Herb Talk in Athens, Greene County

On Thursday, October 22 at 1 PM, I will be speaking about herb gardening at the October meeting of the Athens Garden Club. The Athens Garden Club is not your average garden club. Their projects have earned them a reputation not only in New York but across the country as well.

My talk will cover all the basics of herb gardening including the thymely topics of harvesting storing and using them in teas and cooking. I will have several of my potted specimen herbs there at the talk including my Lemon Verbena which has grown to almost three feet tall and round, all from a four inch pot purchased this spring. As well, I will have cuttings growing in rock wool a medium used primarily for hydroponics. Rosemary, lavender and verbena cuttings are thriving in the rock wool cubes awaiting transplanting into an ebb and flow hydroponic system in my basement.

If you have never ventured into Athens you are missing a step back in time. Recently placed on the National Register of Historic Places (or Districts) (good for history buffs, bad if you want to paint your house), Athens retains a slow pace. So slow in fact a recent transplant commented on the fact that her new home in the village is within walking distance of everything but wishes there was more to walk to! Once home to thirteen brick factories, a ship building company and half a dozen ice houses, history is on every corner.

The village of Athens is located 5 miles north of the Rip Van Winkle Bridge on state route 385.
The meeting is held at The First Reformed Church, 11 Church Street in Athens. Easily found on Google or your GPS!