Resources

For information about the Cheekwood Herb Garden with descriptions of individual plants please click on the links for each section of the garden:
Flavor and Culinary Garden 
Medicinal Garden

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Here is a very informative episode of Volunteer Gardener about the Christmas freeze, filmed in January 2023. https://youtu.be/FlRu1zu2yLU

For info on alternatives to invasives and sustainable gardening, please click here.

For information about free on line webinars on different gardening topics offered by Bates Nursery each month, click here. 

To see the presentation by Kia Brown from the Nashville Food Project on vegetable gardening, and her planting calendar spreadsheet, click here.

For an article about international flavors using herbs and spices click here.

For an Herb Planting Calendar & Growing Guide from the Old Farmer's Almanac, click here.

To access a manual in plant nomenclature that explains scientific names, common names, cultivated and trade names, click here.
(Struwe, L. 2018-onwards. Botany Depot. https://botanydepot.com. Please note that you may download the pdf of this manual for personal use, but may not distribute the pdf to others). 

To see the 2023 plant sale presentations by HSN members, click here.

For information about companion planting, click here.

For information about herbal preparations, click here.

Other Articles by HSN members:

Herb Primer by Carol and Rob Stein

Culinary Garden Herbs That Repel Insects

History of Herb Society of Nashville Gardens

Spice of Life by Mary Cartwright

16 Best Herbs for A Tea Garden

Cardoon by Larry Banner

The Fabulously Colorful Asteraceae Plant Family by Judy Wright

Milk jug gardening  by Judy Wright 

Drying and preserving herbs by Nancy Coleman and Pat Hampton

Starting Your Own Herb Garden by Nancy Coleman and Pat Hampton

Introduction to the Herb Society—who we are, what we do by Nancy Coleman and Pat Hampton

Yarrow by Deb Robichaud

History of the Herb Society of Nashville by Shelly Rosenberg