Seona Anderson 05/08/2024 Seona Anderson 05/08/2024

SAVORY

Shakespeare Species Savory: Here’s flowers for you: hot lavender, mints, savory, marjoram…these are flowers of middle summer and I think they are given to men of middle age. Perdita assigns different plants to the guests at the sheep shearing feast. Savory had medicinal and culinary uses.

Seona Anderson 12/07/2024 Seona Anderson 12/07/2024

MARJORAM

Shakespeare Species Marjoram: Indeed, sir, she was the sweet marjoram of the salad. The Fool uses the sweetness and scent of Majoram to describe Helen. As well as wild Marjoram there were several cultivated variety known at the time.

Seona Anderson 13/03/2024 Seona Anderson 13/03/2024

RUE

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, RUE: here in this place I’ll set a bank or rue, sour herb of grace. Rue was an important herbal medicine as well as a pun on ‘regret’.

Seona Anderson 07/03/2024 Seona Anderson 07/03/2024

HYSSOP

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, HYSSOP: our bodies are gardens, to the which our wills are gardeners…set hyssop or weed up thyme. Hyssop was formerly so well known that it needed no description but it is less commonly used as a herb now.