herby questions, any advice?

Hello folks,
Its been a long time since I have been on here. Now I don't have access to my gardeing books (flooded flat over winter, books are in storage) so I thought I might be able to get some advice.
I keep looking at my herbs and frowning, all in containers on the patio, most of which have been out all winter under the snow and frosts and now look very sad  I forgot to cover them up or bring them in. Can anyone help with these questions?

Rosemary-I thought this would survive but it's bare and there is no sign of new growth. As it's supposed to be evergreen, I'm guessing this means its a gonna?!

Lavender-Still looking fairly green..ish, with leaves. Should I prune it and how is it best do do this?

Oregano-bare bare bare, I'm guessing prob dead?

Thanks in advance!

I have all three of those herbs in my garden. None of them have really come back into growth yet, so they do look a little tired right now, but they've all kept leaves through the winter. My rosemary is in a big tub but the others are planted into beds in the garden. All my herbs live outside and fend for themselves through the winter apart from basil, parsley and coriander, which I resow every year.

I maybe wouldn't give up on them just yet. If they're in pots, you could try giving them some fresh compost or a bit of a feed, but I'd give them a couple of weeks yet to see if they start putting off any new shoots.

Our Basil, which was only planted last year, definitely looks as if it hasn't made it

I fear your rosemary is dead but they are not terribly hardy and sometimes short lived so it may have died anyway.

Do not prune the lavender back into old growth.  It will not regrow.  Give the oregano a light trim over.  It may regrow.

Basil is very tender and would not make it through even a mild winter but it comes easily from seed.

It is not a good time of year for herbs!

Hi.  Since killing my first lavender by hard pruning this is how I do it now.  I trim off all the flower spikes which I left on over winter for the goldfinches to feed on.  Then I give the bush a light trim to even it out.  As regards new growth verses old growth.  The new growth is very supple and you could bend it with your fingers without it breaking.  The old growth has a wood like quality and is more brittle. Lavender will never grow back from hard pruning even if you don't cut it all the way back to the base.  They all get leggy after a few years and if you want to keep the area looking neat  take cuttings after two years and then in the fourth year replace the whole bush with the two year old cutting, which by then will have grown into a neat little replacement bush.