The Herb and Garden Guild has produced several newsletters, originally published together with Cockatrice, a Lochac Arts & Sciences Magazine. After a hiatus, the Newsletter is back! To contact the current chronicler (for submissions of articles) please refer to Contacts Page.
Quick jump to: Volume 1 – Volume 2 – Volume 3 – Volume 4 – Volume 5 – Volume 6
Volume 1
Volume 1, Issue 1
- Clove pinks – Sigurd Trygvasson
- Lettuce – Sigurd Trygvasson
- This Season (December to February) – Sigurd Trygvasson
- Strawberry – Sigurd Trygvasson
- Glossary (of medical terms) – Caristiona nic Beathain
Volume 1, Issue 2
- Around the Garden (March to May) – Sigurd Trygvason
- Mandrake – Caristiona nic Beathain
- 9th Century Gardens, Plants of, Gardens, Design Principals – Sigurd Trygvason
- 9th Century Gardens – Sigurd Trygvason
- A Recipe and Practical Application for Pome Ambre – Viscountess Bliss of Teine
- Growing Uncommon Fruits and Vegetables in Australia (book review) – Sigurd Trygvason
- Laurels, True, Bay, Sweet – Sigurd Trygvason
Volume 1, Issue 3
- Around the Garden (June to September) – Sigurd Tryggvason
- Fragments of Borage – Lady Greth de Trobrigge
- Rose Pruning – ? Lady Greth de Trobrigge
- Comfrey – Caristiona nic Beathain
- Egyptian Medicine – Viscountess Bliss of Teine
- The Apuleius Platonicus Herbal – Caristiona nic Beathain
Volume 2
Volume 2, Issue 1
- Around the Garden (November to January) – Sigurd Tryggvason
- Salat – Caristiona nic Beathain
- Fragments of Hyssop – Greth de Trobrigge
- Dandelion – Sigurd Tryggvason
- Safety and Herbs – Caristiona nic Beathain
- The Festival Garden – Sigurd Tryggvason
Volume 2, Issue 2
- Around the Garden (February, March, April) – Sigurd Tryggvason
- Festival Preparation – Bruise Cream – Caristiona nic Beathain
- Festival Preparation – Hayfever and Asthma Syrup
- Le Menagier de Paris, List of plants – Sigurd Tryggvason
- Savory – Greth de Trobrigge
Volume 2, Issue 3
- Around the Garden (May, June, July) – Sigurd Tryvagson
- To make a Rose Ointment (May, June, July) – Caristiona nic Beathain
- A Brief Look at Garlic – Sigurd Tryvagson
- The Green Witch – A Modern Women’s Herbal (Book Review) – Finnabhair ni Binnech
- Hippocras – Caristiona nic Beathain
- A Source List for Period Gardening – Sigurd Tryvagson
Volume 2, Issue 4 (Apr 2001)
- Quince Marmalade – Caristiona nic Beathain
- Peppermint Troches – Caristiona nic Beathain
Volume 2, Issue 5 (July 2001)
- The Kitchen Garden – Sigurd Trygvarsson
- To make a Lip Cream for sore lips – Caristiona nic Beathain
Volume 2, Issue 6 (November 2001)
- A Brief History of Medicine in the Middle Ages The Hippocratic Oath – Caristiona nic Beathain
- Making a Gourd Watering Pot – Sigurd Trygvarsson
Volume 3
Volume 3, Issue 1 (January 2002)
- Barnacle Geese – Caristiona nic Beathain
- Building a Wattle Fence – Sigurd Trygvarsson
Volume 3, Issue 3 (July 2002)
- Bestiary – Caristiona nic Beathain
- Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme – Bea of Ildhafn
- Herber or A Hortus Conclusus – A permanent medieval garden at CrossRoads – Master Cristoval
- Humulus Lupulus Hops from The New Herbal of 1543 by Leonhart Fuchs – Sigurd Trygvarsson
Volume 4
Volume 4, Issue 1 (April 2007)
- Arts and Science Competition for Festival 2007 – Brian le faucheeur
- The Festival and Crossroads Guild Hall Herb Garden – Brian le faucheeur
- Festival Garden Detail – Is it really medieval – Brian le faucheeur
- What to plant at Crossroads – Cristoval
- Herblore (book review) – Brian le faucheeur
- Results of Herb & Garden Guild Competition – Festival 2007 – Brian le faucheeur
Volume 4, Issue 2 (March 2008)
- Lions – Winged, Walking and Rock – Garden Ornaments with Panache – Brian le faucheeur
- The Cultivation of Aliums (or “How to grow more garlic than you know what to do with”) – Maelmuire ingen Alpin
- Sourcing Plants: Web and Mail Order – Hana, Brian, Cristoval, Rose, Maelmuire
- Sourcing Trees: Raiding Streets in Canberra – Cristoval
- What Sigurd’s been doing – Sigurd Tryggvason
- Sekanjabin – Alys Dietsch
Volume 4, Issue 3 (April 2009)
- In My Garden – Belissario
- Moon Planting – Belissario
- On Beetroot – Cristoval
- Ducks in the Orchard – Cristoval
Volume 4, Issue 4 (April 2011)
- The Medieval Flower Book (book review) – Brian le faucheeur
- A Quick Look at Land Tenure in England – Cristoval
- Allium Cepa (Onion) – Caristiona nic Beathain
- Cabbage and White Butterflies – Ava
Volume 5
Volume 5, Issue 1:
- Plants in Pompeii – Isabel de Beaumont of Belasis
- From the Kitchen Garden – Frytour of erbes – Isabel de Beaumont of Belasis
- Marian Gardens – Isabel de Beaumont of Belasis
- The Monastery Garden – poem by Tom Stewart
- From the Apothecary – Brain Boosters – Isabel de Beaumont of Belasis
- Elders: Worthy of Respect – Isabel de Beaumont of Belasis
- Acetaria: A Discourse of Sallets by John Evelyn – Isabel de Beaumont of Belasis
Volume 5, Issue 2:
- Woe for Woad in Tarn or the former Pays de Cocagne – Brian le faucheeur
- From the Kitchen Garden – Pudding of Carrot – Isabel de Beaumont of Belasis
- Growing Medieval Spices – Saffron – Isabel de Beaumont of Belasis
- From the Apothecary – Melissa (Lemon Balm) – Isabel de Beaumont of Belasis
- The Use of Dyed yarns in the Early Anglo Saxon period – Caristiona nic Beathain
Volume 6
Volume 6, Issue 1 (April 2025)
- A window into the Tudor garden of an English Gentleman – Brian le faucheeur
- Baroness Buttercup – Balcony gardening #1 – Juliana de Northwood
- Thomasina’s Kitchen – Rede rose – Thomasina Coke
- Bay (laurel) – Luise Schlosser
- Pain relievers for market stalls – Sabina Dellarosa
- Edible flowers – Cristoval
Volume 6, Issue 2 (July 2025)
- Making Garum – Mael Muire ingen Alpin
- Thomasina’s Kitchen – Flower Tarts – Thomasina Coke
- Preserving the Harvest – Melissa Wijffels
- Baroness Buttercup – Balcony Gardening #2 – Juliana de Northwood
- Broadbeans – Seger Boom
- Sources for Plants (Australia) – Cristoval
Volume 6, Issue 3 (September 2025)
- Saffron – Lowrens Wilyamson
- Substitutes for saffron – Cristoval
- Thomasina’s Kitchen – Beef with rosebuds – Thomasina Coke
- Restoring the soil – Melissa Wijffels
- Baroness Buttercup – Balcony Gardening #3 – Juliana de Northwood
Volume 6, Issue 4 (January 2026)
- Whence the sweet orange? The origins and spread of citrus – Melissa Wijffels
- Rosa gallica officinalis – Alessandra Torrigiani d’Arezzo
- Thomasina’s Kitchen – Rose syrup – Thomasina Coke
- Baroness Buttercup – Balcony Gardening #4 – Juliana de Northwood
Volume 6, Issue 5 (April 2026)
- Sun-hats through the ages – Melissa Wijffels
- The most perfect salad – Thomasina Coke
- In Cristoval’s garden – Cristoval
- Sources for plants – Melissa Wijffels