
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 ...

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 ...

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 15, 2022 | By Vicki Blachman
There are over 20,000 bee species in the world. Of those, close to 4,500 are considered native to the U.S., and up to 1000 are native to Texas ...

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 ...

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 ...

January 14, 2021
The Herb Society of America is Seeking Design Art!
Organizers for the Virtual Educational Conference and Annual Meeting of Members (EdCon) to be ...

July 20, 2020 | By Debbie Boutelier
It’s summer and the living is easy for our pollinators. There is an abundance of blooming plants from which to choose. A little here, a little ...

January 20, 2020 | By Maryann Readal
To quote author Judith Sumner in the preface to her new book, Plants Go to War: A Botanical History of World War II, “The war could not have ...

April 3, 2019 | By Jen Munson
Unless you live an unplugged life you know about the difficulties facing bees, monarchs, and other beneficial creatures. These pollinators ...

March 6, 2019 | By Kathleen M Hale
New Jersey Tea, Ceanothus americanus, is an Herb Society of America Native Plant of 2019. A member of the buckthorn family its common names ...
February 18, 2019 | By Kathleen M Hale
Now appearing, ready for its close up, one of The Herb Society of America’s two Notable Native Plants of 2019, and a plant that is a living ...

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 ...
April 30, 2018 | By d
I’ve been planning a post about the importance of pollinator gardens and The Herb Society's GreenBridgesTM Initiative . This initiative ...

November 27, 2017
Who do you support with donations of time and money? Health issues? Education? I choose activities that involve my children and the environment. ...
November 8, 2017 | By Jen Munson
#GivingTuesday is a global day of giving. Celebrated on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving (in the U.S.) and after the widely recognized ...

July 20, 2016
The Growers Exchange, which sells herb plants (at a discount to HSA members), has added new, flowering North American Natives to its retail ...