While South Carolina's cottage gardens are more in the English tradition (like very much of South Carolina; the Charles Pinckney Historic Site's information pegs the English heritage of the Carolinas at the time of the Declaration of Independence at something like 86%), this very lovely post discusses another old-world herb-gardening tradition with sensitivity, historical context, and beautiful pictures: Creating your own jardin de cure.
There's an herb list, a discussion of the cohabitation of herbs and vegetables, and some talk about the role that knowledge of simple remedies plays in traditional education. There's also a bit of discussion of the difficulty of preserving a garden as a historic landscape. Most interesting reading!
I will later edit this post with a photo of Magnolia Plantation Gardens' Scriptural planting, so stay tuned.
