FIRST AID from the Garden

Homegrown herbs can offer first aid and skin-healing remedies for conditions ranging from minor bleeding and boo-boos to skin infections, itchy rashes, and more serious wounds. These first-aid herbs won’t necessarily all fit into one garden bed, but they’re easy to incorporate into your yard. Calendula is a proper garden herb for a sunny location. Weedy yarrow, plantain, and St. John’s wort can be invited into your garden, although they often prefer the spot they originally chose. Thuja (arborvitae) and witch hazel can grow on the partial- or full-shade edges of the yard if they don’t already grow wild near you.

Healing Garden Herbs

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