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Article: GOOD MEDICINE FOR YOUR GARDEN PLANTS WITH A HISTORY OF HEALING HAVE THEIR OWN STORIES TO TELL.(Seattle @Home)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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- September 8, 2007
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Byline: MARTY WINGATE Columnist
WHEN MOST OF US look out on our gardens, most of us see flowers, shrubs and trees, but some see a long tradition of herbal care for ailments and the possibility of medicine to come.
At the University of Washington's Drug Plant Garden - as it was known in 1911 when first planted, now called the Medicinal Herb Garden - we can see common garden plants that have been used by different cultures as a cure for or to alleviate symptoms of disorders.
Some of these plants, though not used by us for medicine, make good garden plants.
Keith Possee, garden curator, enjoys knowing both the medicinal qualities of the ...