Paracelsus Herb Garden
Learn About Medicinal Plants
The Paracelsus Herb Garden is an ideal place to learn about medicinal plants, including many of the plants that provide us with our homeopathic remedies--Pulsatilla, Lycopodium, Phytolacca, Cimicifuga, Ledum, Belladonna, Aconite, and many others. The garden functions as an outdoor classroom for the students at the Naturopathic College, but it is also open to the public. Here visitors can identify and learn about the medicinal properties of some 300 plant species.
Visiting the Herb Garden
The garden is located on the campus of the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine, at 1255 Sheppard Avenue East, at the SW corner of Leslie and Sheppard. If you’re coming by TTC take the new Sheppard line and get off at Leslie. Come in the front entrance of the College and ask for directions to the garden. Paid parking is available in the College’s parking lot.
The garden is open for visitors Monday to Friday, 10-6 pm and Saturdays 9-2 p.m.
Volunteering at the Garden
Volunteer work parties are scheduled throughout the spring, summer. and fall, and more help is always needed and appreciated. If you are interested in helping out at the garden, or attending one of our events, please contact us by e-mail at: garden@dreamreading.ca.
Garden Gathering Days for 2010
Sunday, May 2nd
Sunday, May 9th
Sunday, May 23rd
Sunday, May 30th
Sunday, June 6th
Sunday, June 13th
Monday, July 11th
Monday, July 25th
Sunday, August 8th
Sunday, August 29th
Sunday, September 19th
Sunday, October 10th
Sunday, October 31st
We start at at noon and go until 5 pm. If you can’t come for the whole time, don’t worry--just come for as long as you like.
CCNM students note--you can get volunteer service hours for any time you spend helping out in the garden. Just contact Deb Green for details.
the garden is open to visitors, an we always need volunteer gardeners
the pond is a wonderful place to relax and meditate
hundreds of species of medicinal plants are identified with plaques so that visitors can easily identify them
to learn about the medicinal properties and uses of a particular plant, consult the plant monograph binder in the kiosk by the pond
Fringe Tree
Pond Lily
Passionflower
Watch out for the Witch Hazel
Witch hazel (Hamamelis virginica) has a curious and very pretty flower that looks like a pompom of yellow party streamers.
The witch hazel can be found in Section D of the garden (see key below)
Key to the Garden Bed Locations
