Weeds are Wild Herbs
‘Weeds’, or more accurately ‘wild herbs’, are simply plants which have chosen to grow where we don’t want them to. Wild herbs play a vital role in healthy ecosystems and have many benefits including resistance to harsh climates and acting to balance soils. Many wild herbs are even edible. Understanding wild herbs, their uses and their role in creating healthy soils is very important to any keen gardener and grower of edible plants.
This workshop covers the following topics:
- What is a weed?
- The roles of wild herbs
- Identification of some common wild herbs
- Which wild herbs are useful?
- Which wild herbs are edible?