Charlotte Herb Guild Speakers Bureau
Listing of Charlotte Herb Guild members who speak, along with their contact information and a listing of topics.

Garden Guide sheets
Searchable database of gardening information and articles. Online gardening information, providing thousands of pages of detailed and extensive information on plants, pests, gardening tips & techniques, gardening recipes, seeds & bulbs, gardening books, nurseries & landscapers, and much more.

Garden Web
Described as "The Internet's Garden Community", resources include many different gardening forums, links to garden-related mail order businesses, and a plant database.

A Modern Herbal Home Page
Index of more than 800 varieties of herbs and plants, word search of the text, recipes, and an index of poisonous plants.

Gernot Katzer's Spice Pages
Information on 117 different spice plants. Emphasis is on their usage in ethnic cuisines, particularly in Asia; furthermore, I discuss their history, chemical constituents, and the etymology of their names.

NC Cooperative Extension Service
Plant fact sheets on herbs, NC Resources, Horticulture on the Internet, garden topics, etc.

Dave's Garden Plant Files
Over 46,444 plants and 134,801 images listed in our plant database which gives an authoritative compilation of the most commonly grown plants from across the world -also includes cultivation information.

Container Gardening
Offers all the perks and challenges of gardening in a bed. There is almost nothing that can't be grown in a container. Containers give you the chance to experiment and try different plants. Has links to various web sites.

Old Fashioned Living
Old fashioned cooking, gardening, crafting, holidays & family traditions. Also includes afternoon tea etiquette, menus, recipes and traditions for an afternoon tea.

USDA Plant Database
Online USDA database of information, images, and links on plants in the USA, including crops and invasives. Search by name, geographic distribution.

Gardening in a Bucket
--a portable garden for kids. Lets kids create a personal, private garden that they can carry with them, take care of, show off and enjoy.

Gardening for Kids
basic tips, kid-friendly plants, gardening links, plant facts.

Herb World Online
- numerous links to herbal marketing & information.

Using Herbs as Companion Plants to Deter Pests
--gives list of pests, and plants that can be used to help deter.

Longcreek Herbs
Features Jim Long - Herb of the Year - recipes.

The Old Farmer's Almanac
- Gardener's Companion.

Better Homes & Gardens
Herb Gardening Tips: basic growing information about herbs, garden ideas, herb bouquets, etc.

Carolina Gardener
Gardening on the go. Events to attend in the Carolinas.

Fine Gardening
Garden Design: plants to use to coordinate a garden theme, use of color, shade, ornaments, fences, containers, etc.

Herb Companion
A bimonthly magazine devoted to the interests of vocational herb gardeners, cooks, crafters and general enthusiasts.

Herb Quarterly
Each issue introduces readers to new herbs and fascinating herbal lore; provides tips on hard to grow varieties and medicinals; showcases gardens from around the world; and temps the palate with seasonal menus and tantalizing recipes built around herbs and edible flowers.

Herb Society of America ~ Kirtland, Ohio
Founded in 1933 for the purpose of furthering the knowledge and use of herbs. Includes links to profiles and guides for several herbs.

Herbal Thyme Herb Guild ~ Greensboro, North Carolina
Their goal is to promote the knowledge of and enjoyment of herbs for their members and the general public through education, research and fellowship.

Rosemary-n-Thyme Herb Society ~ Gastonia, NC
Their goals are to raise awareness of healthful benefits of using herbs through monthly meetings and community involvement. Foster friendship, information sharing, plant and recipe exchanges. Offer educational opportunities from speakers, members and workshops.

Downloadable booklet of gardens in NC (must have Acrobat Reader)

Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens ~ Richmond, VA
The garden offers year-round beauty with more than 40 acres of spectacular gardens and the mid-Atlantic's only classically styled Conservatory open to the public. Great shopping and dining plus a new Children's Garden with a Tree House make the Garden a fun place to visit anytime. The garden also features perennial and Victorian gardens, exotic Asian valley, wetland areas, and a study garden.

Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden ~ Belmont, North Carolina
The garden offers year-round beauty with more than 40 acres of spectacular gardens and the mid-Atlantic's only classically styled Conservatory open to the public. Great shopping and dining plus a new Children's Garden with a Tree House make the Garden a fun place to visit anytime. The garden also features perennial and Victorian gardens, exotic Asian valley, wetland areas, and a study garden.

Elizabethan Gardens ~ Roanoke Island, Manteo, North Carolina
The garden has unique appeal to horticulturists with its myriad varieties of plants; to nature lovers with its wildflowers and indigenous shrubs and trees; and to history buffs with its historic setting at the site of the first English Colony in the New World.

JB Raulston Arboretum ~ Raleigh, North Carolina
The JC Raulston Arboretum is a nationally acclaimed garden with the most diverse collection of plants adapted for landscape use in the southeastern United States. Plants especially adapted to Piedmont North Carolina conditions are collected and evaluated in an effort to find superior plants for use in southern landscapes.

NC Botanical Gardens ~ Asheville, NC
The Gardens feature a wide variety of wildflowers and flowering trees and shrubs that are native to the Southern Appalachians. Visit regularly to see what's new. Offers classes for adult education, botany, and for the Young Naturalist.

NC Botanical Garden ~ Chapel Hill, North Carolina
UNC-Chapel Hill is nationally known as a conservation garden. Display gardens: Native Plant Border, Native Water Gardens, Carnivorous Plant Collection, Garden of Flowering Plant Families, Horticultural Therapy, Demonstration Garden, The Mercer Reeves Hubbard Herb Garden, Coastal Plain and Sandhills Habitat Gardens,Mountain Habitat Garden, Fern Collection. Totten Center offers classes, workshops, lectures & special events.

Orton Plantation ~ near Wilmington, NC
Located near the southeastern NC coast offers an impressive set of formal and informal gardens on 20 acres. Wildlife and birdlife abound on the former rice plantation that prides itself on its enormous live oaks and overall landscaping.

Sarah P. Duke Gardens ~ Durham, North Carolina
The crown jewel of Duke University, renowned both for landscape design and the quality of horticulture. Information about visiting, events, and gardening.

UNC-Charlotte Botanical Gardens ~ Charlotte, North Carolina
Garden, and the McMillan Greenhouse: The 7-acre Van Landingham Glen is a woodland garden showcasing native plants of the Carolinas, as well as being one of the most diverse rhododendron gardens in the Southeast. The 3-acre Harwood Garden boasts year-round attraction - with an impressive diversity of hardy ornamental landscape plants, meandering paths, a pond with waterfalls, an oriental gazebo, and naturalistic rock-work throughout. The McMillan Greenhouse complex consists of 8 "rooms", plus surrounding beds, terraces, and a courtyard bog garden featuring carnivorous pitcher plant hybrids. The greenhouse contains an outstanding orchid collection, a rainforest conservatory, desert succulents, and many plants from the world's tropical habitats.

Magnolia Gardens ~ Charleston, SC
Founded in 1676 by the Drayton family, Magnolia Plantation has survived the centuries and witnessed the history of our nation unfold before it from the American Revolution through the Civil War and beyond. It is the oldest public tourist site in the Lowcountry, and the oldest public gardens in America, opening its doors to visitors in 1872 to view the thousands of beautiful flowers and plants in its famous gardens.

Riverbanks Zoo & Botanical Gardens ~ Columbia, SC
The Riverbanks Garden boasts 70 acres of unparalleled beauty. Dramatic and themed gardens showcase more than 4,200 species of native and exotic plants, providing a living classroom for gardeners and non-gardeners alike. In contrast, natural river views and valley overlooks in the adjacent woodlands blaze a scenic trail to historic ruins from the 1800s. It features a shade garden, bog garden, dry garden, walled garden, and an old rose garden.

National Botanical Garden
Established by Congress in 1820, the United States Botanic Garden is the oldest botanic garden in North America. It currently maintains about 26,000 plants. The plants are used for exhibition, study, and exchange with other institutions. The Garden's noteworthy collections include economic plants, medicinal plants, orchids, cacti and succulents, bromeliads, cycads, and ferns. The staff maintains extensive computerized records of the plants in the Garden's collections.

National Herb Garden
It is the largest designed herb garden in the nation that includes annual, perennial, and woody herbal plants. The heart of the National Herb Garden is the ten Theme Gardens, where a wide variety of plants are brought together to illustrate the ways that herbs help us and their importance in different cultures. The Dye Garden, Medicinal Garden, Culinary Garden, Fragrance Garden, Industrial Garden, and Beverage Garden feature the different ways in which herbs are important in our daily lives. The Native American Garden, Colonial Garden, Asian Garden, and Dioscorides Garden depict the herbs that are important to different cultures and different historical periods. Check out the Arboretum Plant Photo Gallery.

Botanique ~ Gardens to visit in USA by State/City
USA Map allows viewer to click directly on map to select state in US on the Botanique site. Receive a listing by state/city of gardens, arboreta, and nature sites.

Reynolds Gardens (Part of Wake Forest University) - Winston-Salem. Offers 125 acres of fields and woods with nature trails, a formal garden and more. Open to the public free of charge. A preserve of woodlands, fields, wetlands and formal gardens originally part of the Reynolds estate. Has community events, lecture series during the University Schedule: Fall-Spring.

Witherspoon Rose Culture, Durham, NC Founded in 1951, Witherspoon Rose Culture is a wonderful source of top quality rose bushes. Get expert rose advice, learn about upcoming classes and special events on this web site.

Lavender Sunshine Farm
Lavender grown using organic practices to develop unique, farm fresh lavender products for body, gifts and weddings. Web site also contains recipes using lavender.

2007 Herb of the Year: Lemon Balm

Edible Flowers Chart
Identify the flower exactly and eat only edible flowers, and edible parts of those flowers. ...Has chart description & comments.

Farmers' Markets, NC

Sloan Kettering Medicinal Herbs for Cancer
This information resource provides evidence-based information about herbs, botanicals, supplements and more.

North Carolina Festivals/Southern Festivals
Southern Festivals lists festivals and events in the South including North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. It features informative articles on festivals, fairs, vendors and entertainers for the travel & tourism industry. Click a state at the top for their web page for additional information & calendar. If you are hosting a festival or want to attend a festival in NC or VA, check out this web site for events near your geographic area.

All-A-Flutter (Butterfly Farm) Highpoint, NC
Great for children. We have a flight house and a small presentation area to entertain visitors. The group tour will last 40-45 minutes, and includes a 20 minute presentation and question and answer session covering the Monarch, its lifecycle, nectar plants, etc.

Making Your Own Mixes
Homemade mixes are also one of the best Christmas gifts. Baking Mixes , Beverage Mixes, Homemade Cookie Mixes, Homemade Side Dish Mixes, Convenience Food Mixes, Homemade Sauce and Gravy Mixes, Salad Dressing Mixes, Seasoning and Dip Mixes, Soup Mixes.

Open House Ideas
Open House Holiday Menu with recipes.

Making & Presenting Gifts
Frugal Recipes plus ideas for presenting food gifts - homemade can taste so much better.  Instructions for making Herbal Salts & Sugars.

Herbal butters, vinegars, vodka
Instructions for how to make herbal preserves, butters, vinegars & Vodka.

Christmas cocoa mix & other beverage mixes
Christmas cocoa mix, hot chocolate mix, flavored coffee creamers.

Recipe goldmine - Holidays
Recipes & crafts for various holidays, not just Christmas. Can access other recipes on the web site, gardening recipes, gifts in a jar recipes -- has free culinary e-books.

Making your own Schnapps
Flavored schnapps is easy to make. All you need is a glass jar, some schnapps, vodka or pure grain alcohol, and some natural flavorings.