Ever wonder just what you could do to help the med icinals in your garden thrive?  In the firsthalf of this series - Planting the Medicinal Gard en, we will be playing in the large greenhouse an d outdoor garden focusing on soil prep, seeds, a nd cuttings.  In the latter half - Harvestin g and Multiplying the Medicinal Garden, we will d ive into the details of, and get our hands dirty doing plant plant divisions and harvesting roots a nd flowers.    Laura Altvate r has been growing medicinal herbs in Portland sin ce 1999. Her study of plants began with her bachel ors in Botany from Connecticut College. She came t o Portland in 1997 to farm flowers and vegetables with Sauvie Island Organics. In 1998 she began wor king at Portland Nursery to develop her horticultu ral skills. Since then she has been growing and st udying medicinal herbs in her own gardens, at theHerb Pharm in Williams, OR and with many herbali sts and healers through out the US. After noticinga lack of medicinal herb starts in the nurseries she began Mostly Medicinals in 2005-2014. Mostly M edicinals is currently not in operation. &nbs p;