Despite my best efforts to source my medicines in a sustainable way, it bothered me that 9 times out of 10, even common native herbs, like Dandelion and Yarrow, were shipped in from abroad, so that the carbon footprint created by all that transport effectively wiped out many of the benefits of choosing organically-grown herbs. So when I met Ida Fabrizio, Garden Project co-ordinator at the Castle Climbing Centre, earlier this year, I was excited to hear that, as well as supplementing the kitchen with vegetables, herbs and fruit destined for the centre’s fantastic café, they were making their own herbal tea blends and herb balms, grown and processed on site!