The setting of the poem is cued directly in the title, which becomes the poem’s unique hook designed to entice the reader (not unlike the plants themselves). Although the term “garden” generally refers to a cultivated space, the poem makes it clear that this is not a domestic environment; the witch harvests “Deep in the dark forest […] beneath ancient oaks” (Lines 5, 12). In this way the entire forest becomes her garden, suggesting an intimate and reciprocal relationship between the character and the land. It also shows how the witch is able to traverse and benefit from an area that ordinary people may find intimidating or threatening.