Seona Anderson 30/09/2024 Seona Anderson 30/09/2024

ANGELICA

Angelica: Look to the baked meats, good Angelica. Spare not the cost. Angelica is usually taken as the name of a kitchen worker in this scene but it also refers to a highly valued cultivated plants which was used for taste, medicine and spiritual protection.

Seona Anderson 17/07/2024 Seona Anderson 17/07/2024

BAY

Shakespeare Species Bay: Stage Directions Vision; six personages clad in white robes, wearing on their heads garlands of bays. The Bay or Laurel has been a symbol of victory or celebration for millennia as well as being an important food and medicine.

Seona Anderson 17/06/2024 Seona Anderson 17/06/2024

ONION

Shakespeare Species Onion: Mine eyes smell onions. I shall weep anon. Onions were widely grown as vegetables and Shakespeare refers to Onions making your eyes water on several occasions.

Seona Anderson 14/06/2024 Seona Anderson 14/06/2024

Fleur-de-luce

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, IRIS: have I a soul on which I’ll toss the fleur-de-luce of France. The heraldic symbol of France is based on an Iris. Introduced garden species of Iris such as Iris germanica were popular in Shakespeare’s time.

Seona Anderson 06/06/2024 Seona Anderson 06/06/2024

MUSKROSE

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, MUSKROSE: and stick muskroses in thy sleek smooth head. Muskroses have long been cultivated for their scent and spread around the world by humans.

Seona Anderson 01/06/2024 Seona Anderson 01/06/2024

PEAS

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, PEAS: I had rather have a handful or two of dried peas. Peas were a fundamental foodstuff for humans and animals in Shakespeare’s world & were celebrated in art.

Seona Anderson 26/05/2024 Seona Anderson 26/05/2024

COLUMBINE

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, COLUMBINES: There’s fennel for you, and columbines. Columbines were found wild but also valued as garden plants in Shakespearean England.

Seona Anderson 14/05/2024 Seona Anderson 14/05/2024

PARSLEY

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, PARSLEY: I knew a wench married in an afternoon as she went to the garden for parsley. Parsley was both a herb and a medicine.

Seona Anderson 19/04/2024 Seona Anderson 19/04/2024

CROWN IMPERIAL

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, CROWN IMPERIAL: bold oxlips and crown imperial; lilies of all kinds - O, these I lack to make you garlands of. This stunning flower is native from Turkey to the Himalaya & was a high status garden plant.

Seona Anderson 27/02/2024 Seona Anderson 27/02/2024

DAFFODIL

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, DAFFODIL: When daffodils begin to peer,..why, then comes in the sweet o’ the year. Daffodils as symbols of spring were valued as wild and garden plants.