This is the first of a more or less series of Medieval gardens, which often had to be useful and were planted to serve a certain purpose – like this one: It features herbs for the kitchen and, even more, healing.

The average herb – and there were many, which are still in use today, or again in use ! was used to make meals tastier, as salt was rare and expensive, Thyme, for example, was used to conserve raw meat and hinder it to rot.

Many of the tasty herbs were remedies as well – Peppermint was lovely in salads, but as well healed a sick stomach and nausea during pregnancy. And so on. Of course, you will use an array of pretty and vivid colors, in cotton and silk, like floss and perle, braid and metallic… together with beads and crystals for a rich and tactile look.