It Makes Good Scents ; Herbs Are Not Just for the Stockpot; They Are a Good Value, All- Year Decorative Accessory, Landscape Designer George Carter Tells Pattie Barron

Evening Standard - London › January 21, 2004

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MOST gardeners, even those with just a small patio or window box, grow a few herbs for the kitchen. A year-round supply of rosemary, sage and thyme are just three culinary must-haves that are at their most aromatic when freshly picked. But if you grow herbs just for harvesting, you are missing their point, and much of their pleasure.

"Herbs have great beauty, enduring appeal and a fascinating history. They are also easy to grow, accessible, relatively inexpensive and lowmaintenance," says landscape designer George Carter, who uses them not as alsoran plants, but as multifunctional garden stars. In his book Herbs: Simple Projects for the Weekend Gardener (Ryland, Peters Small), Carter provides ideas and blueprints for enhancing the garden - from border to balcony - with the colours, scents and textures of these ancient plants.

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It Makes Good Scents ; Herbs Are Not Just for the Stockpot; They Are a Good Value, All- Year Decorative Accessory, Landscape Designer George Carter Tells Pattie Barron

Influenced by his love of formal and historical garden styles, Carter uses herbs as a gold-, silver- and green-scented tapestry of thymes, contrasting them in colour and habit, to...

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