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TUHS Medicinal Garden Alliance

TUHS Medicinal Garden Alliance. Spring Planting Showcase 2011: Current and future perspectives. TUHS Medicinal Garden main vision and goals. Get back to the “roots” of pharmacy and medicine Promote health and wellness within the community

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TUHS Medicinal Garden Alliance

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  1. TUHS Medicinal Garden Alliance Spring Planting Showcase 2011: Current and future perspectives

  2. TUHS Medicinal Garden main vision and goals • Get back to the “roots” of pharmacy and medicine • Promote health and wellness within the community • Establish long lasting relationships with the community outside Temple University • Provide lessons about sustainable organic gardening, companion planting, and the pharmaceutical link between nature and household and personal products • Enhance our natural medicine knowledge base, enabling us to provide future patients with natural therapies

  3. Current space: lot north of MERB Vernango Broad

  4. Current vision: schematic • Elongated U beds will house soil in a 2’ high retaining wall • Front “gate” trees will be ginkgos planted 30’ apart trunk to trunk (path distance of 22’) • The path width at the middle from middle circle to inner U bed is a distance of 13’, allowing the space for addition of two benches in the center circle. • Distance from sidewalk to ginkgo beds = 4’ • Entire outside diameter of larger oval including path = 31’ long x 42’ wide. • Inside diameter of larger oval = 23’x34’ • Path width at entrance/exit = 6’ • Distance from ginkgo beds to outer ellipse = 12’ (24’ from sidewalk) • Distance from inside of U bed to middle circle (length) is about 7.5’. Cherry tomatoes Tree Bench Bench medicinals edibles Tree Tree

  5. Current space: lot north of MERB Vernango Cherry tomatoes Broad medicinals edibles Tree Tree

  6. Plant list: Ginkgo • Ginkgo biloba trees at garden entrance • “Fossil tree" since it is the last of its kind, with no close relatives; The Ginkgo is the sole living link between between ferns and conifers • Widely known in medicine to aid in preventing memory loss, easing tinnitus, improving blood flow  • Vivid yellow fall color • PROS: Good for urban landscape: tolerant to pollution, variety of soil types, pH, nearly pest-free and is resistant to storm damage; • CONS: Requires well draining conditions (does not tolerate over-watering) • Plant males (females produce smelly fruit) • Ginkgo biloba grows to a size of 25-75'+ high and 25-60' wide. It usually forms a pyramidal to very irregular shape • Requires early pruning, growth is relatively slow (10-12 years to achieve 20 feet tall, “Autum Gold cultivar = male, fruitless, bright gold fall color and rapid growth rate) Source: about.com; the Ginko pages http://www.xs4all.nl/~kwanten/thetree.htm

  7. Plant list: Witch Hazel • Shrub or small tree, growing as a dense, multi-stemmed clump reaching heights of 20 – 30 feet and widths of 15 to 20 feet.; however the shrub form typically does not grow over 12 – 15 feet tall • It should be planted on the north side of homes and north-facing slopes where semi-shaded habits are more common • Early European settles observed Native Americans using American witchhazel to find underground sources of water • The bark, leaves, and twigs of witch hazel are all high in tannins, giving this plant astringent properties • Astringent tannins in witch hazel temporarily tighten and soothe aching varicose veins or reduce inflammation • A cloth soaked in strong witch hazel tea reduces swelling and can relieve the pain of hemorrhoids and bruises • Witch hazel lotions are useful on rough, swollen, gardener's or carpenter's hands • Used in teas to treat swimmers ear, etc., Source:http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/hamamelis_virginiana.shtml http://health.howstuffworks.com/wellness/natural-medicine/herbal-remedies/witch-hazel-herbal-remedies.htm

  8. Community outreach/curriculum • Project H.E.R.O.s • JUMP • Big Friends • Bridging the Gaps • Temple Main Community garden • Dr. Baumgardner: Pharmacognosy elective for 3rd year students • Dr. Lebo: soap, oil, and shampoo natural extraction protocol development for young student curriculum

  9. Cherry, Japanese Flowering $200 Eastern Redbud, Cercis canadensis $200 Saucer Magnolia, Magnolia soulangeana $175 Magnolia Grandiflora $175 Witch Hazel, Hammamelis virginiana $150 Prairifire Flowering Crabapple, Malus Prairifire $175

  10. Juniper $45 Crapemyrtle, Lagerstroemia indica, $175 Leyland Cypress, Cupressocyparis leylandii $150 White Dogwood, Cornus florida $200 St Johns Wort $40 Barberry $45

  11. Calendula: Used for making cosmetics and soothing salve $3.00 Winterberry $50 Black cohosh $20 Feverfew $5 comfery $5 burdock $5

  12. Carnation $3.00 Geranium: rose, lemon, apple $9.00 Lobelia $4.00 Nigella Mulberry rose Rainbow of poppies Ex large variety pack $7.00 Nigella bridal veil Nigella persian violet Poppy $3.00 ea Nigella: carmative $3.00 ea

  13. Foxglove $3.00 Feverfew: treating headaches, arthritis and digestive problems $3.00 Sunflower $3.00 Borage: companion plant, treat PMS, menopause, heal colds, bronchitis, antiinflammatory  properties $3.00 Basil $3.00 Rosemary $3.00 Marigold $3.00 cilantro $3.00

  14. Mini rose $3.00 carrot $3.00 Broccoli rabe $3.00 chard $3.00 corn $3.00 beets $3.00 peppers $3.00 Chile peppers $3.00 tomatillio $3.00 parsely $3.00 watermelon $3.00 Oregano $3.00

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