a nomadic garden
Alocasia, ‘Giant’ (Alocasia macrorrhizos), Astilbe ‘Visions’ (Astilbe chinensis), Bird of Paradise (Strelitzia nicolai), Clematis ‘Alionushka’, ‘Bee’s Jubilee’, ‘Hagley Hybrid’, ‘Niobe’, ‘Ville de Lyon’, Crocosmia; ‘George Davidson’ , ‘Lucifer’, ‘Orange Pekoe’ Cumin (Cuminum cyminum), Daphne ‘Eternal Fragrance’ (Daphne odora), Dyer’s Chamomile (Cota tinctoria), Hibiscus (Rosa sinensis), Japanese Indigo (Persicaria tinctoria), Jasmine; ‘Night Blooming’ (Cestrum nocturnum) and ‘Indian Jui’ (Jasminum molle) , Klip Dagga (Leonotis nepetifolia), Lady’s Mantle (Alchemilla), Lebanese Za’atar (Origanum syriacum), Lemongrass (Cymbopogon), Madder (Rubia tinctorum), Marigold ‘Lemon Star’, ‘Tangerine Gem’ (Tagetes tenuifolia), Sweet Marjoram (Origanum majorana), Mexican Mint Marigold (Tagetes lucida), Passion Flower; ‘Blue Bouquet’ (Passiflora caerulea) , ‘Maypop’ (Passiflora incarnata), Philodedron; ‘Imperial Red’ (Philodendron Erubescens), Red Sister Cabbage Palm (Cordyline fruticosa), Red Veined Sorrel (Rumex sanguineus), Roselle Jamaican Hibiscus (Hibiscus sabdariffa), Saint John’s Wort (Hypericum perforatum), Sweet fern (Comptonia peregrina), Toadlily (Tricyrtis hirta), Torch Tithonia (Tithonia rotundifolia), Tulsi ‘Kapoor’ (Ocimum sanctum), Turmeric (Curcurmin aeruginosa), West Indian Lemon Grass (Cymbopogon citratus), White Turtlehead (Chelone glabra), Wild Indigo (Baptisia australis)
Turmeric, known as haridra in Sanskrit, is used in Ayurvedic traditional medicine to balance the body’s energy, aids digestion and reduce inflammation. origins in India and the subtropical regions of Southeast Asia and Polynesia where it is called ōlena.
Passionflower, or maypop, also called mahcawq by the Powhatan people, is known for its distinctive purple flowers and has antioxidant and tonic properties. Various species have grown wild on Turtle Island (North America) and also in Guyana for centuries.
Mexican mint marigold, cempasúchil or yauhtli in the Aztec language Nahuatl, is an anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, and digestive aid, as well as a spiritual window between the living and dead, having been grown for thousands of generations in Mexico and South America.
Sweet fern, also known as Alikwsimozi in Wôbanakiak and “sweet non-fern” by Anishinaabe ethnobotanist Mary Siisip Geniusz, has powerful cleansing and soothing properties as a topical relief for poison ivy and as a remedy for the lungs and blood. It has been and continues to be cultivated in the woodlands of Turtle Island.
A nomadic garden was developed in collaboration with Suchitra Mattai and the Socrates’ Horticulture team
Images: Scott Lynch