Gardening

Venue: Hadlow College, Tonbridge Road, Hadlow, Kent
Date: Sunday 1st July 2012
Time: 11am - 3pm
Sponsor: Hadlow College

Judith Wills & Dr. D G Hessayon
ISBN 978-0-903-50599
£14.99

Great money saving ideas for your garden

Who would have thought that bottling, freezing and drying would be back on the kitchen agenda? But these were commonplace skills - before wide selections of frozen goods were available.

Calendula - more commonly known as Marigold - enjoys a long history of healing for both the mind and the body.

Native to Ancient Egypt, the Greeks drank an infusion of Marigold to relieve sleeplessness - and what today we call ‘stress'! Regarded as a symbol of good luck, it is believed to have first been brought to Britain by the Romans and was one of the earliest plants to be cultivated.

BASIL (Ocimum basilicum), an annual, is a fragrant and flavourful plant that has become our most popular culinary herb and one that is much appreciated by celebrity television chefs.

Isn't it typical that just as we get really interested in gardening our bodies get a bit creaky!

Coriander (Coriandrum sativum), an annual herb in the Apiaceae family - to which carrots also belong - has been used for culinary and medicinal purposes for hundreds of years.

New research, from PlantforLife reveals 63% of people in the UK purchase floral and herbal scented products to enhance their health and wellbeing yet, when asked, just 32% realised the plants they grow in the garden can provide the same effects.