Success with Herbs:
Growing and Harvesting Cultivated and Wild Herbs for Food, Seasonings, Health, Well-Being, and Vitality
This hands-on workshop blends classroom learning with time in the garden and the field. We’ll cover how to successfully grow herbs started from seed, bare root, and transplants—and how to choose the right approach for different plants.
Together, we’ll walk to a nearby herb and pollinator garden to talk about tending spring herbs, supporting healthy growth, and knowing when and how to harvest different parts of the plant. We’ll also explore wild and cultivated herbs growing along the way and in a nearby community garden, with discussion of practical and traditional uses.
You’ll leave with a detailed handout to use as a long-term reference at home.
Additional workshop info:
Join us for lunch (included) from noon-1pm
All workshop materials are included.
This workshop is eligible for use with a season pass.
Youth under 18 may attend free with an adult registered for the same workshop (1 youth per adult).
Early-bird pricing ($55) is available through March 7. After that, the cost is $75.
Instructor: Henrietta Cummings
Henrietta Cummings is a local Herbalist. She has been studying medicinal herbs since the 1970s and wildcrafting and growing herbs using organic methods for almost as long. Her passions are being with the plants, sharing herbal knowledge through teaching classes and workshops, teaching individuals through hands-on study on the farm, and cultivating a wide variety of culinary and medicinal herbs. She plants at-risk and endangered herbs to help restore them in the wild, native herbs to attract a wide variety of local pollinators, and herbs from around the world to offer a large variety of medicinal herbs and to help these herbs continue to thrive.