The March meeting will be one of our evening meetings. It begins at 6:30 pm on Tuesday, March 16 in the Conference Center at the Toledo Botanical Garden. The speaker will be Gini Behrendt, owner of Flying Rhino Coffee and Chocolates. Her topic is “Chocolates and Coffee”. Chocolate has many times been called “the other herb”. All meetings are open to the public. Come and enjoy.
Four new books have been added to our library cart since the beginning of this year:
Fragrant Designs, Brooklyn Botanic’s Garden All-Regions Guide Eight gardens are included with plant lists and garden designs for each
Herbal Crafts, a book containing more than 60 projects with ingredient lists and directions for making each
Wicked Plants, a book containing stories about more than two hundred plants that can cause illnesses or even death. Some stories are historically significant, others are present day, and some are in between. You will find this book fascinating.
Herbal Cookery, compiled by members of the St Louis Herb Society This book contains eight menus of various types and recipes for the foods listed in each menu. You will find different uses for many herbs in this book.
We have also received a donation of two boxes of Ann Lacksonen’s books for the library that were donated by her husband, Jim. We certainly appreciate this wonderful donation.
All members may check out these books. We encourage you to do so.
All members of MVHS are invited to attend the garden planning meeting in the Stables Room of the Conference Center at the Toledo Botanical Garden at 9:15 am on Tuesday, March 2. This is a way for all members to become familiar with the activities involved in planning and maintaining our herb garden throughout the growing season. Garden custodians are reminded to bring their lists of plants to be ordered.
Toledo Grows is sponsoring the 6th Annual Seed Swap at two locations this year. The Seed Swap and the children’s program will be held at Wildwood Metropark, Ward Pavilion, 5100 W. Central Avenue and other buildings in that area. Workshops wil be held at the Toledo Botanical Garden in the Conference Center and other buildings beginning at 10:00 am. Diane Toffler will represent the Maumme Valley Herb Society with the presentation “A Creative Approach to Herbal Gardening” in the Children’s Ed building from 1:30-3:00 PM. See TBG’s web site, www.toledogarden.org/seedswap and choose the first site on the list for the titles and times of the many presentations. The seed swap and the presentations are free. If you bring seeds to swap, you will receive tickets for additional seeds. You do not need to bring seeds to take some home. Come and join us for a fun day.
