ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS 



Dedication of Teaching Herb 

 Garden at Elm Bank 



The New England Unit of the Herb 

 Society held a dedication ceremony on 

 Tuesday, Aug 23'^ to commemorate 

 this year's completion of the 

 Society's Teaching Herb Garden. The 

 Teaching Herb Garden located at 

 the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society's Elm Bank Horticulture 

 Center in Wellesley, was designed 

 by former chair Marie Stella Brynes. 

 Construction of the garden began in 

 2001 and additions to the garden over 

 the past 4 years have included the 

 hardscape, hedging, arbors and all 



signage for the varieties of herbs. 



The ceremony, which was 

 coordinated by the Herb Society's 

 Member Chair, Jane O'Sullivan, 

 included garden tours and speeches 

 by the Society's Chair Beryl 

 Feldman and Thomas Herrera- 

 Mishler, Executive Director of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



A Ginkgo tree, encircled by bench 

 stands center stage in the herb garden. 

 A variety of themed herb beds radiate 

 from the center. A few noteworthy herb 

 bedsarefragrance,culinary, friendship. 

 Native American and colonial theme 

 garden. Since Oregano is the 2005 



Herb of the year a special section of 

 the garden is devoted to a display of 

 different varieties of oregano. The 

 newest bed is the ecumenical bed, 

 featuring plants that have a religious 

 or symbolic importance to the five 

 major religions. Buddhism, Hinduism, 

 Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. 



The public is encouraged to visit 

 the Teaching Herb Garden and attend 

 future Herb Society events and sales 

 at Elm Bank. 



MASS Horticultural Society Press 

 Release: August, 24, 2005 



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