New Year, New Decade and a Fresh Start for You!
                           Presented by Mary Landies
Saturday, February 20  11:00 am - 12:00 pm
An informational class and a strategy that will help you maneuver your way through Detoxing yourself and your environment.
With demonstrations and explanation of the benefits of ear candling, the Neti Pot and how to swallow a clove of garlic without tasting it! You'll leave with recipes for making your own household cleaners and a very do-able plan to boost your immune system and your overall well-being. 
Join Mary Landies, reflexologist, for this 'feel good' class that lasts approx. 45 minutes.
Reservations please. Contact Mary directly at 440-279-3202 to sign up.
Fee: No Charge  

 

Saturday, March 13                       Aromatherapy 101 
11:00 am to 12:00 noon      How to Get Well from the Smell!"

Confused about what aromatherapy is and what it can do for your life. Join us to learn the essential facts about aromatherapy. Learn how you can “Get Well From the Smell” of natural plant essences. Learn the definition of essential oils and experience the effects of different scents. Essential oils can effectively and safely heal and soothe. Would you like to feel alert and be less sleepy?, have more energy?, sleep better?, relax?, have a better memory?, be happier? Let us show you simple methods to use aromatherapy safely. Learn how to blend essential oils and use them in your every day life. Class will take home an essential oil kit including the six most used essential oils for health and well being including a booklet on how to use these essential oils for aromatherapy.

Reservations required.
Class Fee: $25.00
Includes aromatherapy kit with essential oils and instructional booklet. Class fee without kit: $15.00

Please specify if you will be signing up for class with or without the kit and booklet.

Saturday, March 27
1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
                                 Abbots, Arbors and Flowering Meads:
                                        A Medieval Garden of Herbs

Presented by Kathleen Gips
As told by Lady Catherine of Louvain, circa 1429

Lady Catherine will arrive at your banquet hall in full medieval costume and character. She will curtsey to each guest while Gregorian chant music announces her arrival. The Lady is presented with the task of being a mentor to the group of young maids in the audience who desire to become proper ladies in the year of our Lord, 1429. The Lady of a medieval manor has a vast knowledge of herbs and uses them to promote the well being of her family and her home. Important herbs of this time period will be described with instruction and practice.
Lady Catherine will come prepared to demonstrate her daily duties. Young maids from the audience will be asked to show their skills in various tasks as taught by the Lady including preparing the hall with strewing herbs, sprinkling the guests with rose water, combing their hair with a rosemary branch and beautifying their face with orris root powder. There will be a rosemary bride’s parade. The Lady will show how to dispel witches and prepare a proper “stew” or herbal bath for healing.
This program is light and humorous while, at the same time, educational about the uses of herbs in medieval times. It will include audience interaction with props and demonstrations. Lady Catherine will be in character throughout the program until her final exit. She will answer any questions about herb gardening during the Middle Ages. She will explain her costume and talk about the research done for this program at Gaasbeek castle in the Burgundy area of Belgium.

Join us for the celebration of the first day of spring with a sampling of Meade and medieval fare.

Note: Wear medieval attire and receive magical herbs from Lady Catherine. Reservations Required.
Program fee; $15.00.

April 10, Saturday
11:00 am - 12:00 noon
Rootbeer Plant, Samphire and Other Unusual Plant Varieties
Presented by Karen Langon of Mulberry Creek Herb Farm

DIversity is the specialty at Mulberry Creek Organic Herb Farm. What’s on the cutting edge in the plant world? We grow and know how to use over 400 varieties of herbs. See, feel and smell a couple dozen of them an open your eyes beyond Genovese Basil and French Thyme. We will have a selection of these unusual herbs available for special purchase after the program.

Karen and Mark Langon own Mulberry Creek Herb Farm which supplies the Village Herb Shop with our organic and unusual herbs each season. Plant variety and education are the strong points of Mulberry Creek. At present, they grow over 7000 varieties of culinary and useful herbs, miniature perennials and heirloom vegetable plants. Karen and Mark are herb growing experts who actually use herbs for cooking, healing, relaxing and living! Join Karen for an inspiring talk about herbs.

Class Fee: $15 - includes one free herb plant


When will the Herb Plants Arrive at the Herb Shop?
Hardier varieties such as lavender, rosemary, sage, tarragon, chives will be available in mid-April. Since we do not have a green house, all of our plants are “seasoned-off” and ready to plant when we have them for sale. Tender varieties such as lemon balm and mint will be available in late April and the most tender varieties such as basil, marjoram will arrive in early May. Tropical plants like lemon verbena and lemon grass break dormancy late and will be available in  mid-May. New herbs are delivered every week. Our unusual and organic herb selections are delivered early every Friday morning. Look for these special herb selections on their own display located next to the herb garden in the front garden area.

April 15 - Herb Plants Arrive!
We Take Herb Plant Special Requests!
Call in your herb plant requests to our plant request file.
We will be happy to take your herb plant requests, order the plants for you and call you when your plants arrive.
Check your herb plant wish list now and give us a call!
(Herb plants available April through July.)


Hints from the Herb Lady:
Herb seeds are more successful when planted directly in the ground or in pots in April when the soil is warm enough to till. Herbs really are not happy indoors!

Basil must have a warm soil temperature to thrive. Plant basil plants or seeds when night temperatures are 50 degrees or warmer. Until then, keep basil in a pot outdoors during the day and bring indoors at night.

Rosemary prefers cool, bright conditions indoors. Move the rosemary plants outdoors as soon as night temperatures are over 30 degrees and pot soil will not freeze. This is usually in late March in our area. Move rosemary indoors on the days we have snow or ice.

April 21             Herb Gardening Club
Join our Green Team of herb garden enthusiasts.
Our club will meet the second Wednesday of every month. We will work two hours to maintain the herb garden in the front of our shop. Learn to manage your herb garden by working in ours. Learn how to plant and maintain an herb garden by practicing hands-on gardening techniques. Each month club members will learn the best techniques to plant, fertilize, cultivate, grow and harvest herbs with organic gardening practices.

We will discuss uses of herbs and share the harvest. Come dressed for gardening and prepared to work in the garden from 10 am to 12 noon. Bring tools, scissors and gloves. After gardening, bring a sandwich and join Kathleen for lunch with an edible flower salad and herbal bread. We will enjoy new friendships and have an informal question and answer session. Unable to work in the garden? Bring your own lawn chair and learn while you watch us work. Membership is FREE.  Join anytime. Reservations Please.

Work in Gardens: 10:00 - 12:00 pm
Mini herb class and lunch 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Herb Garden Focus
Wednesday, April 21 - Inaugural Meeting : Spring clean up, prune and feed roses, soil cultivation, plant hardy herbs, bone meal application
Wednesday, May 19 - Plant edible flower seeds, organic soil toning, lime application, planting of annual herbs

Herb Gardening Club Benefits
Herb Garden Knowledge and Learning from fellow herb gardeners. Free fresh cut herbs from the garden. Plant exchange among members. More….

Trade baskets for Potpourri:
Please donate your clean, unwanted baskets to the Village Herb Shop. We will trade for a scoop of our hand-blended potpourri. The Village Herb Shop uses these baskets for gift wrapping, programs and classes for groups. Thank you for recycling.

WE ARE HIRING: Are you interested in working at the Village Herb Shop on the weekends? We are hiring seasonal help beginning in April. Come join our team and learn more about herbs.