by herbsocietyofamerica | Oct 10, 2022 | Other Research & Education, Other Self Care & Wellness
While doing research for a presentation on herbal uses of native plants, I decided to look more into a plant I’d learned about in herb school, sweet flag (Acorus calamus). This strongly aromatic aquatic plant has long been my favorite warming digestive bitter for...
by herbsocietyofamerica | Sep 26, 2022 | Other History & Traditions, Other Research & Education
I remember the first dress that made me feel good about myself. I was 17 and looking for something to wear to a dance, not formal, not cocktail, but a Sunday dress, as we called them so many years ago. It was a slim dress (I could get away with that in those days),...
by herbsocietyofamerica | Sep 19, 2022 | Other Research & Education, Other Self Care & Wellness
The African baobab tree, Adansonia digitata, is a unique tree. Seeing this huge tree in the African landscape and hearing the stories about it never fails to capture my imagination. The baobab tree is native to sub-saharan Africa, and can be found in low-lying areas...
by herbsocietyofamerica | Sep 12, 2022 | Other History & Traditions
Did you know that seeds, nuts, and even leaves can survive in the ground for many years, even millennia? Paleoethnobotany, the study of archaeologically recovered plants and plant elements, can tell us many things about how humans have interacted with plants...
by herbsocietyofamerica | Aug 29, 2022 | Beauty, Events, Fragrance, Other Gardening
Olbrich Botanical Gardens is a 16-acre, free admission public garden in Madison, Wisconsin, in the heart of the ancestral lands of the Ho-Chunk people. The Ho-Chunk, or “People of the Sacred Voice” historically lived in southern Wisconsin, from the far southwestern...