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 …
December 30, 2024 | By Maryann Readal
Madagascar, an ancient island off the coast of East Africa, holds a treasure of unique plants growing in its diverse ecosystems. The island is …
December 11, 2023 | By Ian Blessing
(Editor’s note: The original, unabridged version of this article can be found on All The Bitter’s blog.)
The best way to think about cocktail …
February 13, 2023 | By Beth Schreibman Gehring
It’s midwinter, and many of us are stuck inside due to cold weather. To beat the winter blues and celebrate St. Valentine’s Day, why not treat …
December 5, 2022 | By Maryann Readal
Vanilla, Vanilla planifolia, is The Herb Society’s Herb of the Month for December. It is the perfect month to feature vanilla, since its flavor …
August 29, 2022 | By Erin Presley
Olbrich Botanical Gardens is a 16-acre, free admission public garden in Madison, Wisconsin, in the heart of the ancestral lands of the Ho-Chunk …
May 16, 2022 | By Catherine MacLennan
(This article was originally published in The Herb Society of America’s annual journal, The Herbarist, 41(1975): 37-40. Almost 50 years later, …
August 9, 2021 | By Keith Howerton
Making baklava, or baklawi/baklawa/ba’lawa, as it’s generally called in Arabic-speaking cultures, is a real pain in the…well, everywhere. Pain …
March 8, 2021 | By Susan Belsinger
(Adapted from her article, “Exploring Rainforest Spices at Villa Vanilla,” featured in the 2019 issue of The Herbarist, the annual journal of …
January 7, 2021 | By Jen Munson
Chocolate: food or medicine? For centuries, chocolate was consumed primarily as medicine. Cacao, from which chocolate is derived, was the basis …
September 14, 2020 | By Erin Holden
The first time I smelled balsam of Peru essential oil, I was hooked. The word that keeps coming to mind is decadent – deep, rich notes of …
February 10, 2020 | By Maryann Readal
In 1753, it was Carl Linnaeus who gave cacao, The Herb Society of America’s Herb of the Month, its botanical name: Theobroma cacao, from theos …
December 16, 2019 | By Maryann Readal
Vanilla is The Herb Society of America’s Herb of the Month for December. We can easily conjure up the sweet, calming, and sensual smell of …
August 26, 2019 | By Jen Munson
On a recent Herb Society of America webinar, business member Rose Loveall-Sale owner of Morningsun Herb Farm, thrilled viewers with a talk about …
July 23, 2019 | By Jen Munson
Did you know many herb flowers are also edible? Experience for yourself the dimension that flowers can add to your meals. To start with, flowers …
July 8, 2019 | By Maryann Readal
Lemon Verbena has literary connections. Were you a fan of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s classic Little House on the Prairie? If you watched the popular …
May 22, 2019 | By Beth Schreibman-Gehring
One of the loveliest flowers of spring is the Viola odorata or as it is commonly referred to, the “Sweet violet.” Violets have been used in …
February 6, 2019 | By Beth Schreibman-Gehring
“No wonder that cheek in its beauty transcendent,
Excelleth the beauty of others by far;
No wonder that eye is so richly resplendent.
For your …