So you like writing stories and poems?
Rosie and Nick like writing stories and poems - I expect you do
too.
Well then, you'd probably like to use your imagination and make
up a short story, or a poem, about a herb.
Below are a few suggestions to help you get started.
It may be one about how the herb got its name. Look
at the Fact Sheet on Tarragon.
Its Latin name is Artemisia dracunculus. You will see 'dracunculus'
means little dragon. Now there's an interesting story to
write. How did it get that name?
Use your imagination and write the story.
Or, another idea may come to you if you look at the Fact
Sheet on Lavender, or the History
of Herbs web page.
There you will find a lot of ideas for short stories. For
example, you might like to write a story about how Zeus changed the
birds into Lavender. Or a story about Elizabeth I and lavender
jam ('conserve', as it was called then).
You may need to do some research for your story to find out what
the difference between 'jam' and 'conserve' is.
Another idea is to write a mystery story. It might
be that the mystery can only be solved by working out the names of
herbs. But you will have your own ideas, I'm sure.
Or, if you are studying The Tudors at school, you will
learn that herbs were used a lot in Tudor times. Go to the
History of Herbs page and use some ideas from there. For
example, you could write a romantic story about a kitchen maid and a
stable lad who got married…
I'm sure you will have lots of good ideas yourselves.
Send us your story and we can put it on the website for
other children to read. Send it to
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Stories
The Herb Society
Sulgrave Manor
Banbury
OX17 2SD
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Or go to our contact page to find
out how to email us but do ask an adult if you can email it to Rosie
or Nick.
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'Dracunculus' means little dragon. The Latin name
for tarragon is Artemisia dracunculus
This would make a good story.
What about a story telling how Queen Elizabeth I
liked lavender conserve.
Or write a detective story about herbs.
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