Presented by Meg Vandereedt
Jeannie is a horticulturist/botanist who trained at The New York Botanical Garden and at Sarah Lawrence College. She is a lifetime gardener who learns something new every day. Jeannie is the co-founder of The Delray Beach Children’s Garden.
The Delray Beach Children’s Garden is a non-profit with the mission of eco-consciousness in children through nature education and play. It is located in downtown Delray Beach. Check out the website at: delraybeachchildrensgarden.org
We are looking for presenters! Do you enjoy making gifts for your family and friend for the holidays? We could use your help! Anything related to herbs, garden, cooking, crafting, teas, candy, soap making, holiday decorating the ideas are endless! We need you PLEASE, this event is so well loved by our members and we the EHS’s board love to present, but we are really needing some help with this. It’s pretty simple, a quick 5-10 minute talk/demo of your gift with a description for the Gifts that Grow handout and you're back in your seat with applause and fanfare! Talk to Meg at the September meeting.
Ms. Wolberg will be at our September 25, 2018 meeting to update us on the many programs planned for the garden in the future. The Mounts Botanical Garden is very fortunate to have Rochelle, who brings new ideas transforming the garden into a jewel of Palm Beach County that is worthy of everyone’s visit.
My weekly visits to groom the Herb Garden at the Mounts, is something I look forward to every Thursday. Just driving into the parking lot in the back and getting out of the car, you sense a change that is calming. The air smells earthy and cleaner, the colors are so vivid. Sometimes I come across wildlife such as a raccoon family and I learned you can’t get too close to the babies or suddenly the Mama appears, gets up in a sitting position and hisses. Oops, it’s time to exit. I have seen bees selecting a decorative huge pot as their bee hive, at first all I heard was humming, but quickly determined to stay away. That bee hive has been taken care of and left its premises. I feel safer.
So now, I have arrived at the Herb Garden to take up the job of pruning, planting, watering and working with the staff to keep it looking like it’s cared for.
This time of the year, everything is growing and looking lush. At the entrance to the garden, we have two very large
I’m a freelance writer, gardening consultant and designer, and have been a Master Gardener since 2003. I was the Guild Coordinator for the Mounts nursery for five years, and still continue to propagate plants and introduce new ones to sell in the nursery. I also took care of the Mounts butterfly garden for six years, and am still involved with the Connoisseurs Tour on a limited basis. I’ve written for the
The meeting of EHS on May 29th, took care of all the herb plants that were left over from the April Plant Sale. The Raffle tables were filled with pots of plants that had doubled in size under the care of Mary Wickensheimer, Meg Vandereedt and Ingrid Menz. Some big scented geraniums and Tom Hewitt’s donation of Starry Rosinweed, which was featured as the plant of the month in our Newsletter, these plants were especially appealing to the members that bought tickets. So, lots of tickets sold, lots of members and guests took home lots of plants. And our thanks again to Mary for chairing the sale at the Mounts. It is no small feat.
May’s program delved into everything known about hops much of which
May’s EHS Member Speakers are:
Our Speakers for May will cover four aspects of this plant: Leslie - History and Folklore; Marci - Food and Beverage; Meg - Medicinal and Growing - by the Board.
The Master Gardener Fall Class of 2017 is helping the Coleman Park after school kids learn to grow their own food and we are in need of some herb donations for the garden. Many of these children aren’t always sure where their next meal will come from and the garden will give them food to take home for their families to enjoy and teach them how to grow their own food at home. A farmer donated vegetable seeds but the kids want to grow herbs too. If you have some extra seeds or some cuttings you can donate to the garden please contact Chris Radentz at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or (561) 889-8343 or bring your donation to the September or October EHS meeting. We will have someone at these meetings to pick up any donations. If you are interested in volunteering to help with the garden project please contact Chris at the contact information above. We thank you in advance for your help with this community project!
A delightful, enthusiastic member of both Evening Herb Society and a Board Member of the Begonia Society, Petra Russell, lost her dear husband suddenly and unexpectedly, just as he was moving everything from their New York place down to Florida. At the same time, their daughter
Read more ...introduced to Evening Herb by his friends, members Lynn and Walter Smelt. He made his mark as a willing “guy” member, opening bottles and things that resisted female’s hands, helping in clean-up, and regularly bringing a multi-flavored cheesecakes to the Tasting Table. He promised to bring one
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