Medicinal Herb Garden
A 6×4 apothecary bed: echinacea, chamomile, valerian, lemon balm, and a dozen traditional remedy herbs for the tea shelf.
About This Template
This is a traditional apothecary garden — the herbs your great-grandmother would recognize, grown for the tea shelf and the winter cupboard. The back row plants the immune and calm section: three echinacea (the roots and flowers of cold-season tinctures), valerian for the strongest sleep tea in the garden, tall elecampane for respiratory infusions, and motherwort. The chamomile block leads the second row — the single most useful medicinal plant to grow, since fresh-dried flowers make tea the shop version can't touch — beside lemon balm, sage for gargles, and horehound, the original cough-drop herb. The third row gathers marshmallow, self-heal, plantain (the first-aid leaf), meadowsweet, and skullcap, with catnip and mugwort closing the line. The front is the daily row: lavender for the pillow, three mints for the pot, hyssop, and more chamomile — because there is never enough chamomile.
Benefits
- 1Grows a full herbal tea shelf: sleep, digestion, colds, and calm
- 2Home-dried chamomile and mint outclass any shop tea bag
- 3Most of the bed is perennial — plant once, harvest for years
- 4Echinacea, chamomile, and hyssop double as pollinator magnets
- 5Traditional remedy herbs are nearly impossible to buy fresh
Growing Tips
- 1Harvest flowers at midday when oils peak; dry in shade, never sun
- 2Label dried jars with plant AND year — potency fades after twelve months
- 3Cut lemon balm and mints hard twice a season for tender regrowth
- 4Research each herb before internal use, and consult a doctor alongside
Included Plants (19)
Echinacea×3
Echinacea purpurea
Spacing: 45 cm · 18 in
Valerian
Valeriana officinalis
Spacing: 45 cm · 18 in
Elecampane
Inula helenium
Spacing: 60 cm · 24 in
Motherwort
Leonurus cardiaca
Spacing: 30 cm · 12 in
Chamomile×8
Matricaria chamomilla
Spacing: 20 cm · 8 in
Lemon Balm
Melissa officinalis
Spacing: 30 cm · 12 in
Sage
Salvia officinalis
Spacing: 60 cm · 24 in
Horehound
Marrubium vulgare
Spacing: 30 cm · 12 in
Marshmallow Root
Althaea officinalis
Spacing: 45 cm · 18 in
Self-Heal×2
Prunella vulgaris
Spacing: 20 cm · 8 in
Lance-Leaf Plantain×2
Plantago lanceolata
Spacing: 20 cm · 8 in
Meadowsweet
Filipendula ulmaria
Spacing: 45 cm · 18 in
Skullcap
Scutellaria lateriflora
Spacing: 30 cm · 12 in
Mugwort
Artemisia vulgaris
Spacing: 60 cm · 24 in
Catnip
Nepeta cataria
Spacing: 45 cm · 18 in
Lavender×2
Lavandula angustifolia
Spacing: 45 cm · 18 in
Mint
Mentha spicata
Spacing: 45 cm · 18 in
Spearmint
Mentha spicata
Spacing: 45 cm · 18 in
Hyssop
Hyssopus officinalis
Spacing: 30 cm · 12 in
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