On my last day in Auckland, I paid a fascinating visit to the South Pacific College of Natural Therapies to see their medicinal herb gardens. Some inspiration for Incredible Edible Todmorden, perhaps, who are looking to create a medicinal garden in the car park of their local Health Centre?
These plants are carefully chosen for their medicinal properties, but they're multifunctional and often have culinary uses, and look beautiful too! That's a win win win approach to creative gardening. Students at the college learn the huge range of uses for them, including tinctures, balms, teas and poultices.
Shown here are flax, echinacea and a bank of lavender. Many thanks to Louise Joel, who helped to create the gardens, for showing us round.
A video to follow.
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