March 1, 2019 | By Jen Munson
Registration is open for The Herb Society’s Educational Conference and Annual Meeting of Members (EdCon). This year we head to Madison, …
February 27, 2019
In February we posted a blog about yaupon tea. It contained a legend about why the holly plant was given a name with negative connotations – …
February 11, 2019 | By Paris Wolfe
In a small café in St. Augustine, Florida, I was served tea made from yaupon, a caffeine-containing holly shrub that grows wild in southeastern …
January 31, 2019 | By Beth Schreibman-Gehring
Brrrr. It is so cold. As we dip into the negative double digits in Northeast Ohio, I find it hard to believe that spring will ever come and yet, …
December 10, 2018
The Herb Society of America is giving $300 in “seed money” to 10 classrooms throughout the United States to foster learning and environmental …
December 4, 2018 | By Beth Schreibman-Gehring
I’ve asked five blog contributors to share their favorite herb-related gift ideas. HSA’s blog will be running one per day during the first week …
September 24, 2018 | By Jen Munson
The diversity of the world’s plants has dwindled and/or is threatened. In fact the International Union for the Conservation of Nature …
August 15, 2018 | By Beth Schreibman-Gehring
Meet one of my favorite wellness remedies — the flowers and leaves of the lovely linden tree. You may know it by its other names, lime tree or …
August 13, 2018
“In my Last Will & Testament, it states that I want half of my ashes scattered on the 7th Floor of Bergdorfs in New York City and the other …
February 19, 2018 | By Paris Wolfe
If you’re starting a new garden or amending an existing garden Rodale’s Basic Organic Gardening, A Beginner’s Guide to Starting a Healthy Garden …
May 15, 2017 | By Paris Wolfe
I’m becoming a tea snob. The more I learn about the herb the more selective I become about my camellia sinensis brew.
January 31, 2017 | By Karen O Brien
Solidago – better known to all as goldenrod – is part of a healthy ecosystem. This truly American genus, including 77 species, is found in every …
March 23, 2016 | By Paris Wolfe
Among the various things I am planting in my garden this year is a GreenBridges Garden Certification sign. It’s attention-getting and, I hope, …
December 14, 2015 | By Paris Wolfe
The mountain mint in Karen O’Brien’s garden was more than pretty; it was a pollination feast. Until, one fall morning when a helper mistook it …
October 14, 2015 | By Paris Wolfe
Susan Liechty had her first herb garden in 1979 after purchasing her first home. A “self-taught herbie and trial-and-error gardener,” she was …
June 1, 2013
When I was a child in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, we had neighbors who had four children about the same ages as the four children in our family. …