Grow Your Own Botanicals

"Grow Your Own Botanicals offers a captivating array of plants that not only enhance your garden's beauty but also provide a rewarding harvest for creative culinary and household uses. If you're interested in purchasing seed kits, botanical gifts, or experimenting with homemade drinks, remedies, or skincare products, this guide is an indispensable resource. With it, you can easily create hibiscus cordials for cocktails, spice blends for roasts, or calendula face creams using your garden's bounty. Cinead provides fundamental advice on beginning your gardening journey, covering topics such as soil, composting, planting borders, containers, seed saving, cuttings, and increasing biodiversity before delving into the world of botanical gardening. Featuring 80 different botanicals, from the well-known to the exotic, these plants do not require extensive space but do yield significant amounts for flavoring food, drinks, and oils. Explore herbs like juniper and lemon balm, cultivate evening primrose or liquorice with their attractive blooms, or experiment with fruits like Chilean guava or yuzu. This approach to gardening promises to be both enjoyable and imaginative!"