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By Hazel Weakley This summer, my Girl Scout troop had the amazing chance to visit Zurich, Switzerland, to study sustainability at the Swiss Federal Institute...

By Maryann Readal Oregano, Origanum spp., is The Herb Society’s featured herb for May. It is an herb in the mint family (Lamiaceae) and is...

By Maryann Readal I love when The Herb Society’s Herb of the Month is a plant that I can grow in my garden. This month’s...

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

By Maryann Readal What does a wooded area and a gin and tonic have in common? They both may contain HSA’s Herb of the Month,...

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...

By Maryann Readal Salad burnet, Sanguisorba minor, is The Herb Society’s Herb of the Month for April. I love this little herb, but it can...

Susan Belsinger & Tina Marie Wilcox Observations in Growing Both German Chamomile (Matricaria recutita) and Roman Chamomile (Chamaemelum nobile) Side-by-Side in My Garden Susan Belsinger Knowing that...

By Maryann Readal Rosemary, The Herb Society’s Herb of the Month for November, is going through an identity crisis. Since the mid-18th century, the botanical...

Skunk Cabbage! Native to Eastern North America, one if the earliest plants of spring is skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus.  Known for its fetid odor and...