Colonial Gardening in the Americas

I had a lovely meeting with the local DAR chapter where we talked about plants and the Colonial America period. The people who came from England and other parts of Europe knew their plants for food, medicine and beauty. They brought with them what was familiar and quickly adopted what was native to the American soil. Their knowledge was at the level of “Master Gardener” by today’s standards and in some cases had a good grasp of scientific names given at the time. There are many plants we simply don’t see in the average, modern garden that they grew in abundance. As promised the power point I used during the presentation is provided below. The reference books I used were so interesting and really amazing. Enjoy!