From Gardens Where We Feel Secure

its leaves are an excellent antihistamine for nettle stings or insect bites, and they can also be made into a syrup or tea for coughs and respiratory problems and eczema. It’s anti-bacterial and an astringent.

used in teas to reduce excessive menstrual bleeding.

The more we can identify, the more our attachments to plants form, and we can start to see them as our kin.

the longer I live in a city, the more I want to lie in a field of grass

Gardening is as much about looking as it is doing, and community gardens allow everyone to have this.