Holborn Herb Growers Guild plans symposium to educate

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Holborn Herb Growers Guild is working on a Herb Symposium to take place March 24. Some members of the guild are, at bottom from left to right, Terry Ham, Carri Bookwalter and Johanne Edel. At top are Sue Kasmer, Peggy Mills, Mary Grace Fowler and Diane Playforth.

CANFIELD

The Holborn Herb Growers Guild will have a Herb Symposium on March 24 at Canfield Presbyterian Church, 1/2 mile west of the village green.

The symposium will last from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tickets cost $30 and can be purchased by calling Diane Playforth at 330-533-3802.

The Herb of the Year is the Rose.

Keith Kaiser, horticulturist at Mill Creek MetroParks, will speak about roses and show slides.

He oversees the nationally known rose garden at Fellows Riverside Gardens.

Tim Parks, owner of Parks Garden Center for more than 35 years, grows tens of thousands of annuals and perennials.

Growing herbs is just one of Tim’s interests.

Parks’ features its own brand of birdseeds, mixed and bagged daily.

Parks has turned birds into gourmet eaters.

It is the home of the No. 1 giant pumpkin growing club in the world.

Tim’s talk is titled “Why is That ...”

Karen Langan, owner of Mulberry Creek Herb Farm in Huron, Ohio, holds a degree in laboratory science and greenhouse production and management from Ohio State University.

She and her husband, Mark, grow more than 900 varieties of certified organic herbs.

She has grown herbs for years and opened her greenhouse in 1995.

Langan will demonstrate cooking with herbs.

Paul Carmichael, former owner of Lily of the Valley Herb Farm for 30 years and now executive director of Beech Creek Botanical Garden and Nature Preserve in Alliance, will discuss container, fairy and miniature gardens.

His specialties are botany and plant propagation, and he is passionate about educating others on horticulture.

Since its beginning in 1982, the Holborn Herb Guild has been educating the public about growing and using herbs.

The guild has planted two public gardens: in Boardman Park and in Western Reserve Village in Canfield, and members delight in giving tours.

They have plant sales, teas, and several members are public speakers on herbs.

All guests will leave with a herbal surprise.

HERB SYMPOSIUM

Schedule

9 to 9:30 a.m.: Tea, coffee, crumpets.

10 a.m.: Keith Kaiser on Roses.

11 a.m.: Tim Parks on “Why is That ...”

Noon: lunch.

12:30: Karen Langan on cooking with herbs.

2 p.m.: Paul Carmichael on container and miniature gardening, fairy gardens.

3 p.m.: Closing remarks