May 26, 2022
Video credit: Old Ways Gardening and Prepping
OCTOBER 28, 2021 PROGRAM HERBAL SYRUPS & FIRE CIDER
We enjoyed a fun meeting with a demonstrations of herbal syrups by Reni Erskine and fire cider by Evelyn Mosley. A footnote from Reni Erskine regarding the use of elder. Having enjoyed gathering and processing Elderflowers and Elderberries into syrups and consuming deep fried Elderflower heads, I have come across …
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021 MEETING RECAP
Memphis Herb Society – September 23, 2021 – Minutes President Kathy James opened the September 2021 meeting of the Memphis Herb Society at 7:00 in the Goldsmith Room at the Memphis Botanic Garden. Members and guests were given a warm welcome and all those that brought refreshments were extended a …
AUGUST MEETING RECAP WITH TINA MARIE WILCOX
Tina Marie did a fantastic program. She presented such a realistic picture of the old settler, telling her history (with props, I can still smell sassafras) and explaining how they lived (one reason to sweep the yard down to dirt is so that fire doesn’t get to the house). One woman brought …
Program Resources from Herbalism for COVID-19 Resilience
Thanks to all who joined us for our program Herbalism for COVID-19 Resistance with Leah Larabell from High Garden Tea on Thursday night. It was packed with a lot of great information and takeaways! An important point that Leah made was with COVID being so contagious, there is no prevention. What we …
A Year in the Garden with Jason Reeves
Thursday, January 23 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Memphis Botanic Garden Goldsmith Room Members free | Guests $5 Jason Reeves, curator and horticulturist of UT Gardens, will provide month-by-month tips and techniques on garden care and maintenance while highlighting top-performing plants for each season. An extensive handout details seasonal chores …
ArtPhFarm’s Healing Herbs & Bitters Resource List
The fun part about herbal learning is that everyone has such a unique experience working with herbs. Anne Froning and Sean Murphy demonstrated this in our August program, showing some advanced methods and tools, new to many of us. They especially showed us how much fun it can be. (Cocktail …