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Purslane or Portulaca oleacera, is an annual crawling plant belonging to the Portulacaceae family. This plant is typical of the Mediterranean regions and is part of the Cretan diet.

The tea tree, also called green tea or Camellia sinensis, is grown for its leaves that provide us with delicious tea infusions.

A cucumber plant (Cucumis sativus) is a vegetable plant that belongs to the Cucurbitaceae family.

Garlic, or Allium sativum, is a bulb perennial about 12 to 16 inches (30 to 40 cm) tall, which we love for its nutritional properties, taste and health benefits.

Known for its health benefits and therapeutic value, roman chamomile is an excellent sedative and anti-inflammatory agent.

Herbal tea prepared with leaves and flowers from the garden can be great remedies to regain control over your own health… naturally.

Cauliflower, with latin name Brassica botrytis, belongs to the brassica (cruciferous) family, just like broccoli and all the other cabbage varieties.

Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus globulus) is a tree with fragrant blueish evergreen foliage of the Myrtaceae family, native to Australia.

Red cabbage (Brassica oleracea) is a leaf vegetable that belongs to the Brassicacaea or Cruciferae family, just like its more conventional white or green cousins.

Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) is native to Mexico. It helps shape your figure, is laden with nutrients and minerals,

A climbing vine native to South American tropical regions, passion flowers are found on fertile and moist soil, in ditches

Nettle or Urtica dioica is a perennial herbaceous plant native to Eurasia. It has spread today to all temperate regions of the globe.

Endive is very much appreciated in cooking, and also for its many health benefits and its  therapeutic value.

Native to South-East Asia and also India, bacopa is a perennial plant that grows on moist soil in tropical areas,

Native to Asia, ginger or Zingiber officinale is a tropical perennial plant from which the rhizome boasts many health benefits and has a high therapeutic value.

Suffering in the bones, muscles and joints may seem understandable when you’ve just bumped something or are healing something broken after an accident. But whenever such pain sets in

Breathing means life and breathing well makes you feel even more alive!

Labrador tea is a sub-shrub that grows in the coldest parts of North America, and caterpillars

A cousin to the American blueberry, bilberry is a fruit that belongs to the Ericaceae family,

A dioecious herbaceous perennial plant that belongs to the Asteraceae family, butterbur can be identified thanks to its scale-like floral scapes bearing flowers

Marshmallow or Althaea officinalis is a perennial plant that is distinct from tree mallows through its calyx that numbers more than 6 bracts.

Medicinal sage (Salvia officinalis) is a perennial plant native to the Mediterranean area that propounds a number of health benefits for the body.

Clearly one of the most popular vegetables we grow, leek or Allium porrum is always there on the market stall for us to find.

A herbaceous plant that grows in tropical regions and cultivated up to the fringe of the deserts, carcade is native to Guinea.

Very easy to identify thanks to its soft sweet aniseed fragrance, fennel is a biennial plant of which the bulb is eaten for its culinary value as well as its health benefits and therapeutic value.

Lemon balm, or Melissa officinalis, is a perennial plant that smells like lime and offers many health benefits and a significant therapeutic value.

Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) is a very melliferous plant (honeybees collect the nectar from it to produce honey) native to Southern Europe that belongs to the Lamiaceae

Pepper (Piper nigrum) is an exotic spice native to the south of India and Sri Lanka, sold in different colors

A plant that can be traced back to Asia Minor, feverfew is a perennial plant that can grow up to 28 inches (70 cm) tall.

Parsley (Petroselinum crispum), both flat-leafed or curly-leafed, is an herb native to the Mediterranean and very common in Europe.

Bay laurel or noble laurel (Laurus nobilis) is a shrub very common in the Mediterranean areas that can easily grow 32 feet (10 meters) tall.

Also called conker tree, the horse chestnut tree is native to the Middle East

A fungus that looks like seaweed, lichen is a plant with an amazing diversity which makes it a plant with innumerable health benefits.

The Date is the fruit born by the date palm (Phoenix dactylifera), an exotic plant native to North Africa

Watermelon or Citrullus lanatus is a fruit native to Africa. It is among the largest fruits of the Cucurbitaceae family.

Native to Asia, mongolian milkvetch is a plant that grows in Northern China, in the Sichuan and Yunnan provinces.

Medicinal verbena or Verbena officinalis is an odorless herbaceous perennial plant found along pathways in Europe and Asia

The tea tree is a small tree with the scientific name of “Maleleuca alternifolia”. A plant belonging to the Myrtaceae family, the tea tree

Cardamom, also called green cardamom or cardamom herb, is a herbaceous rhizome plant that belongs to the Zingiberaceae family.

Native to North America, blue skullcap or mad-dog skullcap is a herbaceous plant of the mint family that, if well exposed to sunlight, will grow very well in moist and rich soil.

Often quite painful, a boil is an infection due to a bacteria that develops in the cavity that a single hair grows from. Usually appearing on the face, thighs, armpits, shoulders, scalp, beard, back, tip of the eyelashes, neck or buttocks, this skin infection wrecks havoc because of the “premature death” of cells. First it […]

A defining portion of the digestive tract, the stomach guarantees proper digestion thanks to its chemical

Guava is a fruit for which we appreciate the many great properties for health.

In the 16th century, watercress was already known and grown for its medicinal properties, and only slowly started being used for food.

Native to Asia, horseheal (or elfdock) is a herbaceous perennial belonging to the « Inula » genus, which is part of the aster (or Asteraceae) family. Famous for its therapeutic and medicinal properties,

A human body in good health means that all the systems that compose it function properly.

A rather small perennial native to Asia, about ten different species are sown and grown across the planet. Ginseng has been known for millennia in traditional medicine.

The pear tree or (Pyrus communis) is one of the most popular fruit trees, know to mankind since prehistorical times.

People are attracted to chocolate and cocoa for its health benefits and therapeutic value that make them an ally to enhance cardiovascular health.

Famous for its health benefits, raventsara shares medicinal properties that are good for the body, especially to fight off any virus.

Native to India and Asia, juniper berries are very much appreciated in cooking and, additionally, they harbor many health benefits that result in a high therapeutic value.