I also have the wood ferns which grow wild here in the Missouri Ozarks. Granted those are not herbs but they are great for filling in greenery in an herb garden.
I have three birdbaths which I will string out along this path and I'll plant these herbs because we use these herbs daily:
- lemon mint for my tea
- basil
- parsley which we use on everything
- thyme
- lavender for my tea
- and others if I can find some.
I had to leave my herb garden when we moved six months ago and will need to start over but at least this time I know what to do to make it perfect:
- start the garden close to the kitchen door for convenience
- make it easy to walk through
- make it very easy to water
- make sure it gets at least 6 hours of golden sunlight
- use lots of garden containers for convenience and movement