GROW Herbal Gardens provides people with a garden of therapy and enterprise, and with the training and skills necessary to maintain it. Volunteers of the GROW garden produce quality herbs and related products to sell to the larger community.

Links: How to Reach Us Article: A Season of GROWth Catalogue of GROW Items

GROW’s New Gardens

GROW’s Native Plant and Butterfly Garden welcomes volunteers and visitors to the garden with a naturalized area of reintroduced native herbs and butterfly-attracting plants. Colourful and rich in pollen, the new gardens provide breeding and eating grounds for more insects and butterflies.

The new Healing Herb Garden consists of medicinally significant species, whose roots, leaves, and flowers are helpful in fighting common and chronic illnesses. The following are some of the healing herbs found in our garden:

• St John’s Wort ~ flowers used to treat depression
• Boneset ~ stimulates immune system against flu-like fevers
• Raspberry Leaf ~ birth preparative and digestive remedy
• Hyssop ~ treats infections, congestion, and coughs
• Echinacea ~ strengthens immune system

For more information on these gardens, GROW herb workshops, and garden tours, please call GROW Herbal Gardens at 749-9177 x238.

Volunteering

During the growing season, volunteers meet on Tuesday and Thursday mornings at 43 Queen St. S. and take a walk out to our GROW garden to help with various gardening tasks. Volunteers are also invied to make herbal crafts in our Second Floor Arts Space. All are welcome!

Purchase Information

A wide variety of culinary, ornamental, medicinal, and cosmetic herbs are available for sale as driedherbs, depending on the season.

Dried Herbs

Culinary, medicinal, and cosmetic herbs are available singly or in blends year-round at Queen Street Commons' gift shop. For bulk orders, please call 749-9177 x238.

Herbal Products

We offer a range of herbal products made in our crafting space. View our herbal products catalog, or come in Tuesdays and learn to make your own!