As we close the 2024 Growing Season at Herb & Vine we have approximately 45 plants remaining in the greenhouse. There's still time to transplant into your perennial bed or naturalized area of your yard, or up-pot into
Let's talk about a well-known anti-inflammatory herb called Arnica. The variety A. chamissonis is the more cultivated variety whereas A. montana is actually at risk in the wild. If you're purchasing this variety, be sure it's from a reputable
Developing your own natural medicine cabinet is a rewarding experience whether you suffer from a chronic or acute condition, or even if you’re just looking to keep the basic remedies on hand. Choosing to limit or totally avoid pharmaceuticals is a brave move, but you can do it if you take the time to research the plants you’ll need for the specific treatments you’re looking to stock for.
At Herb & Vine, we believe in the importance of empowering people to grow their medicine cabinets. Whether you start your healing garden from seed, root, cutting, or seedling, we want to help you. Having the knowledge about where to plant, how to care for, and especially how to harvest and use healing plants is critical. This quick reference chart is a tool to help you learn. Visit this page often to get info on some of the most common medicinal plants that grow here in North Georgia. For more in-depth information on each of the healing plants we sell, visit the Our Plant page.
If you’ve read my story or previous blog post about the journey I’ve taken to arrive here at Herb & Vine, you know the path that led me here. But why choose healing herbs and plants as my focus?
Herbs are any plant used for taste, smell, or healing, making up one-fourth of all known flowering plants. Although most of us are familiar with the taste and aroma of common herbs, we’re less in tune with the hundreds of