Weathered Oak Herb Farm: Its Herb House and its Gardens 
The cover and title page of this little book as well as photographs elsewhere in these pages carry 
you to a Marjdand hillside: Weathered Oak Herb Farm. A hill slope of native woodland: oak, hick¬ 
ory, sycamore, pine, tulip poplar, with dogwood, in the month of May, threading white beauty through 
this forest background. The Farm’s roadway leads upward to more open land: sunny field acres of 
fragrant herbs and the peace of old fashioned gardens of herbs, framed and enhanced by old English 
boxwood and Irish yew, whose great age: a century and more of growth and of effort, contributes 
character; beauty; traditions; with which simple buildings of weathered hand-hewn oak and ancient stone 
seem in harmony. 
What matter if these gardens and buildings, designed and developed by the Landscape Department 
of Weathered Oak Herb Farm, Inc., date their design and development by only a few years? The roots of 
their spirit, the worn surface of their texture, the inner strength of their fibre, the half-remembered, haunt¬ 
ing fragrance of their leaves and flowers can perhaps sustain their own beauty, creating their own music. 
And for those of you who are receptive and who understand, perhaps there may be something here to 
absorb and to enjoy. 
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