Medicinal plants
She lived in Chalfont St Peter from 1906 to 1938. She initially created a [[perennial]] nursery on the grounds of the house, but at the outbreak of the First World War she turned the nursery into a herb farm to address the shortage of supplies of vital medicinal plants. In 1914 the Board of Agriculture published "The Cultivation &amp; Collection of Medicinal plants in England" to deal with the shortage of drug supplies in Britain during the war. This was due to the disruption of the trade routes, most of the plants used were imported from continental Europe before the war. The drugs required were: [[henbane]], [[foxglove]], [[deadly nightshade]] and [[monkshood]]. The National Herb Growing Association was set up by a group of educated women under the auspices of the Women's Farm &amp; Garden Union.