‘Gardening with Herbs’

Through a sustainable lensWith Norma Weinberg, www.herbsdottir.comMaster Gardener, passionate plant person

Gardening With Herbs

CompostingRecycles and enriches

Conserving water resourcesWater is precious, it needs to be protected. You can use ground covers and mulch to enable soils to hold water.

What is Sustainable Gardening?

Sustainable gardening is low maintenance, eco-friendly and often mimics nature.

Grow Native Plants (suitable for your

climate and area)

Harvest and save herb and flower

seedsTry to use heirloom seeds and plants

Companion Planting

Plants that:

Benefit each otherAttract or deter pests Help to improve the soilImprove a crop’s flavor

Choosing Plants

Marigolds deter pests & release

toxins through its roots to kill nematodes.

Nasturtiums act as a trap to draw pests away from the main crop as: roses and lettuce.

Fennel attracts beneficials

Pollinators are:bees, butterflies, hover flies, and ladybugs (control aphid pests).

Weeds: Friend or Foe?

Dandelion and Dock can help condition your soil. They bring trace minerals to the soil surface, where fruit trees roots can access them.

Stinging Nettle (Urtica Urens)

These ‘weeds’ support more than 40 beneficial insects, and are vital for the survival of some butterflies and moth larvae.

Plantain (Plantago sp.) &

Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

All around good friends for the plants and for you,

minerals for the plants and remedies for you

Some Weeds: Companion Plants?

Yarrow

Catnip

Bronze Fennel

Ginger

Lovage

Chamomile

Feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium)

Lavender

Lemon Balm

Aloe

Arnica

Calendula

Comfrey(Symphytum officinale)

Cranberry

Echinacea

Garlic

St. John’s Wort(Hypericum perforatum)