clay label by Greg Muldoon, Food Union Co-ordinator
As part of Coventry
City of Culture’s Green Futures Programme, Food Union has begun to build a new
Live & Dye garden within the grounds of Coventry Cathedral. The garden has a
shared focus on both the incidental and cultivated growth that can occur within
this space and looks to promote the benefits and safe uses of medicinal plants
and ‘weeds’ as nature’s healers. Once developed, the space will be used to host
workshops, grow plants and be a place of solitude within the busy centre of
Coventry.
elecampane
red valerian
globe artichoke
red valerian
globe artichoke
What Grows Here?
Elecampane
Winter savory
Evening primrose
Ambella
Lavender
Tussock bellflower
Marshmallow
Lovage
Primadonna
Fleabane
Iris
Thyme
Yarrow
Valerian
Globe artichoke
Borage
Angelica
Marjorie
Hollyhock
Echinacea
Skullcap
Rosemary
Red star
Dog rose
Weigela
Feverfew
Mugwort
Comfrey
Woad
Madder
Tutsan
Myrtle
Lemon balm
Lily
Lemon cypress
Buddleia
Potato
Red valerian
Catnip
Large red clover
Raspberry
Gooseberry
Elder
Mint
St John’s Wort
yarrow
echinacea
borage
echinacea
borage
Lemon balm tincture-making workshop at the Live & Dye Garden, images by Food Union.
Alix Villanueva talking to one of the Live & Dye gardeners, Elliot Christie, about weeds, medicinals & the garden
0.32 What is
the Live & Dye Garden
3.40 Thinking about the value of weeds
11.54 Hi Greg!
13.21 Folk names for plants
14.25 Favourite and Least-favourite Weeds
20.45 How did you get into Medicinal plants?
25.53 Hops!
29.19 Making tinctures & salves
32.35 What plants can we see in the Live & Dye Garden?
33.31 Marsh Mallow & its uses
38.03 Elliot’s New Allotment
3.40 Thinking about the value of weeds
11.54 Hi Greg!
13.21 Folk names for plants
14.25 Favourite and Least-favourite Weeds
20.45 How did you get into Medicinal plants?
25.53 Hops!
29.19 Making tinctures & salves
32.35 What plants can we see in the Live & Dye Garden?
33.31 Marsh Mallow & its uses
38.03 Elliot’s New Allotment