Herbs and spices are more than just culinary enhancements or seasonal flowers in the garden. These potent, fragrant botanicals have earned their rightful places in the home apothecary, bath and boudoir as well as in both household and industrial applications.
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Schoharie & Otsego Counties’ (CCESO) new demonstration garden at 123 Lake St. in Cooperstown, NY, showcases many wonderful herbs. Join local herbal educator Gert Coleman for a fun and hands-on presentation of the many herbs in the CCESO gardens, both familiar (parsley, basil, rosemary, lavender, rose, lemon verbena, etc.) and new (anise hyssop, rubus, yarrow, capsicum, foxglove and lungwort).
The program will take place July 18 from 4 – 5:15 p.m. Weather permitting, the talk will be outdoors in the gardens.
Herbal educator, writer, gardener, editor and herb enthusiast, Gert Coleman loves, grows, eats and reads avidly about herbs. A retired professor of English, she lives on more than 100 acres in Central New York, growing herbs, flowers, trees and at-risk native plants with her husband and dog. As an herbal educator, she has taught humorous and informative programs for all ages at parks, museums and conferences; helped maintain a 70-by-70-foot colonial herb garden for three decades; apprenticed with Rosemary Gladstar; compiled and edited five “Herb of the Year”™ books; and writes about the legends, lore and poetry of herbs. In addition, she teaches workshops on nature writing in the wild places of New York and beyond.
The All About Herbs program is free is open to the public. For more information and to pre-register, visit CCESO’s community programs and events at www.cceschoharie-otsego.org or call 607.547.2536 ext. 235.
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