Welcome to St Fiacre's Garden
We are a locally owned and operated nursery specializing in medicinal plants and herbal medicines. Located in Travelers Rest, South Carolina.
Locally grown medicinal herbs & seedlings
2024 will be our fifth season growing medicinal herbs in the gardens.
All the plants we offer for sale have been started from seed and successfully grown here in our Travelers Rest gardens. Many are perennial herbs or reliable self-seeders. Greenville, SC gets pretty warm during the summer months, so growing some medicinals takes a little tweaking. A little shade here or mulching to keep the roots cool there. We're always happy to share what we are learning.
We offer dried herbs and fresh-cut herbs.
Our herbs are hand-harvested and air dried without heat, this helps maintain the maximum potency of volatile oils. All our dried herbs are from the current growing season. Most herb outlets resell herbs grown on large scale farms from around the globe, industrially harvested, dried, packaged, shipped and stored for who knows how long. Please note that Availability varies and quantities are limited. We do not sell wholesale. If you would like fresh cut herbs for making a tincture etc. please call. Some items can be harvested to order.
Herbs we grow
See the full list of what's available.
- Medicinals
- Arnica (Arnica chamissonis)
- Betony (Stachys officinalis)
- Calendula (Calendula officinalis)
- Catnip (Nepeta cataria)
- Chamomile (Matricaria recutita)
- Chamomile, Roman (Chamaemelum nobile)
- Comfrey (Symphytum x uplandicum)
- Echinacea (Echinacea purpurea)
- Feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium)
- Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis)
- Lemon Balm (Melissa officinalis)
- Oregano (Origanum x majoricum)
- Roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa)
- Skullcap (Scutellaria lateriflora)
- Stevia (Stevia rebaudiana)
- Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica)
- Motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca)
- Thyme, English (Thymus vulgaris)
- Tulsi Basil (Ocimum sanctum)
- Toothache plant (Spilanthes)
- Yarrow (Achillea Millefolium)
Plants that are not frost-sensitive will be available the beginning of April. Annual herbs, flowers, and vegetable seedlings will be offered after our last frost date. We've been suprised a few years now by a late deep dive in temperature, so we generally wait to plant most vegetables until it's closer to May 1. Fortunately, we do have a wonderfully long growing season here in Greenville, SC which is officially growing zone 8A.
Who is St. Fiacre (pronounced fee-ah-kruh)?
The garden's are named for St. Fiacre who blessed those around him with food and herbal medicine.
He desparately wanted to be a hermit and live alone, but the Lord had other plans. Everywhere he went, people came to get food and herbs. He learned that his blessings were not to be hoarded, but in the spirit of God's love, shared with the world. We think of him as our mentor, reminding us we're called to help our neighbors.
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Our Story
Our journey began, as so many garden stories do, with a few homemade raised beds. Seed catalogs became our favorite reading material and things quickly got out of hand. Like all gardeners, we've had our share of challenges, but the beauty of creation inspires us to keep growing.
We started exploring herbal medicine because of our own frustration with the medical system. It seemed natural to grow the herbs we wanted to put into salves, oils, teas and soaps. There are so many natural remedies to ease life's journey. Arnica for soothing aches and pains, Feverfew for migraines, Jewelweed for poison ivy, and Calendula to calm skin conditions. It's quite a list!