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  Martha's Culinary Herb Garden

  Take a Tour

  Martha Stewart's Culinary Herb Garden, a display of the finest culinary herbs personally selected by Martha Stewart and her team of gardening experts, will be one of the highlights of "The Edible Garden," The New York Botanical Garden's campus-wide summer program celebrating edible plants. Martha brings her distinctive design aesthetic to the historic Luce Herb Garden, redesigning it to display a rich selection of herbs. Come take a sneak peak.

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  Come Inside

  A wrought-iron gate welcomes you.

  Next: Garden Highlights

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  Garden Highlights

  A view of the garden inside the gate. Next, a look at some of the Herb Garden's special features. 

  Next: Hop On

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  Hop On

  A young bunny discovers the herb garden and has a look around.

  Next: Boxwood

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  Boxwood

  Precisely pruned boxwood is in juxtaposition to the many shapes of the garden's herb plantings.

  Next: Tuteurs

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  Tuteurs

  The three tuteurs in the herb garden were designed and fabricated by sculptor and blacksmith James DeMartis. Learn more about James's work.

  Next: Garden Pots

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  Garden Pots

  The custom-made pots were made by potter Ben Wolff. Learn more about Ben's work.

  Next: Taking It In

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  Taking It In

  This robin could not resist the allure of the garden's many fragrant herbs and plants.

  Next: Gate Detail

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  Gate Detail

  The curly tops of the wrought iron mimic some of the garden's herb plant shapes.

  Next: Garden Bench

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  Garden Bench

  A place to sit back and take in the sights and smells of the garden. Here's a look at some of the stars of the herb garden.

  Next: Angelica archangelica

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  Angelica archangelica

  Angelica is a striking architectural shade plant with bold leaves and a showy, flat head composed of many tiny, star-shaped yellow-green flowers.

  Next: Anise hyssop

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  Anise hyssop

  This striking hybrid of anise hyssop makes a bold statement in a garden.

  Next: Artemesia pontica 'Silver Frost'

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  Artemesia pontica 'Silver Frost'

  A sea of pewter-colored foliage is not a common sight in an herb garden. The Silver Frost has finely shaped downy leaves that are used to flavor wine and vermouth.

  Next: Bay Laurel

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  Bay Laurel

  A bold texture, aromatic evergreen leaves, and clusters of fragrant greenish-yellow flowers make bay laurel a perfect container plant.

  Next: Willowleaf Pear

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  Willowleaf Pear

  A close-up of the hard green fruit sprouting from the Willowleaf Pear.

  Next: Fern

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  Fern

  These beautifully curled leaves make a dramatic addition to the garden.

  Next: Lavender Provence

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  Lavender Provence

  Aromatic gray-green foliage and large spikes of fragrant blue-violet flowers on long stems make 'Provence' perfect for edging an herb garden or perennial border in a sunny spot.

  Next: Dill

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  Dill

  Dill's spicy flavor makes it useful for cooking, and its fine, fernlike foliage and chartreuse flower heads add texture to a sunny herb garden.

  Next: Epazote

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  Epazote

  The leaves of the epazote plant are powerful in flavor and purpose.

  Next: Marigold

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  Marigold

  This sunny addition to the garden is featured in the pots around the garden.

  Next: Walking Onion

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  Walking Onion

  The green spindly stems of a walking onion grow lopsided and reaching.

  Next: French Tarragon

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  French Tarragon

  The leaves of this delicate variety of tarragon look similar to blades of grass.

  Next: Passion Flower

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  Passion Flower

  An orchidlike center will thrust out from these brightly colored petals.

  Next: Yellow Thyme

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  Yellow Thyme

  This thyme plant is a fast grower, and its glowing, yellow-tinted leaves make an excellent border for a garden.

  Next: Stevia

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  Stevia

  This tall leafy plant is the source of a popular sugar substitute.

  Next: Cilantro

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  Cilantro

  A graceful plant with lacy foliage and aromatic seeds, cilantro provides the pungent flavor essential to many Thai, Indian, South American, and Mexican dishes.

  Next: Golden Hops

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  Golden Hops

  A cultivar of the species grown commercially for beer making, golden hops is a vigorous, attractive perennial vine that is well suited for use in the home garden.

  Next: Licorice

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  Licorice

  The soft and fuzzy foliage of the licorice plant has a trailing habit. Its rapid growth makes it a good filler for a garden, and its silvery color contrasts nicely with more robust hues.

  Next: New York Botanical Garden

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  New York Botanical Garden

  To learn more about the Edible Garden program or The New York Botanical Garden, visit nybg.org

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