What is an apothecary?
The word comes from Greek. Apothēkē — it means storehouse.
An apothecary is a place where you grow plants, prepare them, and share them as medicine.
This tradition goes back thousands of years until the 19th century, when industrial pharmacy replaced it and the knowledge was lost.
Today, we’re bringing it back. Into the city. For children
An apothecary, also occupies all levels and layers of ecology, not just the shrub or herb layer.
Each row and column is a plant species. Where two plants meet, the color tells you their compatibility. Dark green means they share the same conditions (same sun, same water, same soil, so they thrive together. The beige tone means moderate compatibility, they can coexist at the edges of different zones. And light means they are incompatible, different needs, different environments.
The site changes over time.
The more years pass, the more biodiversity appears —
more plants, more insects, more birds. We start by planting, and then the ecosystem takes over.
By year twelve, the site is maintaining itself. Time is doing the work for us.
