H E R B S C E N T S Volume 68 Issue 5
November 2010
Unit Meeting Herb Fair Wrapup Contest Growing from the Past
November Meeting at Holdens Lantern Court featuring Dr. Clem HamiltonPage 2
Meeting announced; requests for reimbursements are duePage 3
Wanted: Creative appetizers and hors doeuvres
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The Neffs and the WRHS garden
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Thymely Notes
And let us give thanks for someone to thank.Gerhard E. Frost
As I searched my inspirational material for a quote for this month there were so many to choose from. I even found a humorous Pilgrim verse...who knew they had a sense of humor? But this quote says it all.
We certainly have many to thank within our own unit. We enjoyed a most successful herb sale thanks to everyone who contributed their time and talents. And to our fearless leaders, Marjorie and Aina, who made sure we were all on task, and all the details were taken care of with set up at CBG. Thanks also, to all who helped with the Ripe Festival at CBG in Sept. This was a great venue to get the word out about who we are, our sale and our beautiful garden. Thanks in advance to everyone who signed up to help with the CBG Winter Show.Our tree will look great thanks to LouAnn and her committee and the children's activity will be fun and informative thanks to Tricia and her volunteers. Make sure and come to the Winter Show this year. It's a wonderful place to bring family and friends.
While we're all spending more time indoors now, take a moment to go to the HSA website and read the current newsletter. There is a wonderful picture of Olga Scott at the Nashville conference this summer. At our own website there is a new picture of the herb spiral in all it's glory. The sequence of pictures looks great.Thanks Kate, for sharing with all of us.
As we move into the season of warm cozy homes, spending time with our families anddelicious feasts, let's all be thankful for someone to thank.
Happy Thanksgiving,Bonnie
November Unit Meeting
Wednesday, November 17, 2010, 10:30 a.m. Note Time Change!Lantern Court at Holden Arboretum9500 Sperry Road; 440-946-4400Speaker: Dr. Clem Hamilton, President, Holden ArboretumTrees in the Landscape
Please bring your place setting and delicious culinary arts. Tea and coffee will be served.
Directions: Take I-90 to Mentor, Kirtland exit (#193), turn south on Route 306. Continue on Route 306 to the bottom of the hill. Turn left on Route 615. At first traffic light, turn right on Kirtland-Chardon Road. Travel 3.4 miles to the gatehouse entrance to Lantern Court.
Passengers may be dropped off at the house. Parking lot is just beyond. NOTE: Due to construction, the eastern entrances to Holden property are not easily accessible. Please follow the above directions to enter Holden facilities through December 2010.
Horticulture & Culinary Combined MeetingWednesday, November 3, 2010 at 10:30 AM
Place: Kate Williams at 24674 Hilltop Drive, Beachwood, OH 44122
Bring your most favorite appetizer or hors doeuvre, WITH recipe. We will conduct a fun contest with prizes for the most unusual and delicious appetizer. BUT you must bring the recipe to win.
We will revisit Dill, the 2010 Herb of the Year hoping that someone will have a new horticulture experience or use for this Herb to share. The 2011 Herb of the Year, Horseradish, will be introduced. HSA is requesting recipes, comments and experiences to be compiled for their Herb of the Year Booklet,-Horseradish Tales.
If you did not RSVP at the October Unit Meeting, RSVP to Nancy Samson at 216-381-7691 or Kate Williams at 216-272-7389.
Directions: The nearest intersection to Kates home is Cedar/Richmond. Go south on Richmond Road staying in the right lane. Go to the second street, Hilltop, turn right. Kates place is the 15th house on the right. Note, the monster tree with ivy all the way up. Park on the same side of the street as Kates home.
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Monthly Calendar
# Herb Fair Wrap Up Meeting# # # # # November 1# Joint Horticulture/Culinary Meeting# # # # November 3# Board Meeting## # # # # # November 10# Unit Meeting# # # # # # # November 17# Newsletter Articles/Notices Due# # # # November 19
Herb Fair Acknowledgements and Reminders
Thank you to those of you who contributed your time and talent to make our 65th Herb Fair a most memorable milestone. Special thanks to my illustrious Co-Chair Aina, whose support I greatly appreciate, and to the Dept. Chairs for their dedication and hard work.
Customers were warmly welcomed and proceeded down the fragrant hallway, stopping to enjoy the Garden Gifts and Tussie Mussie Departments. Clark Hall was again transformed into a fabulous Herbal Market. Products were beautifully displayed in every department.
We did not have as much product in some areas as in previous years, but business was brisk and the result rewarding. The weather was perfect. Hundreds of people enjoyed shopping and then proceeded to go outside to tour our Garden.
Harmony reigned and the sheer enjoyment of the day was felt by everyone. We heard many wonderful comments about our unique products and the friendliness of our members. If our main objective is to educate and promote the use of herbs, we certainly succeeded. Our members did a great job of educating our customers.
Set up and take down went well. Our customers appreciated having Will Call and it seemed to encourage them to purchase more items. The accounting group did a suburb job of collecting and counting the money.
The Fair wrap-up meeting for Department Chairs is Monday Nov 1st at 10:00 AM at my home. The meeting will be followed by a light lunch (RSVP - 247 4058.) Please bring 3 copies of your report and your folder along with suggestions and recommendations for the future.
Being the 2nd Vice Chair has been very rewarding and educational for me. The fellowship of our group working together is very special. My heart is filled with love and appreciation for the WRHS. Your talents never cease to amaze.
Wishing you all a Happy Thanksgiving. We all are truly blessed.Marjorie FowWays and Means Chair
Editors Note: Please remember to get your requests for reimbursements in to Jewelann Stefanar ASAP!
Raffle
Thanks to all of ourmembers!!! Without you we couldn't have had such a successful raffle table. There werewonderful donations from many of you, as well asfrom the following contributers: Bremac Nursery, Daisy Hill, Quailcrest, Western Reserve Wines, Bluestone Nursery, Petitti's, Lowe's Nursery, Breezewood Nursery and Organizing 4 U. Please thank them for their contributions when you visit their establishments. Also a warmthank you toCornelia Ryan, Corinne Reid, Priscilla Jones and Fran Grambo for helping me with everything! I couldn'thave done it without you!Kathy Walker, Raffle Chair
Culinary
Thank you to all who helped with the Culinary Department on Fair Day. Our Fair was very successful. The people who worked the day of the Fair were great, but there were many other workers who helped in set up and preparing and packaging products. Our success is due to all your hard work. Thanks again for all your work.Jan Downing, Gwen Zeits & Mardy Dane, Culinary Chairs
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Herb Garden News
The gardening season is coming to a close and the final winterizing activities are being completed. The bulbs have been planted so that we can all look forward to a beautiful Spring display of white tulips on the Terrace and pink and white in the Fragrance Garden plus blue hyacinths in Fragrance. Many thanks go to Robin Johanson for her help with planting of the bulbs. Robin has beenour faithful Horticulturist for the past 5 years and we are grateful to have her assistance and knowledge every Tuesday and Thursday. We also depend on her greatly when digging, hauling and lugging activities are needed.
The garden has experienced an overall good year with only the usual issues of not enough water, too much water, extreme heat and mystery insects - just the usual challenges of gardening. The Herb Spiral, which was suggested and designed by LouAnn Hanink, was a big success all season. It created an ideal opportunity for visitors to ask questions and learn about something quite unique which they could build themselves. Thanks to LouAnn and everyone who assisted in sharing bricks and helping to build the spiral and plant the plants.
Each and every part of the garden was well cared for by our diligent, faithful workers all season long. The results of those hot work days were rewarded time and time again when we heard visitors reply with "this garden is just lovely" or "I can't believe this is a volunteer garden" or thank you for making this such a beautiful garden.
I want to thank everyone who helped in the garden this year and to say it was a pleasure to learn from you, work with you and to be with you in the garden. The Western Reserve Herb Society Garden is truly a very special place. And remember.................
"What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity." - Joseph Addison
Sandy Melsop, Garden Chair
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November Birthdays
6 Margi Barratt7 Donna Greene
10 AnnShafer10 Ann Marie Zaller15 Cynthia Taylor16 Sandy Melsop25 Shirley Ricketts26 Marjorie Fow
29 Melanie Johnson
Growing from the Past
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Editors Postscript
As I take over responsibility of keeping everyone informed about the WRHS, I plan to look back to our stellar past and as well as to the future that is epitomized by our new members. Future issues will contain interviews with our new members as well as memorable moments of our past. These snapshots in time c
