July 8, 2019 Herb Societies, Forrest Shreve, Eva Reed, Leonard Cockayne, Monty Don, National Meadows Day, Charles MacKay, Janice Emily Bowers, Stop Fertilizing, and Milk Sickness

The Daily Gardener · Jul 8, 2019 · 9m

Have you checked to see if there is an herb society near you?

Herb societies offer gardeners what I call next-level understanding of plants.

Aside from parsley, oregano, and thyme, you'll probably be surprised by the sheer number of plants that fall into the herbal category; plants like bronze fennel, red-veined sorrel, lovage, tansy and sweet cicely.

Brevities

#OTD On this day in 1878 the American botanist Forrest Shreve was born.

We owe such a debt of gratitude to Shreve.

He was THE preeminent botanist of North American deserts during the first half of the Twentieth Century.

Shreve worked…