Herb Garden

Over the weekend I slipped my boots on and went out to rake. I don't enjoy raking and I guess I kind of went into auto-pilot because instead, I found myself clearing a bed where I intend to put an herb garden.
I've been thinking a lot lately about how to bunny-proof my herbs and I settled on raising the planting containers, planting the same herbs in the ground and taking notes about what the bunnies like and don't like.
I'll re-plant the safe herbs again next year and keep the delicious ones out of reach. Right now, my raised planters look like a yard sale, but I think that when everything fills in, it will be pretty. Fingers crossed.
I'm enlisting the help of my trusted gardening friend with this project. 

Here are my notes so far on what I may plant. I have more research to do, to determine what's hardy, here in Zone 5.
Herb Garden

• thyme- as much sun as possible
  
• English Lavender
  
• Garlic- is wonderful addition. They bloom white (the classic ball-like blooms of the allium family) and can be harvested for bulbs or greens. The hardneck varieties, as noted in other posts, are the most hardy.
  
• Cilantro= Coriander
  
• Carrots
  

ANNUALS

• Flatleaf parsley- garnish. biannual. Parsley is widely used as a companion plant in gardens. Like many other members of the carrot family (umbellifers), it attracts predatory insects, including wasps and predatory flies to gardens, which then tend to protect plants nearby. For example, they are especially useful for protecting tomato plants as the wasps that kill tomato hornworms also eat nectar from parsley. It offers protection even in its first year as the strong scent of the parsley leaves appear to mingle with the tomato scent and confuses the tomato moth.
  

PERENNIALS

• Sorrel
  
• Chives- perennial onion relative. Lovely topped on eggs, baked potatoes, in salads, etc. They have lavender flowers which are edible too.
  
• Tarragon- "difficult to grow from seed. It is best to cultivate by root division. It is normally purchased as a plant, and some care must be taken to ensure that true French tarragon is purchased. A perennial, it normally goes dormant in winter. It likes a hot, sunny spot, without excessive watering.
  
• "Sage- "It is a perennial, wonderful with chicken and even in tea. The violet-blue flowers (color varies) are beautiful and great bumble-bee magnets." as much sun as possible
  
• Potted Greek Oregeno- spreads "very hardy and tolerates (actually it kind of required) very regular harvesting. It is a perennial with pink-lavender flowers."
  
• Potted mint- spreads
  
• Potted Dill- spreads
  

COMPLIMENTARY, EDIBLE PLANTSLovage- "I recommend lovage for any herb garden. It's a bushy perennial, a wild relative of celery with a similar flavor (nearly all "celery seed" you see in the supermarket is actually from lovage). It makes a good backing for a garden against a wall, or to anchor the center of a patch. And it's great in chicken soup." Tall, plant in back.Marigold- once it starts to bloom it will do so until the killing frost in the fall. The plant can be used for culinary uses but mostly medicinal. It is a great pollinator attractor. Annual. Simple to start from seed.NO Marjoram- not suited for zone 5 winters