Reprinted from The Herb Grower Magazine 
Making 
The Herb Garden 
Site & Soil 
The most important considerations in choosing 
a site for the herb garden are the amount of sun 
available and the drainage of the land. The sun- 
niest part of the yard should be given over to it 
because the majority of aromatic plants need full 
sun to develop the maximum of flavor bearing ess- 
ential oils. There are some fragrant and culinary 
herbs which will tolerate shade and others that 
need it for protection of their soft foliage. 
Therefore,the ideal herb garden might have a 
southern exposure with one end receiving the 
broken shade cast by tall trees in the rear of 
the garden proper. 
A sloping terrain with sandy or gravelly soil 
which can be terraced with beds is more suited 
to the growing of pungent plants than flowers. 
Where the ground is level or not too well-drained 
it is advantageous to make raised beds,with 
boundaries of iron, curved to fit the design, or 
weathered boards if the plots are square or 
rectangular. 
If the garden space is entirely exposed to 
the sun, some provision must be made for the 
shade- loving Angelica,Sweet Cicely,Chervil and 
Sweet Woodruff. They may endure some sun if the 
