
February 6, 2026 | By Sue Goetz
Herbs used for centuries for practical purposes have eventually found their way into mixed garden spaces out of necessity - to find space and to ...

August 4, 2025 | By Maryann Readal

January 20, 2025 | By Susan Belsinger & Tina Marie Wilcox
Observations in Growing Both German Chamomile (Matricaria recutita) and Roman Chamomile (Chamaemelum nobile) Side-by-Side in My Garden
Susan ...

October 14, 2024 | By Kristin Graves
October is often dominated by pumpkins but there is another vegetable that deserves a bit of the spotlight at this time of year: garlic!
Garlic, ...

July 15, 2024 | By Peggy Riccio
Mint is a great plant to have, as long as you grow it in containers. It is very versatile — there are so many uses, plus it is easy to propagate ...

May 13, 2024 | By Beth Schreibman Gehring
“White coral bells upon a slender stalk,
Lilies of the valley dress my garden walk.
Oh, don’t you wish that you could hear them ...

April 8, 2024 | By Taylor Cammack
I first saw Eryngium yuccifolium Michx.—a.k.a rattlesnake master, button eryngo, or button snakeroot—planted at the Gene Leahy Mall, a park in ...

January 22, 2024 | By Candace Riddle
Walking through a garden in full summer bloom is a joy that should be experienced by everyone. A garden should engage all human senses: sight, ...

November 27, 2023 | By Caroline Amidon and Joyce Brobst (Chrissy Moore, editor)
Editor’s Note: The majority of the information provided below was extracted from various presentations and handouts delivered by Caroline and ...

November 6, 2023 | By Maryann Readal
Rosemary, The Herb Society’s Herb of the Month for November, is going through an identity crisis. Since the mid-18th century, the botanical name ...

March 13, 2023 | By Julie Bawden-Davis
Long before humans roamed the forests, fairies are said to have taken up residence in the cavities of trees, forming fairy houses where they ...

March 8, 2023 | By Maryann Readal
Anise or aniseed, Pimpinella anisum, is The Herb Society of America’s Herb of the Month for March. It is a licorice-flavored herb in the parsley ...

February 13, 2023 | By Beth Schreibman Gehring
It’s midwinter, and many of us are stuck inside due to cold weather. To beat the winter blues and celebrate St. Valentine’s Day, why not treat ...

December 5, 2022 | By Maryann Readal
Vanilla, Vanilla planifolia, is The Herb Society’s Herb of the Month for December. It is the perfect month to feature vanilla, since its flavor ...

November 14, 2022 | By David McDaniel
A mass of compound-seeming leaves atop squishy stalks pouring out of a large pot in the central circle of the theme garden at the National Herb ...

October 17, 2022 | By Debbie Boutelier
(Editors’ note: This article originally appeared in a recent HSA newsletter. It has been edited for clarity for this post.)
In a recent ...

August 29, 2022 | By Erin Presley
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 ...

June 27, 2022 | By Chrissy Moore
To continue my periodic series on The Herb Society of America’s business members, I’d like to introduce our readers to Jane Hawley Stevens, ...