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Currently we have about 100 members that meet once a month except July, August and December. Our meetings are generally held the 3rd Monday of each month and start at 7:00p.m. at the Assiniboine Park Conservatory in Winnipeg, Manitoba. For more information on upcoming speakers, visit the News and the Programming pages.
General Meetings are open to the public, however, there is a $5.00 charge for guests to attend. Individual membership is $20.00/year (Canadian funds).
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Our 13th HerbFest took place on July 17, 2011 at Assiniboine Park, Winnipeg, Manitoba. HerbFest is FREE to the public. Activities at past HerbFests have included:
- Children's Activities, such as face painting and crafts
- Craft / Herbal Vendors
- Workshops & Speakers
- Music / Entertainment, such as clowns and roving musicians
- Tours of our Herb Garden, located on the Conservatory grounds
- Herbal Teas & Refreshments
- Herb Plant Sales
Our 6th and last Evening in Paradise was held at the Assiniboine Park Conservatory in April of 2008. This popular event was a special fundraiser for HerbFest. Always a very enjoyable evening, featuring wonderful music, food, and good company... special thanks are due to Grace Hicks for her efforts in organizing these events as well as the many other people involved in helping make them a success.
Our Outreach Program is one way the Society fulfills its mandate by sharing our knowledge of herbs with the community through the donation of herbs to non-profit, self-help groups. The recipient groups must be able to plant, maintain and use a gift of herbs. Over the years, since 1997, a wide variety of such groups have received our herbal donations, and some lovely gardens have been the result.
The Society also distributes an interesting and informative quarterly
newsletter to its membership called The Prairie Sage Quarterly
(PSQ). The
PSQ contains information about our upcoming speakers and
activities as well as informative book reviews and articles on the use
of herbs, including recipes.
The Society's Herb Garden, located near the Conservatory at Assiniboine
Park, became a reality in the spring of 1997 when the Women's Television
Network (WTN) was filming a program called the Herbal Primer. The Herb
Society of Manitoba continues to maintain and develop this lovely garden
designed by Landscape Architect and Herb Society member, Natasa Juck of
Hilderman Thomas Frank Cram. Herb Society members volunteer their time
and efforts each season to plant, maintain and harvest herbs from the
garden. Donations toward the ongoing upkeep of the garden can be made by
sending a cheque or money order made out to the Herb Society of
Manitoba: Herb Garden and mailing it to the Herb Society of Manitoba,
PO Box 61004 RPO Grant Park, Winnipeg,
MB, Canada R3M 3X8.
Make sure you visit our lovely garden when you visit the park!
To contact us for more information,
either write to the following
address:
Herb Society of Manitoba
PO Box 61004 RPO Grant Park
Winnipeg, MB R3M 3X8
Or contact us by email at:
herbs@herbsocietymb.com
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