All Episodes

Galanthus nivalis (snowdrop)

Taxus baccata (yew)

Achillea millefolium (yarrow)

Salix lanata (woolly willow) and Salix purpurea (purple willow)

Catharanthus roseus (Madagascar periwinkle)

Bryonia alba (white bryony) Dioscorea communis (black bryony)

Vitex agnus-castus (the chaste tree)

Inula helenium (elecampane)

Dolomiaea costus (costus)

Salvia officinalis (sage) and Thymus vulgaris (thyme)

Rosa species (rose)

Platanus orientalis (oriental plane) Olea europea (olive)

Smilax aspera (prickly ivy)

Rheum officinale (Chinese rhubarb)

Tanacetum cinerariifolium (pyrethrum)

Punica granatum (pomegranate)

Valeriana officinalis (valerian)

Scabiosa columbaria (small scabious or dwarf pincushion flower)

Malus species (apple)

Melilotus officinalis (melilot or yellow sweet clover)

Glycyrrhiza glabra (liquorice)

Senna species (senna)

Angelica archangelica (angelica)

Mandragora officinarum (mandrake)

Citrus species Part 2

Citrus species (oranges and lemons) Part 1

2016 - An introduction to the garden of medicinal plants

Humulus lupulus (common hop)

Galega officinalis (goat's rue)

History of the garden Part 2

History of the garden Part 1

Dioscorea polystachya and other species (yam)

Ribes nigrum (red currant and white currant)

Digitalis purpurea (foxglove)

Artemisia annua (Chinese wormwood)

Betonica officinalis (betony)

Atropa bella-donna (deadly nightshade)

Betula pendula (silver birch)

Filipendula ulmaria (meadowsweet) and the origin of aspirin

Centaurea cyanus (cornflower or bachelor's button)

Oil of Wintergreen

Colchicum autumnale (autumn crocus) -Naked Ladies – Beauty and Poison

Galanthus nivalis (snowdrop)

Gentiana lutea (yellow gentian) - the Bitter Beautiful

Datura stramonium (thorn apple); a dangerous plant with many names and magical uses

Agrimonia eupatoria (common agrimony or sticklewort)

Armoracia rusticana (horseradish); a hot plant with a tangled history

The garden during lockdown

Hamamelis (witch hazel)

Narcissus pseudonarcissus (daffodil)The daffodil: Symbol and medicine

Papaveraceae (poppies) part 2: Science, opium and other poppies

Papaveraceae (poppies) part 1: The opium poppy and its products

Aquilegia: beauty and toxicity.

Calendula officinalis (marigold) – colour and confusion

Paeonia (paeony); beauty and history

Anchusa officinalis (common bugloss or alkanet)

Chamaemelum nobile and Matricaria chamomilla (chamomile)

Buxus sempervirens (The Common box)

Petasites hybridus (butterbur: a plant with a tangled history)

Cochlearia officinalis (scurvy grass): an old cure for a dreaded disease

Daucus carota subspecies sativus - The carrot: a familiar vegetable

Linum usitatissimum (flax or linseed): a plant with many different uses

Plantago major (greater plantain): herbal medicine, a food and now a weed

Petroselinum crispum (parsley): eating and healing

Alkekengi officinarum (formerly Physalis alkekengi) : the bladder cherry

Foeniculum vulgare (fennel): a food, a herbal medicine and a scientific quandary

Looking back at 2018 and forward into 2019