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“Herbs have always had important roles to play in human society, from the medicinal to the culinary”

Herbs are lovely plants, attractive and ornamental, fragrant and evocative of sun-drenched hillsides and wild places, but so often we underestimate their role and their importance in our lives. It’s hard to get serious about sage or challenging about chives, but remove herbs from our gardening and culinary repertoires, and we are so much the poorer.

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