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Herbal/Gardening Links
Below are selected herbal/gardening links. These do not represent endorsements by the Charlotte Herb Guild. Email the
Charlotte Herb Guild to have a website added to this list.
Herb Projects
Herb Festivals & Plant Sales
- SPRING HERB & PLANT FESTIVAL - sponsored by the Cabarrus County Master Gardener Volunteer Assn. ~ Concord, North Carolina
Saturday, April 18, 2009, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. At Piedmont Farmers' Market, 518 Winecoff School Rd., Concord, NC 28027. Over 75 vendors will be in attendance offering common & unusual herbs, perennials and much more.
- HERB & PLANT DAY - MINT HILL HISTORICAL SOCIETY ~ Mint Hill, North Carolina
Saturday, April 18, 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. at Mint Hill Historical Society. Featuring speakers, large selection of herbs and flowers and a Herbal Lunch served at 11:30, RSVP 704-545-4928 cost $15.00.
- WING HAVEN PLANT SALE and GIFT SHOP ~ Charlotte, North Carolina
April 22 - April 25, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., 248 Ridgewood Avenue, Charlotte, NC. FREE! Programs every day at 10:30 a.m. during the sale.
- A WORLD OF HERBS, plant sale, sponsored by the North Carolina Unit of The Herb Society of America ~ Greensboro, North Carolina
Thursday, April 23, 2009, 7:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. at the Greek Orthodox Church, 800 Westridge Road, Greensboro, NC.
- HERB FESTIVAL sponsored by the Herbal Thyme Herb Guild ~ Greensboro, North Carolina
Saturday, April 25, 2009, 7:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Outside Greensboro Farmers Market, 501 Yanceyvile Street & Homeland St. Vendors, music & dancing, face painting & kids' games.
- ASHEVILLE HERB FESTIVAL ~ Asheville, North Carolina
May 1, 2, & 3. If it's herbs, it's here! The NC Herb Association is celebrating its 20th year presenting the largest gathering of herb enthusiasts in the Southeast.
- PLANT SALE sponsored by the Union County Master Gardeners
May 9, 2009 at the Union County Agri-Service Center.
Educational
- Charlotte Herb Guild Speakers Bureau
This is a listing of Charlotte Herb Guild members who speak, along with their contact information and a listing of topics.
- Colonial Williamsburg
Includes information on their gardens and garden symposia.
- Culpeper: The Complete Herbal
Contains the complete text of this 16th century book on medicinal herbs.
- Garden Guides - Herbs
This site contains links to over fifty herb information sheets, complete with illustrations, along with many articles on herbs.
- Garden Notes
This is an online garden column on the News Channel 7 Upstate South Carolina website.
- Garden Web
Described as "The Internet's Garden Community", resources include many different gardening forums, links to garden-related mail order businesses, and a plant database.
- Henriette's Herbal Homepage
This site includes culinary and medicinal herb FAQs, the text of classic herbal works now in the public domain, a listing of plant names in various languages and over 4,000 plant images.
- Montreal Botanical Garden Green Pages - Herbs
Includes information on planning, cultivation, harvesting, pests, drying, storing and indoor growing. Available in French and English.
- P. Allen Smith
Professional garden designer P. Allen Smith provides tips from his gardening reports that are practical and useful guides to better gardening.
- Penn State Directory of Herbs
This directory provides detailed growing information for over fifty herbs.
- The Garden Watchdog
Lists every mail-order nursery and catalog and allows customers to rate them based on their experiences.
- The Herbal Encyclopedia
Answers herbal healing questions and questions regarding medicinal herbs and their many uses.
Garden Magazines
- Better Homes & Gardens
Contains articles on food, garden, house & home, entertaining, crafts, family, and shopping.
- Carolina Gardener
The Southeast's premier gardening magazine. Stay abreast of all the latest in regional gardening events and more.
- Fine Gardening
A magazine for people who are passionate about gardening, written by practicing experts in the field.
- Horticulture
Contains articles on plants, design, techniques, gardens, and gardeners.
Associations/Societies
- Backyard Wildlife Habitat Program
Learn how to attract birds, butterflies and other wildlife to your own backyard by certifying it with the National Wildlife Federation's Backyard Wildlife Habitat Program.
- Charlotte Council of Garden Clubs ~ Charlotte, North Carolina
The purpose of this group (of which the Charlotte Herb Guild is a member) is to promote interest in and provide information about all areas of horticulture.
- Garden Club of North Carolina ~ Raleigh, North Carolina
This is the umbrella organization for garden clubs in North Carolina. They are very active in sponsoring courses, awards, maintaining several public gardens, publishing a newsmagazine, etc.
- Herb Society of America ~ Kirtland, Ohio
Founded in 1933 for the purpose of furthering the knowledge and use of herbs. Includes links to profiles and guides for several herbs.
- Herb Society of Wake County ~ Raleigh, North Carolina
Ongoing activities of the society include sharing seeds, plants, and catalogs; craft workshops; herbal refreshments; maintaining the herb garden at Historic Oak View County Park; field trips to herb gardens; and their newsletter.
- Herbal Thyme Herb Guild ~ Greensboro, North Carolina
Their goal is to promote the knowledge of and enjoyment of herbs for their members and the general public through education, research and fellowship.
- National Garden Clubs, Inc. ~ St. Louis, Missouri
The purpose of this organization is to provide education, resources and National networking opportunities for its members to promote the love of gardening, floral design, civic and environmental responsibility.
- North Carolina Herb Association ~ Fletcher, North Carolina
Promotes the production, marketing, and the use of herbs and herb related products, in part by holding herb conferences (which Charlotte Herb Guild members can attend at the reduced member fee).
- The Garden Conservancy ~ Cold Spring, New York
The Garden Conservancy is a national, nonprofit organization to preserve exceptional American gardens for the public�s education and enjoyment.
Gardens
- Atlanta Botanical Garden ~ Atlanta, Georgia
Features the Fuqua Orchid Center, the Fuqua Conservatory, interactive children's gardens, and 30 acres of outdoor displays.
- Brookgreen Gardens ~ Pawleys Island, South Carolina
Brookgreen is the country's first and largest sculpture garden where some 550 works of American figurative sculpture
are displayed throughout breathtaking gardens.
- Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden ~ Belmont, North Carolina
A botanical garden that invites all to "come see how we're growing in the Carolinas".
- Edisto Memorial Garden ~ Orangeburg, South Carolina
Displays past and current award winning roses from the All-America Rose Selections. Some 4,000 plants representing at least 75 labeled varieties of roses are always on display in the gardens.
- Elizabethan Gardens ~ Manteo, North Carolina
A living memorial to America's original English colonists. Includes a Shakespearean herb garden.
- JC Raulston Arboretum at NC State University ~ Raleigh, North Carolina
A nationally acclaimed garden with a diverse collection of plants adapted for landscape use in the southeastern United States, especially the Piedmont of North Carolina.
- Le Jardin Ombrag� ~ Tallahassee, Florida
A plant collector's private garden in the deep south, the website features a database of his successes and failures with detailed plant information and images.
- Magnolia Plantation & Its Gardens ~ Charleston, South Carolina
A 17th century estate featuring a large collection of azaleas & camellias, biblical garden, horticultural maze, and tropical garden.
- Norfolk Botanical Garden ~ Norfolk, Virginia
More than 24 themed gardens to tour by boat, tram, or on foot, including a healing garden and a colonial herb garden.
- North Carolina Botanical Garden ~ Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Collections contain representatives of the approximately 4,700 species of plants native and naturalized in North and South Carolina, as well as herbs and horticultural plants from all over the world.
- Riverbanks Zoo & Botanical Garden ~ West Columbia, South Carolina
Scenic river views, spectacular valley overlooks, mass plantings of seasonal bulbs and a walled garden ablaze with color are but a few of the attractions greeting visitors.
- Sandhills Horticultural Gardens ~ Pinehurst, North Carolina
Features wetland, annual, succulent, conifer, ornamental grass, and formal English gardens.
- Sarah P. Duke Gardens ~ Durham, North Carolina
55 acres of gardens on the Duke University campus, home to 100s of indigenous southeastern plants.
- South Carolina Botanical Garden ~ Clemson, South Carolina
A 288-acre public garden offering a diversity of cultivated and natural landscapes and year-round public programming.
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte Botanical Gardens ~ Charlotte, North Carolina
Features a woodland garden, a hardy ornamental garden, and a greenhouse complex.
- Wing Haven Gardens and Bird Sanctuary ~ Charlotte, North Carolina
A three acre garden and bird sanctuary, enclosed on all sides by brick walls, in the heart of a quiet residential neighborhood.
Herb Sellers (cut/dried)
- Apothecary Herb Shop ~ Mooresville, North Carolina
The nation's premier supplier of "Signature Taste, Aged for Potency" herbal dietary supplements.
- Penzeys Spices ~ Brookfield, Wisconsin
Sells more than 250 spices, seasonings, herbs and gift boxes.
- Red Moon Herbs ~ Hendersonville, North Carolina
Wildcrafted and organic herbal remedies handcrafted by wise women of the Blue Ridge.
- Shenandoah Growers ~ Harrisonburg, Virginia
Dedicated to providing customers with the finest fresh-cut culinary herbs available.
- The Garlic Store ~ Fort Collins, Colorado
Your garlic gardening center.
- Village Herb Shop ~ Chagrin Falls, Ohio
Enjoy herbal theme shopping: two floors overflowing with unique products and garden gifts. Tour the herbal display and teaching gardens for pleasure and inspiration.
Nurseries/Seeds
- Blossom Farm ~ Columbia Station, Ohio
Grower of common & exotic herbs, and introducing hand-crafted herbal soaps & gifts.
- Burpee
America's oldest and most trusted seed company.
- Gourmet Gardens Herb Farm ~ Weaverville, North Carolina
For gardeners, herb lovers and visitors who look for unique garden art and local North Carolina crafts, as well as a variety of herbs, Gourmet Gardens is the place to visit in Western North Carolina.
- Mills Garden Herb Farm ~ Statesville, North Carolina
Owned by CHG member Madge Eggena, this is a fine source of naturally grown herb and flower plants, fresh-cuts and dried. Her plants are for culinary, medicinal and decorative purposes.
- Niche Gardens ~ Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Specializes in nursery-propagated wildflowers, southeastern natives, selected garden perennials, ornamental grasses and underused trees and shrubs.
- Papa Geno's Herb Farm ~ Roca, Nebraska
Sells more than 300 variety of herbs, 125 varieties of scented geraniums, and heirloom and gourmet vegetable seedlings.
- Park Seed ~ Greenwood, South Carolina
A large selection of annual, perennial, herb, and vegetable seeds and plants.
- PlantAmerica
Besides selling products, the website has what they describe as the world's largest plant encyclopedia, as well as many garden tutorials.
- Plant Delights Nursery ~ Juniper Level, North Carolina
Their goal is to offer the best, the newest, and the strangest, in fun, garden-worthy perennials to gardeners around the world.
- Richland Creek Herb and Flower Farm ~ Seagrove Level, North Carolina
Supplies privately owned garden centers throughout North Carolina with beautiful herbs, flowers, and gourmet vegetable plants.
- Richters Herbs ~ Goodwood, Ontario
Sells herb seeds, plants, and dried herbs; gourmet vegetables; and more.
- Sandy Mush Herb Nursery ~ Leicester, North Carolina
Cultivates 1,600 culinary, tea, decorative and traditional medicinal herbs, flowering perennials, scented geraniums, dye & fiber plants, ivies, natives and woodies.
- Seed Savers Exchange ~ Decorah, Iowa
Saves "heirloom" (handed-down) garden seeds from extinction through members that grow and distribute heirloom varieties of vegetables, fruits, grains, and herbs.
- Seeds of Change ~ Santa Fe, New Mexico
Offers 100% certified organic seeds, plants and foods.
- The Rosemary House ~ Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
One of America's oldest herb shops, they sell everything to do with herbs.
- Wildseed Farms ~ Fredericksburg, Texas
Features seeds for over 80 varieties of wildflowers, regional wildflower mixes, exotic garden varieties, and herbs.
Garden Art/Decorations/Crafts
- Carruth Studio
Hand cast stone designs for your home and garden.
- Design Toscano
Historical European reproductions for home and garden.
- GardenArtisans.com
An online store for arbors, trellises, birdhouses, feeders, lighting, furniture, and more.
- Nfuz/Sudzsoap ~ Matthews, North Carolina
An online store for handcrafted glycerin soaps created with home grown herbs and essential oils.
Cooking
Other
- Appleton's Books & Genealogy
Owned by CHG member Jennifer Schmidt.
- Susan Wittig Albert & Bill Albert Partners in Crime HQ
Susan Wittig Albert is a nationally-recognized speaker on the history and lore of herbs and the creator of the critically-acclaimed China Bayles herbal mysteries. Her website, MysteryPartners.com, includes links to information about herbs as well as various herbal recipes.
- Pleasant Lake Software ~ Manchester, Michigan
They are the creator of the Premier Gardens
Home Garden Software.
- Timber Press ~ Portland, Oregon
Timber Press is a publisher of books about gardening, horticulture, botany, natural history, and the Pacific Northwest.
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