Spring Flowers

I have planted 6 planters of flowers that are starting to come up.  They are a mixture of different flowers that I bought at Sam's club.

I can't wait until they grow and start to bloom.  

This is some of the flowers that I planted.

Next week I am going to get a list of herbs that I want to add our yard.  I like to plant in tubs (wooden ones) because it seems to help keep Abbey out of them.

Any ideas on herbs would be appreciated as I would like to try my hand at using them to cook with.  I have never done this so I would need help with this also.