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# Lichfield museum herb garden hailed as ‘outstanding’ by national initiative
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/lichfield-museum-herb-garden-hailed-as-outstanding-by-national-initiative/
- Published: 2021-10-11T06:42:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-10-10T16:50:51.000Z
- Description: The garden at a Lichfield museum has been branded ‘outstanding’ by a national programme.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Heritage, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 19:15, News

The garden at a Lichfield museum has been branded ‘outstanding’ by a national programme.

![The Erasmus Darwin House herb garden](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/img_2799.jpg)

The Erasmus Darwin House herb garden

The accolade was given to the Erasmus Darwin House herb garden by The Royal Horticultural Society’s It’s Your Neighbourhood scheme.

The initiative is a non-competitive programme designed to encourage groups to “green up” their local areas.

A spokesperson said:

> “When Lichfield city decided not to enter Britain in Bloom this year, we were encouraged by the organisers to have a go at the It’s Your Neighbourhood scheme instead, especially as this would mean we would be accessed on our own merits.  
>  
> “We are pleased to have been awarded ‘outstanding’ status.”  
>  
> Erasmus Darwin House spokesperson

The herb garden is made up of a number of areas, including the culinary garden which reflects the use of herbs and spices in Georgian cooking and cleaning.

Other areas include:

- Dr Darwin’s Medicine Chest which includes plants directly referenced to the writings of Dr Darwin.
- The Apothecary’s Garden which includes traditional herbs that would have been supplied by 18th Century apothecaries.
- The Dyers Garden which includes examples of plants which could have been used by professional dyers in the city to produce the natural colours needed for fabrics.
- The Scented Garden which has been developed to bring fragrance and colour to the historic house and garden.

For more details, visit [the Erasmus Darwin House website](https://www.erasmusdarwin.org/about-us/herb-garden/?ref=lichfieldlive.co.uk).