On Friday, March 11 at 7:00 PM, Jim Long will be presenting a program in the Conference Center at the Toledo Botanical Garden. He will talk about “Cutting Edge Plants”. He will show us photos of many of the plants that he has encountered during his worldly travels and tell us how these plants can be added to our gardens for culinary and other uses.
Jim Long has authored the popular “Down to Earth” column for The Herb Companion magazine for the past 16 years and has written 26 books on herbs, gardening, and historical subjuects. He lives in Blue Eye, Missouri.
This program is open to the public.
Admission is $2.00 for everyone who is not a member of MVHS. Refreshments will be served before the talk at 6:30 PM.
Come and join us on Friday, March 11. You will not be disappointed!

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.

It is almost time for the Spring Plant Sale. We will be looking for you at the Toledo Botanical Garden where the Maumee Valley Herb Society will have more than two hundred different herbs for sale. Here is the list of herbs that will be available. You can print this list and bring it with you. Our members will be happy to help you decide which herbs to plant in your garden and to answer any questions that you may have about herbs. We will also have our cookbook, Herbal Market, and our Herb Charts for sale. These will give you ideas about using many popular culinary herbs. While you are there, visit our used book sale for bargains on herb books. The sale begins on Thursday, May 7, with a preview for TBG members only. The public is invited to come Friday through Sunday, May 8,9,and 10 from ten am to five pm each day. See you there. Hope you can find lots of herbs you want to buy, I know I will!

I can’t believe that Heralding the Holidays is only a week away! Are you are looking for herbal gifts ranging in price from $3.00-5.00? We’ll have herbal jams and jellies, mustards, vinegars, spearmint closet sachets, lavender dryer bags (they last for 25 dryer loads), bath bags you hang on your faucet that will help you relax, and lavender sachet bags to place in your drawers.

Items from $6-16 include sinus pillows, herbal neck wraps, catnappers with removal covers and dog pillows (our catnappers and dog pillows will help keep fleas away). We also have catnip toys for your cats and dog bones for your dogs.

There are lovely Christmas stocking ornaments for $1.50. We also have many herbal blends and teas and potpourris. To decorate your home, we have wreaths and dried arrangements at various prices. There will be lots of goodies at our bake sale and beautiful gift items are included in our silent auction.

We’ll be waiting for you to visit us in the conference center on Friday, December 1 from 5:00-9:00pm, Saturday the 2nd form 10:00am-5:00pm, and Sunday the 3rd from noon to 5:00pm. Come see us. You’ll be glad that you did.