Water Mint

The scent of Water Mint (Mentha aquatica) fills the air of the forests streams environs; like others of its' genus it's a prolific colonizer and can also be used as a edible herb.

Water Mint

 

Walking the same forest roams throughout the year you get to see how a place changes, see that it's always someone’s time to shine; currently it's Water Mint (Mentha aquatica) time. Swathes of this fragrant member of the mint family carpet the damp grassy environs of the forest streams. Smells lovely.

Minty

Watermint (Mentha aquatica) currently fills the air along the banks of Avon Water below Holmesley Tea Rooms, which is handy, as watermint, like other mints, makes a lovely herbal tea and is easy to identify and collect. In contrast to the dusty toned, mostly desiccated forest, the stream sides are corridors of verdancy. Flowers bloom and berries fatten fed by one of the forest streams which keeps flowing, even in very dry weather.