Herb Garden
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This grand garden space combines a love of history with period-accurate sensory details—which is an age-old recipe for a good time.
The area is laid out as a formal knot garden, just like you’d see in England, and is home to over 3,500 herbs and plants, spread through several themed sections:
- The fragrance garden
- The trial and cutting garden
- The dye garden
- The historic rose garden
- The culinary garden
- The medicinal garden
- The terrace garden
- The edible flower garden
The historic rose walk invites you on a journey through time, with a collection of antique roses that were in existence before 1867. And while you’re here, make sure to stop by the English-made sundial that dates back to 1795. Our Herb Garden is heralded as one of the most significant in America, and your visit will immerse you in the timeless beauty and utility of the natural world.
Things to Discover
May peonies | Herbaceous peonies (Paeonia lactiflora ‘Festiva Maxima’) will be in bloom surrounding the central knot garden. The white and shell pink tree peonies (Paeonia x suffruticosa cultivars) that flank the garden to the north and south began blooming late April but can be enjoyed into the early days of |
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Herbaceous peonies (Paeonia lactiflora ‘Festiva Maxima’) will be in bloom surrounding the central knot garden. The white and shell pink tree peonies (Paeonia x suffruticosa cultivars) that flank the garden to the north and south began blooming late April but can be enjoyed into the early days of May.
Sundial | The Sundial in the Herb Garden is built from local bluestone sandstone, and features replicas of historical grist wheels and an upturned stone lawn-rolling barrel. “Bluestone” sandstone is tough, even-grained high-quality sandstone that was extensively quarried through the 1890s at what |
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The Sundial in the Herb Garden is built from local bluestone sandstone, and features replicas of historical grist wheels and an upturned stone lawn-rolling barrel. “Bluestone” sandstone is tough, even-grained high-quality sandstone that was extensively quarried through the 1890s at what is now Euclid Creek Reservation. One quarry pit was converted to a Shakespearian amphitheater and remains to this day.
Western Reserve Herb Society | This garden is maintained by members of the Western Reserve Herb Society.
Nine distinct sections | This garden is divided into unique, herbally themed sections.
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