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Olbrich Botanical Gardens’ Indigenous Garden

August 29, 2022 The Herb Society of America
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Education, food, Foraging, Gardening, herb garden, herb growing, Herbs, Ho-chunk, Indigenous, Indigenous garden, milkweed, native, Native American, native herbs, native plants, Olbrich Botanical Gardens, soup, sweetgrass, three sisters

by Erin Presley, Olbrich Botanical Gardens Horticulturist Especially in Olbrich’s Herb Garden, it’s vitally important that we grow, show, and...

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The Least I Can Say about Texas’ Native Bees

August 15, 2022 The Herb Society of America
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Bees, Education, Herbs, native, native bees, pollinator, pollinators, social bees, solitary bees, Texas

by Vicki Blachman, South Central District Member at Large There are over 20,000 bee species in the world.  Of those,...

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Herb of the Month – Lemon Balm – Medicine for the Plague and the Blues

August 1, 2022 The Herb Society of America
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Education, Herb of the Month, herbal lore, herbal medicine, Herbs, Hildegard von Bingen; Dioscorides;, holiday, lemon balm, medicinal

by Karen Cottingham Lemon balm, that delightfully lemony herb, has been used medicinally for centuries. The many beneficial properties of...

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Herbs with Anise-, Fennel-, and Licorice-Like Flavors

July 11, 2022 The Herb Society of America
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anise, Anise Hyssop, basil, chervil, culinary, dill, Education, fennel, food, French tarragon, Herbs, herbs similar to locorice, licorice, Mexican tarragon, sweet cicely

by Susan Belsinger Anise (Pimpinella anisum) Parts used: leaves and flowers; mainly seeds Chemistry: primarily (E)-anethole; germacrene D, beta-bisabolene and...

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HSA Webinar: Breeding Better Herbs

June 13, 2022 The Herb Society of America
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cultivars, desired traits, Education, Gardening, Herb, herb breeding, herb growing, Herbs, hybrids, Mint, mints, Plant Breeding, propagation, Rosemary, webinar

by Peggy Riccio

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HSA Webinar: Female Poisoners

May 9, 2022 The Herb Society of America
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books, Education, female poisoners, Giulia Tofana, Herbs, poison, The Lost Apothecary, webinar, Women

by  Sarah Penner Sherlock Holmes said it best in the 1945 movie, Pursuit to Algiers: “Poison is a woman’s weapon.”...

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BOOK REVIEW – The Artisan Herbalist by Bevin Cohen

April 14, 2022 The Herb Society of America
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artisan herbalist, Book review, books, Education, Gardening, grow herbs, herb growing, herbal how-to, Herbs, herbs online, oils, online course, online learning, salve, special program, tea, teas, Tinctures, Tips, use herbs

by Karen O’Brien Introducing the Herbs Online Learning Experience HSA is launching a new online course with Bevin Cohen, a...

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HSA Webinar: Tea Gardening with Camellia sinensis

March 21, 2022 The Herb Society of America
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beverage, Camellia sinensis, Education, Gardening, herb growing, Herbs, tea, tea garden, tea growing, webinar

by Christine Parks In 2005, we started our first tea garden here in the Piedmont region of North Carolina—including our...

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African American Plant Medicines of the South Carolina Sea Islands

March 14, 2022 The Herb Society of America
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annual meeting, books, Education, enslaved Blacks, enslaved Geechee, enslaved Gullah, Faith Mitchell, folk, Geechee, Gullah, Gullah bad roots, Gullah good roots, Gullah herbs, Herb, Herb Society of America, Herbs, History, Hoodoo, Hoodoo Medicine, medicinal, medicine, Sea Islands, Sea Islands Gullah, Sea Islands Gullah slaves, Sea Islands South Carolina, Sea Islands West Africans, special program

By Faith Mitchell, Ph.D. Editor’s Note: Dr. Mitchell’s original blog post was featured in April, 2020, in anticipation of The...

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The Path of the Artisan Herbalist

February 10, 2022 The Herb Society of America
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artisan herbalist, books, Education, herbal medicine, Herbs, homesteading, stewardship, webinar

by Bevin Cohen In the years since my first cup of wintergreen tea, I’ve come to understand that although Nature’s...

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