I have been making lists this week for replies to medicinal forest garden queries. Here is the list of the medicinal plant bonanza, over 50 healing plants that we harvested from Holt Wood and our cottage garden in UK in the last 12 months, organised for convenience in layers, some for our own use and some go into body care products for sale, the growing needs and uses of many are mentioned in The Medicinal Forest Garden Handbook
Ground cover layer: agrimony, chamomile, ground ivy, ladies mantle, lemon balm, marigold, mint, thyme, yarrow
Herby layer: angelica, comfrey, feverfew, lavender, marshmallow, meadowsweet, nettle, purple coneflower, St John’s wort, valerian, vervain
Shrubs: blackcurrant, broom, forsythia, prickly ash, raspberry, rose, rosemary, sage, myrtle
Small trees: alder buckthorn, crampbark, elder, fig, juniper, sweet bay, witch hazel, magnolia
Overstory: birch, Douglas fir, eucalyptus, ginkgo, hawthorn, lime, mulberry, pine, sweet gum, wild cherry, white and violet willow
In betweeners: hops, mistletoe, passionflower, turkey tail fungus, sphagnum moss