Herb tea from your window
You can grow your own herbs for teas, no matter the size of your garden. We’ve planted up the window boxes at the POP shop, Hillfoot Street, Dunoon to trial and showcase herbs you can grow in a small space.
Recipes, growing tips, how to harvest. We’ll share regular herb tea blog posts over the rest of the summer.
Here are the herbs we’ve planted in the POP shop window boxes
lemon balm
A tasty and aromatic herb for a relaxing cuppa.
Moroccan mint
One of the tastiest mints for a hot and sweet minty tea.
chamomile
Calming chamomile, one for just before bedtime.
SAGE
One for those of us who go through menopause or are simply looking for a soothing cuppa.
caraway
Seeds of caraway can be added to your regular black or green tea, for a bit of spice.
Lemon verbena
Crush and add a leaf to any tea for a lemony zing.
Calendula
And the vibrant orange leaves are edible, medicinal and beautiful. Calendula brightens up any cuppa.
creeping thyme
A creeping herb, which can be added to a herbal tea for a refreshing and uplifting brew.
Herbs in small spaces
Some of these herbs, given more space, will grow quite big. What we’re trying here is to see how these herbs will grow in a window box, when regularly pruned for a cup of tea. It may be in a year or two they are moved into bigger pots or the ground. It may be that each tub in the window box houses one or two less of the herbs that are there just now. We’ll watch and see as the seasons pass.
Thank you to the POP shop
A huge thanks to the POP shop for the opportunity to trial our herbs in their window boxes. You can find out more about the POP shop here.
Sage and chamomile at the POP shop
Coming soon: herb tea workshop
We’re working on a herb tea workshop, for this summer. Once ready, we’ll share the news on our social media.
Herb sales
Lynne and Alan have a micro-herb nursery in Dunoon, in it’s early stages. As and when we have herbs for sale, we’ll share the news on our social media.
We also grow herbs for the Grow Food, Grow Dunoon project, and they’ll be for sale over the summer. Check their Facebook for updates.
All proceeds from our herb growing for Grow Food, Grow Dunoon, goes back into the community project.