The herbs in this book provide flavours and scents unlike any other: culinary herbs are a living trove of fresh flavours for any cook, with an almost alchemical power to transform the simplest dish. Herbs can be used as seeds, flowers, or leaves; cooked and eaten themselves or used to infuse a dish or drink. They are popping up in artisan gin, ice cubes and cocktail syrups; in foraged dishes and kitchen gardens of the best restaurants as chefs realise that often the only way to capture that elusive flavour is to have home-grown, freshly harvested herbs on their doorstep. With this book these intense flavours can now be a reality for gardeners and food enthusiasts with any size of garden, from an acre to a window box. Underpinned by the authority of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the expertise of Holly Farrell this book combines practical elements with inspiration and beauty. Find out how to grow herbs in all situations, how to plant, propagate and harvest, then the 80 most exciting herbs are identified, illustrated and their uses explained.
This is accompanied by Jason Ingrams specially commissioned photography for 12 projects which show how to develop a herb garden at the next level and use herbs in the most interesting ways from planting a herb roof to making herbal oils.
By:
Holly Farrell,
Kew Royal Botanic Gardens
By (photographer):
Jason Ingram
Imprint: Frances Lincoln
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 210mm,
Width: 160mm,
ISBN: 9780711239364
ISBN 10: 0711239363
Series: Kew Experts
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 04 March 2019
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Growing herbs Introduction: the value of herbs must-have herbs easy herbs growing herbs equipment growing herbs soil, situation, planting growing herbs perennials growing herbs shrubs and trees growing herbs annuals growing herbs biennials growing herbs in the ground growing herbs in the ground - design growing herbs in containers A-Z of herbs Achillea ageratum Acmella oleracea Agastache foeniculum Allium schoenoprasum Project 1 A vertical herb garden Allium schoenoprasum var sibiricum Allium tuberosum Aloysia citrodora Anethum graveolens Angelica archangelica Anthriscus cerefolium Apium graveolens Artemisia dracumculus Armormacia rusticana Artemisia dracunculus Atriplex hortensis Borago officinalis Brassica Calamintha nepeta Calendula officinalis Calycanthus floridus Carum carvi Caspicum spp Caspicum spp Caspicum spp Project 2 Infused oils, vinegars etc Caspicum spp Chamaemelum nobilis Project 3 Herbs as cut flowers Chenopodium bonus-henricus Cichorium intybus Cinnamomum Citrus Coriandrum sativum Crocus sativus Cuminum cyminum Curcuma longa Project 4 Herbal teas/tisanes Cymbopogon citratus Drimys lanceolata Dysphania ambrosiodies Elettaria cardamomum Eruca vesicaria subsp. Sativa Foeniculum vulgare Project 5 Harvesting seed and fennel pollen Galium odoratum Hyssopus officinalis Laurus nobilis Lavandula spp Project 6 Drying herbs Levisticum officinale Melissa Mentha spicata Mentha spicata Mentha spicata Mentha spicata Project 7 Herbs as a green roof Monarda didyma Myristica fragrans Myrrhis odorata Myrtus communis Nasturtium officinale Ocimum basilicum Ocimum basilicum Ocimum basilicum Project 8 Hey pesto! Ocimum basilicum Origanum marjorana Origanum vulgare Pelargonium crispum Perilla frutescens Persicaria odorata Project 9 Herbs for cocktails Petroselinum crispum Pimpinella anisum Piper nigrum Portulaca oleracea Rosa - R. rugosa and R. gallica var. offincialis Rosmarinus officinalis Project 10 Topiary rosemary Rumex acetosa/R.sanguineus/scutatus Salvia officinalis Salvia officinalis Sambucus nigra Sanguisorba minor Satureja hortsensis Satureja montana Symphytum Syzygium aromaticum Tanacetum Taraxacum officinale Thymus vulgaris Thymus vulgaris Thymus vulgaris Project 11 Herb lawns and seats Thymus vulgaris Trigonella foenum-graecum Tropaeolum majus Urtica dioica Viola odorata Zingiber officinale Problems Problems Year programme: spring Year programme: summer Year programme: autumn Year programme: winter index acknowledgements
HOLLY FARRELL is the author of Planting Plans for your Kitchen Garden and RHS Plants from Pips. She contributes to gardening magazines such as The Garden and Kitchen Garden, and has a blog. Holly trained at RHS Gardens Wisley where she gained the Wisley Diploma in Practical Horticulture and the RHS Certificate and Diploma, both with Commendation. After working as Head Gardener on a private estate she now combines her career as a garden writer with freelance work as a consultant on (kitchen) gardens for private clients and Tom Stuart-Smith Ltd. Holly has been growing her own fruit and vegetables for many years, in a variety of settings from allotments to container gardens. Holly is also a keen and experienced baker, and while she's happy to produce wedding cakes for friends or hundreds of biscuits for a Christmas market stall, she doesn't need a reason to bake! Kew Royal Botanic Gardens has built a global resource for medicinal plant names that enables health professionals and researchers to access information about plants and plant products relevant to pharmacological research, health regulation, traditional medicine and functional foods.
