
June 2, 2025 | By Maryann Readal
Garlic chives, Allium tuberosum, are one of the versatile herbs that belong in every garden. It is a tasty culinary plant with a light ...

October 9, 2023 | By Norma Weinberg
All life forms need resources, and the three most important resources needed by monarchs in their annual cycle are: nectar from flowers for the ...

March 27, 2023 | By Bonnie Porterfield
Of course, there are The Herb Society of America (HSA) founders, but let’s fast forward to those women instrumental in doing the arduous work of ...

February 27, 2023 | By Scott Aker
It seems that as I continue my career in horticulture, there are plants that I come back to over time. With my recent move to Wyoming, I have ...

January 10, 2022 | By Susan Belsinger
I love trees. They are a life-long study for me. When I was a child growing up in red-brick rowhouses in Baltimore, ours was the only ...

December 27, 2021 | By Bonnie Porterfield
Pop open the champagne, and let’s celebrate some of our food traditions and superstitions surrounding the New Year.
Our friends from the South ...

June 14, 2021 | By Bonnie Porterfield
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 ...

May 20, 2021 | By Jen Munson
Registration is now open for The Herb Society of America’s 2021 Virtual Educational Conference and Annual Meeting of Members (Virtual EdCon). ...

May 10, 2021 | By Peggy Riccio
Plant propagation is just a fancy word for making more plants from what you have. I love to propagate the plants in my garden. To me, it is ...

April 8, 2021 | By Jen Munson
The nightshade family of plants sounds ominous - how could it not with the use of the words night and shade? The official name of this family ...

March 29, 2021 | By Candace Riddle
Ever since Beatrix Potter wrote The Tale of Peter Rabbit, children and gardens have had a special friendship. That friendship is even stronger ...

March 18, 2021 | By Jen Munson
A common harbinger of spring is the showy dandelion with its bright yellow flower that pops against newly greening lawns. With dandelion ...

February 15, 2021 | By Katherine Schlosser
There is something peaceful about a frosty pre-dawn morning. On the morning that I wrote this, I waited at the front door for our latest ...

February 8, 2021 | By Jen Munson
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Gardening has long been a popular pastime. The pandemic, and subsequent lockdown, has only increased ...

November 5, 2020 | By Jen Munson
The Herb Society of America’s Research Grant Committee is pleased to celebrate 50 years of the HSA Research Grant by announcing its 2020 ...

October 29, 2020 | By Jen Munson
The Herb Society of America is seeking proposals from speaker/educator(s) qualified and capable of planning, executing, and producing a series ...

October 23, 2020 | By Jen Munson
Face it, 2020, for the most part, has been a bust! The pandemic has cancelled events, reduced travel, and all but eliminated herbal adventures. ...

October 19, 2020 | By Jen Munson
‘There’s rosemary, that’s for remembrance; pray, love, remember: and there is pansies. that’s for thoughts.’ (Hamlet 4.5.248)
William ...