From Rippon Today: Makeover for monk's garden.
Posted on June 5, 2005 06:43 PM. Filed under: history & archaeology.English Heritage has delved into medieval herb-lore to breathe new life into a monk's garden at Mount Grace Priory, near Northallerton.
The fragrant plot, within the walls of a 600 year-old monk's cell, was recreated 11 years ago after laying fallow for centuries. Once it would have provided its Carthusian monk with everything from a cure for flatulence to foliage for masking unpleasant smells.
Now scores of new varieties have been planted in a major revamp, re-creating the atmosphere and pungent scents of those far-off days. [continue]