In June, our members went by chartered bus to the West Side Market in Cleveland where we found a larger variety of vegetables, pastries, meats, herbs, and many other foods than is available in our area. Many of us purchased these to bring home and enjoy. We stopped at Courso’s Nursery in Sandusky on the way home where we found a large selection of herbs, other annuals and perennials as well as other garden items. Everyone was very pleased that this stop was included in our bus trip. Many plants, etc made the trip home with us and are now growing or residing in our gardens.
In July we had our annual picnic. This year it was at TBG and we were joined there by members of the Grosse Ile Herb Society. We toured the herb garden, and were told about each of the different gardens that exist within our herb garden. After a pot luck picnic luncheon, tours of the other gardens at TBG were available for our guests. Many also went to visit the Carruth Studio in Waterville to obtain decorative items for their homes and gardens.

Our herb garden at the Toledo Botanical Garden has been a joy to behold this summer. Many thanks to our members who work there on Tuesday mornings from spring to fall. Note our pictures of the garden that appear on this website. Come and visit TBG and all of the gardens there. You will not be disappointed.

Location Change: Our May meeting will be on Wednesday, May 20, in the Living Room of the Manor House at Wildwood Preserve Metropark from 9:30 am until noon. The topic will be “Creative Herb Gardening” and the speaker will be Cathy Manus-Gray. Come and join us to learn how creativity applies to herb gardening. All of our meetings are open to the public.

Tuesday, April 14, is our first scheduled Tuesday in the herb garden in 2009. We begin working at 9:30 am. Thiswill be a cleanup day. We have garden tools for you to use to rake leaves, etc to help uncover the herbs that are beginning to peek through the soil. We also need to trim plants and ask that you bring your pruners and a kneeling pad to make this a more comfortable task for you. Come and help us. There is a lot to be accomplished on this day, and also on all of the following Tuesdays throughout the growing season. we will welcome your help during any or all of these Tuesday mornings.

Our April meeting will be on Wednesday morning, April 15, at 9:30 am in the conference center at the Toledo Botanical Garden. Matt Ross, Horticulturist at TBG, will speak about “Designing a Garden Good Enough to Eat”. Come and join us and learn how to adapt his ideas to your own garden.

Our March meeting is on Tuesday, March 17 from 6:30 to 9:00 pm in the Conference Center of the Toledo Botanical Garden, 5403 Elmer Drive in Toledo, Ohio. The topic is “Native Plants in the Area” and the speaker is Jan Hunter from the Naturally Native Nursery. Come and join us and learn what our native plants are and how to grow and care for them.

Our social hour is from 9:30-10:00. At ten, Vicky Gallagher, the horticulturist from 577 in Perrysburg will speak about “Victory Gardens Yesterday and Today”. This talk will bring back memories for many of us about victory gardens during and after World War II. We will also hear ideas for planning our own gardens for this year. Come and join us in the Conference Center at the Toledo Botanical Garden, 5403 Elmer Drive, Toledo, Ohio.

The Maumee Valley Herb Society will again be a part of TBG’s annual spring plant sale. This year’s dates are May 7-10. On Thursday, the sale is for members only, but is open to the public Friday thru Sunday. Hours of the sale will be determined later. We will have more than 200 different herbs for you to purchase. The plant list is the same as last year and can be viewed on this website by scrolling down on the right side of the screen to List for Plant Sale May 8-10. This is the 2008 list. Members of MVHS will be available to answer questions concerning planting and growing herbs, and to assist you in making your purchases. Mark these dates on your calendar now, and plan to come to see us then. We will be happy to help you choose herbs for your garden.
You will find a flyer about the sale at maumeevalleyherbsociety@yahoo.com

This is the topic for our JANUARY meeting on WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21 at 9:30 AM in the Terrace Room of the Conference Center of the Toledo Botanical Garden. Speakers are Diane Thurber and Jeanine Roberts, Environmental Educators, TBG. They will use activities from the award winning curriculum of the Children’s Education Department at TBG and will make science come alive in the garden. This should be a fun experience for us all.