also a fan of pitcher plants although have only two varieties thus far. :)

Front Garden is a rose and Fir Tree Garden. Back garden is Herb and Various varieties, Long Garden Partitioned and colourfull.

The Merritt College Landscape Horticulture Arboretum supports an educational program designed to prepare students for careers in all the major horticultural disciplines, including landscape design and construction, nursery and greenhouse management, sustainable urban agriculture, floral production and design, turf management and arboriculture and aesthetic pruning. Of special interest are the Permaculture Demonstration Garden with more than 100 fruit trees, perennial and annual plants for food production, companion plantings and herb collection; a collection of more than 500 Mediterranean, South African and Australian specimen plants as well as a large collection of California Natives. For additional information see: http://www.merrittlandhort.com/

Outside spread over eight acres are many gardens featuring perennials, annuals, wildflowers, roses, herbs, and cacti. Some specialty areas include a nationally recognized inspirational Peace Garden, rose garden, herb garden, cacti garden, two community vegetable gardens, lily pond, sensory garden, and the Discovery Pond and educational wetland area. Connecting many gardens is the Western Walkway featuring 170 livestock brands set into the concrete walk. The walkway connects the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens grounds to the Old West Museum, where the vitality, drama and romance of life in the West comes alive. Along the Western Walkway is a unique series of three landscaped plazas known as the Rotary Century Plazas. Each plaza interprets life in southeast Wyoming over the past three centuries (1700’s, 1800’s and 1900’s). Each plaza includes sculpted benches, historic plants and other interpretations explaining life in each century. The Rotary Century Plazas also include Wyoming’s oldest locomotive that is surrounded by a historic folk art fence. Adjacent to the 1900’s plaza is a restored 1928 FarmAll tractor and an educational shelterbelt planting. Source: http://www.botanic.org/More_Details.asp

In this dynamic young garden you will find inviting woodland paths, stunning floral collections and exhibits to delight visitors of all ages. Paths meander through the shady woodlands of the Dogwood Trail and the lush fern glade, while native wildflowers quietly populate the Nature Trail. Daylily and herb gardens rival or surpass those of older, more mature botanical gardens. The demonstration vegetable garden showcases varieties of produce and inspires home gardeners. The 5-acre Central Corridor Gardens, featuring aquatic, perennial, and annual displays are ablaze with color from early spring through fall. The Garden of Hope celebrates life and affords a place for quiet contemplation and observation of nature. Source: http://www.hsvbg.org/index.htm

The best raspberry and strawberry patches in the county are right here in the gardens and if you are lucky enough you might even get to taste them. Vegetables of every kind can be found growing even in this harsh environment that usually gets less than 60 consecutive frost free days. The Rose Garden was developed in 2003 for the purpose of testing roses for Weeks Roses of California. Today, the Rose Garden is home to mostly Canadian roses. Perennial as well as annual herbs are abundant in herb garden. Medicinal, edible and tea herbs happily intermingle. Source: http://www.tizergardens.com/index.html

small herb & berry garden

My garden is manageable with roses, lavender, inca,day & clivia lillies, perennial foxcloves & delphiniums, geraniums and a few rose bushes. I also have a zen garden on the east side entrance. I love my herb & veg garden and it is rewarding to pick tomatoes, parsley, mint, sage, rosemary for the kitchen and watch the pumpkin get bigger. Also banana, paw paw & avocado trees.

My garden has mostly containers, but with several fruit trees, and a herb bed at the rear of the house. Spring is the best time of the year, the freesias and roses are beautiful. My lemon tree is admired by all who pass by the house, as is the yellow jasmin over the front garden wall.

front: glasses side : herb back : kitchen garden

Out the front we have many trees and flowering shrubs- one side we have the veg and herb patch- the other side ( sunny side) has the Verandah with exotics and hanging baskets. The back garden is mostly lawn with wild borders

100 ft long 30 ft wide large city garden. Yard with brick herb garden 10ftx10ft approx. Surrounded by evergreen hedging. Two 10ftx4ft brick built raised beds for vegetables in main part which gets the sun from dawn to 7pm in the summer. End one third of garden largly shaded by neighbours trees. Delapidated green house at end of plot. Planning to put in mobile hen house this spring with 3 hens. Garden slopes down and is mainly lawn with plenty of moss. It is beautiful and I love it more then life it's self.

As this is my first year I'm looking forward to the challenge of combining herb, edible and cottage with some container, so my list is long but doable.

Our garden is 23'X10', we grow tomatoes, delecata squash, chard and more. We are also great herb and cooking enthusiasts. Some fruit trees, Asian pear, apple and oh yes, raspberries.

A vegetable garden in the front, some flowers and trees for the landscaping, a work in progress, just like any other garden.

Many things contribute to this garden but as in everything, each will take their own view from it. As Persig said, a motorcycle is a sytem, this garden is a sytem comprised of structural relationship and most everything even the 100 ft. spruce have been started from seed. Our mother never spent much for her plants but refused to waste time on any seeds that didn't meet her standards. The lawn is not always green and lush but is tough and seems to live on and have periods when it is like a bed of green velvet. What else can be said.

This is a previously neglected area in front of a parade of shops which is being "renovated" by a volunteer group from the Midleton Transition Town Project. We are a group of like-minded people with an interest in global issues such as Climate Change, recycling and encouraging self-sufficiency by growing your own herbs and vegetables. The object of the gardening excercise is to increase awareness and interest in growing herbs and other beneficial plants in addition to providing colour and interest to an uncared for area. The shoppers and other local people are free to help themselves to seeds and to take and use the herbs, flowers etc. in the hope that they will develop an interest in growing their own produce.

My garden is full of heirloom vegetable varieties, culinary and medicinal herbs, including Stevia, and I grow Chia grain as well. I save seeds of unusual heirloom varieties to ensure their lasting existance on Earth.

The Garden is only 3 years old. It has lawn and various types of coniferous, roses, cycas etc.

Mine is a high desert environment. NOT the sand and cactus that many think of when we say "desert" but the sagebrush-steppe of the Northern Great Basin. We have an arid dry climate also filled with thick stands of Ponderosa Pine tree forests about 12 miles north of our small pleasant rural community. I have loved gardening all of my life and concentrate on herbs, perennials and edibles for thier food and esthetic value. A photographer and writer I also love using my garden and garden products in my art. I also LOVE friends who garden and love to learn about garden efforts of folks in differing climates and environments. Regards, Mari

I live in Japan. I have some herbs. There are a small sand box and a slide for kids.

My garden is a garden full of healing and daily pleasures. Always learning and trying to learn what God has designed so amazingly beautiful and for our use. Love it!!

Herbs & Flowers.

Michelle Obama and local children digging up the White House Lawn in order to create a vegetable and herb garden for the White House Kitchen

Herb Terrace

Herb Garden

My herb garden

Herb Wheel

Herb Basket(Rosemary, Parsley and Caraway)

Another $5 garage sale find - placed in the herb bed August 2009

The far end of my herb garden, with tall hollyhocks, Russian sage, and our beautiful threadleaf Japanese maple in the background.

My herb garden - my favourite garden, I think. I love the scents, and it is an amazing attractor of insects of all kinds. It is simply alive on a sunny day! I have many varieties of thyme ("Doone Valley" creeping thyme in foreground), "Primrose Heron" lamb's ears (coloured golden green instead of silver, and hard to find), santolina, a very old sage (Salvia officinalis), African blue basil, bronze fennel, English and Spanish lavender, and many more.

Our herb garden, we use all the herbs. Even freeze them for use in the winter months.

My new herb spiral.

The finished herb spiral.

Fresh herb bread.

herb garden

planting the herb garden

planting the herb garden

herb garden

new herb/vegetable beds

October snowstorm- herb garden

My medicinal herb garden. Features a beautiful Silk tree, Calendula, a Chamomile lawn that is divine to walk on with the refreshing and relaxing scent that wafts up to meet you. it is the home of my echinacea, Valerian and Hyssop.

Beginnings of the formal herb garden.

Formal herb garden in progress.

The Mixed Herb Patch- left side- early morning and alte afternoon sun.

The Shrubs next to the Herb patch