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Mecklenburgh Square Garden
A private London Square garden
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Morning Chorus
Plants of the Month
History
History
A Georgian Square
A Georgian Garden
Well-Known Residents, 19th Century
Well-Known Residents, 20th Century
Rosoman Painting
Martin Frederic Hamlyn (1886-1966)
Photos
Enjoying the Bird Bath
A Little Bee Film
Memoria
Tribute to Martin Andrews
Trees
Medicinal Plants
Medical Herb Spiral
Acmella Oleracea: the toothache plant
Artemisia absinthium: the Bohemian
Artemisia annua
Black Cohosh: beauty or beast?
Cannabis Sativa (Indian Hemp): Queen Victoria’s secret
Chamomile: food, medicine or something in between?
Chaste Tree: nature’s gift to women?
Chilli: hot, pungent and medicinal
Cistus creticus: A tough little plant with history as old as Europe
Comfrey: A controversial herb
Elder: more than just a tasty treat
Deadly Nightshade: to blight, bewitch, and beautify
Fennel: between food and medicine
Feverfew: the aspirin of the middle ages
Common Foxglove: dangerous poison or indispensable remedy?
Ginkgo
Holy Basil – a Queen fit with many crowns
Honeysuckle: the little fairy in herbal medicine shop
Hops: a lot more than beer
Ivy: Medicine in your garden
Lavender
Lemon balm: Not only refreshing in a salad, but also a valuable medicine
Lemon Verbena: a natural medicine with a charming lemon flavour
Marigold
Manuka: the hardcore survivor
Milk Thistle – blessed by the Virgin Mary herself!
European Mistletoe: a hemiparasitic plant that goes beyond Christmas traditions
Olive Tree: a heavenly gift from Hercules
Opium Poppy: the power to be a gift or a curse
Peppermint
Pelargonium Sidoides
Red Vine: I felt it through the grape vine
Raspberry Leaf: a woman’s tonic
Rhubarb
Roman Chamomile: a forgotten treasure
Silver Birch
Snowdrop: spring herald and Alzheimer medication
Stevia rebaudiana: a sugar substitute
St. John’s Wort: The reinvention of a troublesome weed
Common Garden Spurge
Tansy
Tea Tree: Australian bush medicine to global skin remedy
Thyme: beyond the bounds of culinary uses
The Turkey Tail Mushroom: a thousand year story
Valeriana officinalis: nature’s prime calming agent
Witch Hazel: a winter flower used for skin conditions
Patterson Border
Art
3 Cows in a Pile
Notices
Garden Rules
BBQ Etiquette
Garden Constitution
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