For this month’s meeting, the EHS Board presents “Gifts That Grow - Preparing For The Holidays ”. Many of us have heard or read about making Do-it-yourself herbal gifts, but sometimes it's a little easier if you can see how it's done. Bernard Pages, Heather Emerson, Marci Green, Ingrid Menz, KC Foster and Mary Wickensheimer will each demonstrate a craft made with herbs or herb extract that will be a lovely small gift or stocking-stuffer for house-guests, teachers, babysitters, friends and whoever else might show up at the last minute. Things like pomanders, facial scrubs, shower melts, potpourri rocks, and herbal salts will be presented, and a take-home booklet with all these and a few more items will be handed out to all those who attend. All materials will be first come, first served.
By this time in the season you should have determined which of your herbs have survived the summer and have started some new ones from seed. Perhaps you are also making a list of which ones you want to pick up at our booth at the upcoming Mount‘s Fall Plant-a-Palooza (November 1 - 2). We expect to have a wide selection of healthy plants available and we have our fingers crossed for good weather. If you want to volunteer for our booth and you weren‘t able to sign up at the last meeting, please contact Marci Green by email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (she‘s head honcho for this sale). We would love to have you there. This is one of those necessary fund-raising activities that allow us to provide you all with workshops, hand-outs and speakers through the year. It also gets our Society‘s name out into the eye of the plant-loving public and helps us attract more members. And we have fun doing it!
Uma Bhatti‘s presentation in September was delightful and informative. We all enjoyed sampling the spiced Indian bread that she handed around, and we learned something about how Indian people use herbs in both cooking and in home medicines.
Your board members are busy planning upcoming activities and are connecting with a wide variety of local and knowledgeable people for our programs in the upcoming months.
This month‘s program will be a presentation by several of our board members on hand-made herbal gifts that will come in handy for the upcoming holidays. Attendees will receive a booklet containing recipes for the selections demonstrated and a few more.
Our member Jeanne Fernsworth attended several herb workshops this past summer, and we are hoping she will write up her experiences for inclusion in the newsletter. In the meantime, if you‘re curious, ask her about them at the meeting.
In November we will have Victor Lazzari, noted landscape designer and garden writer, sharing a presentation on “Gertrude Jekyll and the South Florida Cottage Garden.” This one should be inspiring!
