I love herbs and essential oils and I find it fascinating looking into what Tudor housewives grew in their gardens and why. I thought I'd share with you some of the popular herbs of the medieval and Tudor periods and what they were thought to do. Underneath my video, you'll find a couple of other interesting videos and also links for further reading, including herbals.
Further reading
- Culpeper's herbal online - http://www.complete-herbal.com/culpepper/completeherbalindex.htm
- Gerard's Herbal online https://www.exclassics.com/herbal/herbalcont.htm
- A nievve herball, or historie of plantes (1578) - https://archive.org/details/nievveherballorh00dodo
- Sage - https://theherbalacademy.com/sage-throughout-the-ages/
- A medieval poem on wood betony - https://www.winterbloomfarm.com/posts/a-medieval-poem-on-wood-betony
- Herb Cottage blog - https://www.herbcottage.com.au/betony.html
- Cumin - https://nutritionalgeography.faculty.ucdavis.edu/cumin/
- Medieval Herb Garden - http://blog.english-heritage.org.uk/grow-medieval-herb-garden/
- Betony - http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/2011/06/24/beneficent-betony/
- Tudor Garden at Ty-Mawr-Wybrnant - https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ty-mawr-wybrnant/features/tudor-garden-at-ty-mawr-wybrnant
- Herbs in the Tudor Garden - https://www.growbar.co.uk/recipe-inspiration/herbs-in-the-tudor-garden
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