MVHS will be having their annual Christmas Potluck at Toledo Botanical Garden in the Conference Center.
Members and guests are asked to bring a dish to pass; appetizer, salad, vegetable or dessert.
Meat and beverages will be provided, along with table service.
11:00 am – 2:00 pm
We hope to see you there.
Heralding the Holidays Workshop
Join us as we prepare for our big sales event, Heralding the Holidays. We will be pricing, labeling, packaging craft and food items to be sold at Heralding the Holidays.
Refreshments 9:45 – 10:00 a.m.
Business meeting 10:00 – 10:45 a.m.
Workshop 11:00 – noon.
Heralding the Holidays Workshop
Join us as we prepare for our big sales event, Heralding the Holidays. We will be making, packaging, labeling and pricing many of our food and craft items for this sale.
Refreshments at 9:45 – 10:00 a.m.
Business meeting 10:00 – 10:45 a.m.
Workshop 11:00 – noon
Join us at 9:30 a.m. for herbal refreshments, followed by our monthly business meeting from 10:00 – 10:45 a.m. in the Conference Center at Toledo Botanical Garden on Elmer Drive.
At 11:00 a.m. one of our members will be doing a demonstration on making pesto, just in time for all that basil and other herbs we are harvesting.
Our meetings are free and open to the public.
We will be meeting this month in the Conference Center at Toledo Botanical Garden on Wednesday, August 18 from 9:30 a.m. until noon.
9:30 – 10:00 a.m. refreshments and social time
10:00 – 10:45 a.m. monthly business meeting
11:00 a.m. Our program this month will be presented by MVHS member, Eileen Hoffman. Eileen will be demonstrating a unique way to make herbal and floral greeting cards using dried botanicals. This demonstration will include handouts and you will be able to go home and recreate these lovely cards on your own.
Meetings are open to the public.
Details to follow.
MVHS will be car pooling to heavenly Scent herb Farm in Fenton, Michigan where we will tour the lovely gardens there and can browse and shop in the gift shop. Lunch from Panera’s will be served on the patio, along with ice tea and scented geranium cake.
We will then head back to Milan where we will visit Lavender Lane and their gift shop filled with homemade lavender bath and beauty products.
Join us as we tour the Toledo Natural Science Technology Center located at 5561 Elmer Drive, Toledo, right next to Toledo Botanical Garden. This is sure to be an interesting tour and one you will not want to miss. This career training center for high school students in the greater Toledo area offers tuition free agricultural science programming that focuses on careers with plants and animals. Tour starts at 11:45 a.m.
Business meeting 10:00 a.m. at Conference Center at Toledo Botanical Garden with an instructional walk through the herb garden which is maintained by the Maumee Valley Herb Society to follow. At 11:30 we will head over to the school for the tour.
All MVHS meetings are open to the public.
This meeting has been cancelled. There is no word yet on the February 17, 2021 meeting.
Making Herbal Lotions
Join us as Christie Clark, Maumee Valley Herb Society member, shows us how to make our own herbal lotion. This meeting will be held at Toledo Botanical Garden, 5403 Elmer Drive, Toledo, in the Conference Center.
Refreshments 9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m., business meeting 10:00 a.m. – 10;45 a.m., break 10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m., speaker and program at 11:00 a.m. The public is welcome and the meeting is free to attend.
The herbal and health information presented at meetings sponsored by the Maumee Valley Herb Society is intended as educational information only. MVHS does not intend to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Nothing presented at our meetings should be considered as medical advice for dealing with a given problem or illness. Persons with serious medical conditions should always seek professional care. MVHS is not responsible for the mistaken identity of any plant listed or discussed during meetings sponsored by the Society.