Herbs used for centuries for practical purposes have eventually found their way into mixed garden spaces out of necessity - to find space and to ...
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As gardeners we already know plants are amazing. They can have smells that are intoxicating, beautiful colors and patterns that mesmerize us, ...
Yarrow is a popular perennial herb that can be found in many gardens, mine included. It is known as a powerful “healing” herb. It’s also a ...
I love being able to step out into the garden and snip fresh herbs whenever I need them. Yesterday, I was making ham and bean stew in the ...
Chives, Allium schoenprasum, is a flowering herb in the Amaryllidaceae family. It is in the same family as leeks, onions, garlic, Chinese ...
I grow fennel, Foeniculum vulgare, in my Virginia garden for many reasons. As an accent in the garden, fennel grows easily from seed to a few ...
Mentha x gracilis 'Madalene Hill' (double mint) is The Herb Society of America’s Herb of the Month for July. It is a fitting herb to be singled ...
I was sitting here at my desk trying to think of what I could say about the Winter Solstice that I have never said before. Then I started to ...
(This article is an abridged version originally appearing on the Native Plant Society of Texas website, November 30, 2020. Thanks to the author ...
Greetings and Happy Autumn!
I am writing this on the evening of the full harvest moon—it is shining bright in the night sky just over the ...
As you drive along State Rt. 91 in Hudson, Ohio, you pass a community park, Darrow Road Park. As long as I’ve lived in Hudson (38 years), it's ...
I have always been fascinated by people’s life stories, particularly those in the herb world. How did they end up where they did? What ...
Learn how herbs make great companion plants, aid in pest control, and support welcome beneficials.
Chairman of Education for The Western Reserve Herb Society Unit of The Herb Society of America
"Are you going to Scarborough Fair? Parsley, ...
What smells like a teenage boy’s unwashed socks, is a legendary medicinal plant since the time of the Greeks, and has appeared prominently in the 1974 film version of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express?
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