Herb Day, Saturday September 25th, 2010 9 am-3 pm - Cheekwood Botanic Hall

Herb Day 2010

September 25, 2010 9:00 am - 3:00 pm

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“About Time and Place: Heirloom Herbs and Historic Gardens”

The keynote speaker will be John Forti, a nationally recognized garden historian, ethnobotanist, and herbalist. John currently is Curator of Historic Landscapes at Strawbery Banke Museum, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire where he created an award-winning Victorian Hothouse exhibit, a Community Garden and a Seed-to-Table Program. During John’s tenure, Strawbery Banke has been named one of the “Top Ten Favorite Public Gardens” in People, Places and Plants gardening magazine reader/viewer polls. Before becoming curator at Strawbery Banke, John was horticulturist at Plimoth Plantation Museum for 12 years where he recreated and restored Native American and Colonial as well as the famous Olmsted Brothers landscapes. John is an author, radio and television contributor, and co-founder of “Slow Food Seacoast,” the local chapter of the worldwide “Slow Food” movement. He has served on the board of the Herb Society of America, and lectures and judges for the Boston and Portland spring flower shows.

Our second speaker is Nancy Vienneau, a local talent and author of an incredible blog, Good Food Matters (http://nancyvienneau.com/blog), where you will find spectacular recipes along with relevant cooking tips. Nancy’s first love was the fine arts: stained glass, painting and printmaking. However, because of her love of eating and her entrepreneurial spirit, Nancy formed her own full-service catering company, A Matter of Taste, which she ran for 16 years. Currently Nancy is a food writer, educator and activist. She writes weekly restaurant reviews for The Tennessean. She authored “The Catering Chronicles, A Comet’s Tail of Chocolate,” and she has written articles and poetry for other food-related publications. Nancy also teaches healthy, affordable cooking to children and adults, and vigorously promotes fresh, seasonal foods from local farmers. She instructs at the Second Harvest Food Bank’s Culinary Arts Center, serves on the Board of The Friends of the Nashville Farmer’s Market, and is a member of Food Security Partners of Middle Tennessee and Slow Food Nashville.