Herb Festival, Spring Plant Sale, and Tomatomania March 21, 2010

We are happy to announce that Dr. James Duke will be our honored guest at this years Herb Festival. He is the author of The Green Pharmacy(R) Guide to Healing Foods: Proven Natural Remedies to Treat and Prevent More than 80 Common Health Concerns, which was published in 2009. He will give a presentation each day on foods as medicines, featuring spices especially, and will sign copies of his book.Additionally, there will be guided tours of the herb garden, on-going speakers on garden and herb-related topics, Herb Festival Market-place, the A-Z of Herbs information booths, and the SDBG Spring Plant Sale. Back by popular demand is Tomatomania(R) with lectures and plenty of hybrid tomato seedlings.Childrens activities will focus on dill, the Herb of the Year.Program: We are happy to announce that Dr. James Duke will be our honored guest at this years Herb Festival. He is the author of The Green Pharmacy(R) Guide to Healing Foods: Proven Natural Remedies to Treat and Prevent More than 80 Common Health Concerns, which was published in 2009. He will give a presentation each day on foods as medicines, featuring spices especially, and will sign copies of his book.Additionally, there will be guided tours of the herb garden, on-going speakers on garden and herb-related topics, Herb Festival Market-place, the A-Z of Herbs information booths, and the SDBG Spring Plant Sale. Back by popular demand is Tomatomania(R) with lectures and plenty of hybrid tomato seedlings.Childrens activities will focus on dill, the Herb of the Year.Program:11:00 am Ecke Building Tracy Kinnaman An Introduction to Biodynamic Agriculture Larabee House Steve Schechter Local Therapuetic Herbs For Health and Self Healing Herb Garden Luna Rose Is There a Doctor in the House?12:00 pm Ecke Building Julia Dashe Cultivating Resilience: S. D. Roots Sustainable Food Project/Seeds at City Urban Farms Larabee House Charlotte Tenney Detecting Herbal Action Through Flavors Herb Garden Steve Schechter Learn Therapeutic and Culinary Uses of Plants1:00 pm Ecke Building Dr James Duke Spices and Other Medicinal Foods2:00 pm Ecke Building Dr Ze'v Rosenburg Yang Sheng: Nourishing Life With Chinese Medicine Larabee House Mary Dralle Pick a Dilly Gravalax: Cooking Fish Without Heat the Scandinavian Way Native Plants Dennis Sharmahd Rare Herbs and Medicinal Trees in the Garden Native People3:00 pmEcke Building Scott Daigre Tomato Culture Tomatomania: Growing Perfect TomatoesCost: Free with admission or membershipCost: Free with admission or membership