Herb Gardens in Mississippi

Benefits of Herb Gardens

• Humans have grown herbs near their homes since prehistoric times. When you plant an herb garden, it becomes a carefree area where culinary and medicinal plants can grow. You can include herbs in a kitchen garden convenient to your house, along with tomatoes and other edibles.

Good Choices For Mississippi

• Mississippi State University recommends these herbs as good performers: yarrow, dill, wormwood, calendula, cilantro, lemon grass, fennel, mint, lemon balm, bergamot, catnip, basil, oregano, parsley, rosemary, sage, thyme and others.

Mississippi State University Herb Garden

• Mississippi University for Women has a Culinary Arts Institute that undertook an extensive redesign and expansion project of its herb garden in 2010. Master gardeners from Lowndes County did extensive cleanup and added different varieties of existing herbs. They also developed a plan for keeping the garden watered, weeded and fertilized. Future plans include educational activities, which will be open to the public.