This being my very first Blog for the Garden I thought I should start it by introducing myself – I’m Debbie Syrett and I’m the Garden’s resident Herbalist.

Quickly racing over the boring bits…I’m a Western Medical Herbalist with all the necessary impressive-sounding letters after my name – but I really don’t want to swell on what I do professionally…it’s what I’m hoping to do with the Garden that’s much more exciting to me – and, hopefully, for you.

My mission and my passion are to give people back the knowledge their grandmother’s had. I want to show you that you don’t need to run to the chemist or the GP for pharmaceutical drugs every time you get a cold, diarrhoea or an upset stomach. You can use natural, safe products that you’ve probably already got in your kitchen cupboards or that you can find in your local supermarket.