Fresh Herbs * Barbara Radcliffe Rogers

Over 100 Uses for Growing, Cooking, Cosmetics, and Garden Design. This richly illustrated gardening companion shares over one hundred practical ways to cultivate, harvest, and enjoy fresh herbs across the kitchen, home, and backyard landscape.

The Story. Written by veteran culinary writer and naturalist Barbara Radcliffe Rogers, this lovely 1990 hardcover volume offers a warm, welcoming introduction to living with aromatic plants. Rather than presenting dry botanical charts, the text invites readers into the gentle rhythms of seasonal tending, soil preparation, and indoor window-box propagation.

The book wanders thoughtfully through classic landscape traditions, offering clear inspiration for planting traditional knot gardens, literary Shakespeare gardens, formal borders, and everyday kitchen patches. Once the harvest is gathered, the pages open up a bountiful collection of household uses. Readers will find delicious culinary recipes, such as gourmet mushroom and tarragon dishes, alongside soothing homemade cosmetics, fragrant herbal bouquets, and decorative dried wreaths. Illustrated throughout with one hundred color and black-and-white photographs and published by Gallery Books (also distributed under Smithmark Publishers), this charming edition remains a comforting staple for nature lovers and creative home cooks.

Perfect For. Backyard gardeners, home cooks, and crafters looking for a gentle, inspiring guide to growing herbs and creating handmade botanical gifts.

Published 1990 by Gallery Books.

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