A bed of herbs?

[Chippychop]

I'm thinking of planting a raised bed of herbs (c6x5ft) what's putting me off is that it may look bare in winter. Can you suggest other (evergreen) plants that's will remain behind in winter and still "go" in a herb bed?

Rosemary and sage are both evergreen and get quite big. There are several varieties of sage, purple and variegated that look quite attractive, though I think they are less hardy. If you grow fennel and let it go to seed you'll have the seed heads over winter (plus lots of fennel seedlings in the spring). You could then add some winter flowering cyclamen plus some little daffodil and snowdrop bulbs to get you started in the spring till it's time for the rest of the herbs.

oooh, do it! I have a very narrow need of herbs and it's great. smells lovely, and I chose some architectural pants like bronze fennel and lots of good cover like thyme and camomile.

I left off winter box and hellebores. Hayloft plants do a hellebore collection fairly cheaply .

YY to rosemary and sage. Also lavender, bay, thyme. My flat leaf parsley survives all but the harshest winters.

If you put a French tarragon in be careful as they are tender. You could plant some things like alpine strawberries as well.