
August 17, 2026 | By Jessica Ryan, ARS Office of Communications
Editor’s Note: This article was initially published on the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service website. We’re sharing it here to highlight the ...

July 28, 2025 | By Kim Brown
As gardeners we already know plants are amazing. They can have smells that are intoxicating, beautiful colors and patterns that mesmerize us, ...

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 ...

May 19, 2025 | By Robert Mattera III, MS
If you’ve ever grown basil at home, whether in the garden, a pot on the patio, or a kitchen windowsill, you know how rewarding it is to pick ...

April 21, 2025 | By Carol Michel
The simple answer is they are the authors of old, often-forgotten gardening books and articles written mostly in the 19th and 20th centuries. I ...

February 17, 2025 | By Samantha Bellman
The monotonous grays of winter begin to break as February approaches. Just like the groundhog reminds us that winter is coming to an end, so ...

November 25, 2024
This time of year, many of us are wrapped up in myriad festive activities. Before we jump headlong into the holiday season, we would like to ...

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 ...

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 ...

July 18, 2022 | By Amy Forsberg
In 2001 when I was the National Herb Garden intern, my internship project was to research the plants in the Fragrance Garden and write ...

May 9, 2022 | By Sarah Penner
Sherlock Holmes said it best in the 1945 movie, Pursuit to Algiers: “Poison is a woman’s weapon.” It’s a statement not without evidence - ...

July 12, 2021 | By Chrissy Moore
We’ve likely all had the experience of never having heard of something your whole life, and then suddenly you hear about that thing everywhere. ...

November 11, 2019 | By Sam Webb
Normally I don’t use plant labels, unless it’s the label that came with the plant when I bought it. That is, until a visitor to my garden ...

May 13, 2019 | By Kathleen M Hale
Yipee-Ki-Yay, Mother Earthers! I am here to hold your hand and talk to you about your deepest, darkest secret. You know that big plastic jug of ...

February 8, 2019 | By Peggy Riccio
If you are interested in herbs you may want to participate in #herbchat, an herb-focused Twitter chat. A Twitter chat is when people tweet about ...

December 6, 2018 | By Mary Nell Jackson
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 ...

November 5, 2018
On Wednesday, October 31, 2018, we published our 300th blog post for The Herb Society of America. With today’s post the counter rolls to 301. ...

October 3, 2018
Professor Steven Jeffers, Ph.D., and graduate student Daniel Dlugos of Clemson University received the 2018-2019 Herb Society of America ...