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Kitchen garden today is driven by both aesthetics and necessity. A great Variety of vegetables are combined with herbs, annual and perennial flowers and fruit trees in creative ways. Concept of Kitchen garden dates back to several thousand years. By 2700 B.C, the Egyptians had a recorded history of growing over 500 herbs, which were used as drugs to cure illness. In today's India herbal plants are the new entrants in Indian gardens. As in cities, people mostly reside in high rise apartments, kitchen garden in roofs or terraces are coming up where pot culture is the current trend. Today herbs in the kitchen garden are appreciated for their beauty and their use in healthcare. Chefs use herbs to liven their dishes. So, herbs in Indian kitchen garden is coexisting with annual and perennial flowers.