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  • Tuesday, December 4, 1:00 pm 0 3:00 pm – Infusing Your Life with Herbs for the Holidays

    There exists a quantity of pleasures to be encountered by using herbs in your everyday life. The aroma, taste, and visual delight of herbs can elevate your cuisine; help in cleaning your home; and bottle up a little bit of summer to help brighten a winter day. Using fresh herbs ensures that you not only enjoy the product of your labors, but a sensory experience as you create them.

    In this December 4 Massachusetts Horticulture class, from 1 – 3 in the Education Building at 900 Washington Street in Wellesley, Karen O’Brien will demonstrate how to make three items that will keep you in the holiday spirit. Make an honey-herb butter for holiday meals, craft a scented cinnamon stick tree, and put together a lavender/lemon salt scrub. Perfect for you or for gift-giving! Learn how to take simple household staples, such as butters, sugars, vinegars, and more and transform them into something special with the addition of fresh herbs, infusing your world with the scents and colors of summer. These products will enliven your household throughout the year, and will start your own herbal adventure.

    Karen O’Brien’s herbal business The Green Woman’s Garden is located in the southwestern town of Richmond, NH. She has unusual herb plants, including medicinals and native herbs for sale, runs workshops on various herbal adventures, and occasionally participates at farmers markets and fairs. Karen lectures and presents workshops on all aspects of herbs and gardening. She is the Botany and Horticulture Chair of The Herb Society of America, is past Chair of The New England Unit of H.S.A., is Secretary of the International Herb Association, and is Past President of the Greenleaf Garden Club of Milford. She is the editor and contributing author to several Herb of the Year™ books, including Capsicum, Savory, Artemisia, and Elderberry, produced by the IHA. Her gardens are a little like her – eclectic, a little bit wild, but well-intentioned.

    $35/Mass Hort member; $50/general admission. Register at www.masshort.org or call 617-933-4973.

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  • Saturday, June 27, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – Herb Gardening

    Karen O’Brien will guide participants through Elm Bank’s Teaching Herb Garden, and show how easy it is to propagate herbs, either by sowing, layering, dividing or through cuttings, in this Massachusetts Horticultural Society class on Saturday, June 27, from 10 – 12. Participants will take away an herb or two for their own gardens or pots, and a greater understanding of how herbs can enhance their lives.

    Karen O’Brien is a member of the New England Unit of The Herb Society of America (NEUHSA) and maintains their Teaching Herb Garden at Elm Bank. The NEUHSA installed the Teaching Herb Garden on the grounds of the Gardens at Elm Bank in 2001. The garden was designed by Marie Stella, a noted landscape historian and designer, and a former member of the New England Unit of The Herb Society of America.

    Please attend dressed to get your hands a little dirty in the garden. Lecture Fee: Mass Hort Members $5, Non-Members $8. Register online at www.masshort.org.

  • Wednesday, September 10, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm – Infusing Your Life with Herbs

    Learn how to take simple culinary staples, such as butters, sugars, vinegars, liqueurs and more and transform them into something special with the addition of fresh herbs. Infuse your pantry as well as the rest of your home with the scents and colors of summer, adding a year-round herbal experience. Sample an array of herb-kissed food products, which will enliven your meals throughout the year, and begin your own herbal adventure. This Massachusetts Horticultural Society class will take place on Wednesday, September 10 from 1 – 3 at Elm Bank, 900 Washington Street, Wellesley. $20 for Mass Hort members, $25 for non-members. Register on line at www.masshort.org, or call 617-933-4943.

    Karen O’Brien runs her herbal business, The Green Woman’s Garden, www.greenwomansgarden.com, in the central MA town of Mendon. She has unusual herb plants, including medicinal, for sale, runs workshops on various herbal adventures, and occasionally participates at farmers markets and fairs.

    She is the Development Chair of The Herb Society of America, currently serves as Chairman of the New England Unit of H.S.A., is Secretary of the International Herb Association, and is President of the Greenleaf Garden Club of Milford.

    A member of Garden Writers Association, she is the editor and contributing author to the latest Herb of the Year book on Artemisia, produced by the IHA.

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  • Thursday, September 19, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Preserving the Tastes of Summer Workshop

    Enjoy the fragrance and taste of fresh herbs while you create some delightful products that will capture the essence of herbs for your own use. in this Massachusetts Horticultural Society class featuring Karen O’Brien of The Green Woman’s Garden, you will make herb butter, herb vinegar and an herbal liqueur. Handouts with recipes will be provided.

    Karen O’Brien runs her herbal business “The Green Woman’s Garden” in the central MA town of Mendon. She has herbs and ornamental flowers for sale, runs workshops on various herbal adventures, and occasionally participates at farmers markets and fairs. She is the Development Chair of The Herb Society of America, currently serves as Chairman of the New England Unit of H.S.A., is Secretary of the International Herb Association, and is President of the Greenleaf Garden Club of Milford. She is the editor and contributing author to the latest Herb of the Year book on elderberry entitled Elder, produced by the IHA.  The class will take place at Elm Bank on Thursday, September 19, beginning at 7 pm.

    Cost – $10.00 for members, $15.00 for non-members. To register, or for more information, visit www.masshort.org.

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  • Friday, January 27, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm, and 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm – A Feast for the Senses: Sight, Smell, Tasteand Touch

    This Tower Hill Botanic Garden demonstration, in conjunction with Flora in Winter, will take you on a vacation for your senses – travel an herbal highway featuring culinary delights such as herb butters, syrups and cordials; scented treasures such as potpourris; feel good body products like massage oil and body powder; and visual delights such as pressed flower bookmarks and miniature dried flower arrangements. You will learn how simple it is to surround yourself with beautiful and unique items of an herbal nature. Handouts will be given to each participant with project directions. THBG member price $5, non-member price $8, presented by Karen O’Brien of The Green Woman’s Garden. The event will be given twice, once from 11 – 12:30, and again from 1:30 – 3:00. Register online at www.towerhillbg.org.