Herb charts: culinary herbs, herb pairings, fresh to dried

Herb charts to tell culinary herbs apart, cook with them, or plan an herb bed. The pictures draw twelve herbs as sprigs with their names: basil, parsley, coriander, mint, rosemary, thyme, sage, dill, oregano, chives, tarragon and bay. A pairing chart shows which herb suits which food, and a conversion chart gives 1 tablespoon fresh as 1 teaspoon dried. Type a different subject, such as herb garden, and the same styles carry it.

• an herb bed in the garden
• a kitchen wall by the stove
• a plant identification lesson
• a label for a jar of dried herbs

Frequently asked questions

Which herbs are drawn?

Twelve culinary herbs, each as a sprig with its leaves and its name below.

What is the fresh to dried amount?

The chart uses 1 tablespoon of fresh herb to 1 teaspoon dried, for each herb.

Can I identify a plant from the chart?

The drawings show each herb's leaves for comparison, but a chart is not a field guide; check a plant before eating it.

Which style suits a garden shed?

The botanical plate style, with engraved ink drawings, looks like an old seed catalogue page.

About toile

This page is a showcase and a starting point: nine samples already rendered, three readings of the pack crossed with three styles, each shown at the size and ratio it was made for. Take any of them further on the wall with a few words, or ask for all nine again under your own direction; a sign-in keeps what you make, and it is free while Toile is new. The recipe behind each sample — the subject, the style, the palette, the framing — travels with the image rather than staying private to the render: it is in the alt text of every sample and in the page's own structured data, so a search engine reads the same handles a person would.