Designing With Herbs

The Order In A Herb Garden

The designs of many herb gardens from yester-year show that herbs need certain features to bring out their full beauty. These structures are like the basic backbone of the herb garden.

Designing Using Leaf Colours

Even the colours of the leaves play an important role in the design of a herb garden. You can have one colour or many different varieties that create all sorts of different colours. The best variety of species for colour will be found in the following:

• Sage
• Mint
• Thyme
• Lemon Balm
• Comfrey
• Basil
• Oregano
• Nasturtium 

There  are many factors that can help you with the design of a herb garden. You can use the different sizes of some of the herbs. For instance putting tall herbs (Fennel, Dill, Angelica) with low-growing herbs (Rosemary, Thyme, Parsley) and combining those with the medium-tall herbs (Oregano, Mint, Lemon Balm).

There is also the option of experimenting with the shapes and sizes of the leaves as well as the colour as I have mentioned above.

As long as you never forget the basic requirements and specific positions of the different species of herbs and the combinations of herbs you use, as these are the most important aspects of them all.