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Welcome to the Herb Society of America, Baton Rouge Unit
Monthly Meeting, October 24, 2024
6:30–8:00 p.m.
LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens, Ione Burden Conference Center
4560 Essen Lane, Baton Rouge, LA
Jess Cole of the Louisiana Wild Society will present our October program on re-wilding our landscapes. Rewilding a yard, garden, or other space involves establishing native plants and replacing existing plants--that often serve very little purpose for pollinators or wildlife—with hugely beneficial natives. She'll also talk about the myriad ways to encourage wildlife and biodiversity back into our yards and public spaces.
The Louisiana Wild Society is a new local non-profit organization here in Baton Rouge that is working to protect and regenerate our shared space through the use of plants that nourish our complex living systems and community while we celebrate a deeper relationship with the natural world. Their mission is to create conversation, share in experiences, and take part in beautification projects that create rich habitats that provide for all living creatures now and for those who will come after us... and native plant diversity does the heavy lifting for us! They encourage landscape stewardship and educate people how to do that in their own environments and everyday lives.
6:30–8:00 p.m.
LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens, Ione Burden Conference Center
4560 Essen Lane, Baton Rouge, LA
Jess Cole of the Louisiana Wild Society will present our October program on re-wilding our landscapes. Rewilding a yard, garden, or other space involves establishing native plants and replacing existing plants--that often serve very little purpose for pollinators or wildlife—with hugely beneficial natives. She'll also talk about the myriad ways to encourage wildlife and biodiversity back into our yards and public spaces.
The Louisiana Wild Society is a new local non-profit organization here in Baton Rouge that is working to protect and regenerate our shared space through the use of plants that nourish our complex living systems and community while we celebrate a deeper relationship with the natural world. Their mission is to create conversation, share in experiences, and take part in beautification projects that create rich habitats that provide for all living creatures now and for those who will come after us... and native plant diversity does the heavy lifting for us! They encourage landscape stewardship and educate people how to do that in their own environments and everyday lives.
A Louisiana native, our speaker, Jess Cole, grew up gardening by her grandmother's side and roaming the poplar/magnolia woods that her family calls home. Her connection to the natural world has been strong since her early years.
She is Louisiana Wild's head horticulturist and co-owner of Meadow Creek Native Plants. She has 15 years of experience within the landscape industry. She is heavily influenced by her time at LSU in the horticulture department, as well as the fine arts department where she received a bachelor’s in ceramics. Jess formerly served on the Parks and Parkways board for the city of Mandeville. She is constantly seeking new horticultural knowledge, as well as refining old, and exploring new design approaches.
Jess is the contributing writer for the Country Roads Magazine column "Our Sustainable Garden." She is co-founder of The Louisiana Wild Society and a Louisiana Certified Horticulturist and Louisiana Master Naturalist.
In her free time she enjoys tending to her personal gardens, cooking with seasonal veggies, fishing, romping through the woods, and canoeing through the swamps with her partner and son.
She is Louisiana Wild's head horticulturist and co-owner of Meadow Creek Native Plants. She has 15 years of experience within the landscape industry. She is heavily influenced by her time at LSU in the horticulture department, as well as the fine arts department where she received a bachelor’s in ceramics. Jess formerly served on the Parks and Parkways board for the city of Mandeville. She is constantly seeking new horticultural knowledge, as well as refining old, and exploring new design approaches.
Jess is the contributing writer for the Country Roads Magazine column "Our Sustainable Garden." She is co-founder of The Louisiana Wild Society and a Louisiana Certified Horticulturist and Louisiana Master Naturalist.
In her free time she enjoys tending to her personal gardens, cooking with seasonal veggies, fishing, romping through the woods, and canoeing through the swamps with her partner and son.
If you haven’t already renewed your membership in HSABR...
It’s time! Our membership year runs from September to August, so please get your renewals in by September 30. And if you’re not yet a member, now is a great time to remedy that situation!
Your membership in the Herb Society of America, Baton Rouge Unit (HSABR), includes all of the benefits of the national organization as well as our local unit. There are many wonderful benefits to membership, including numerous opportunities to learn and delight in the use of herbs. Our programs include lectures on a wide range of topics related to growing, cooking and using herbs. We also spend time tending to our community gardens in companionship with other members who are passionate herb devotees!
Membership in the Herb Society of America gives you access to the members-only area on the website and many HSA publications, including the HSA Quarterly Newsletter, Unit Connections, HerbalBytes, and GreenBridges™ newsletters, among others. HSA also offers informative webinars that provide our members with the opportunity to share their knowledge, delight, and use of herbs, as well as their varied experiences with a larger herbal community. Members can browse HSA's unique herb-related library, with over 3,500 volumes with topics ranging from vintage books on horticulture to modern fiction. Plus, you get exclusive discounts for online herb products, magazines, online herb classes, and reduced or free admission to public gardens and arboreta through AHS' Reciprocal Admissions Program.
Please visit the HSA's Membership page for a full list of benefits. In addition, being a member of HSABR puts you in contact with a pretty fine group of local folks who can help inspire you, assist you, and sympathize with you in your herbal pursuits!
Dues run from September to August, so the fee will be prorated if you join (not renew!) in a different month (click here for proration chart). You may pay by PayPal or check. The PayPal link will be on the confirmation page that comes up after submitting the membership application form, but if possible, please mail your check (payable to HSABR) to the address on the membership form, as that saves us PayPal fees and saves our treasurer a fair amount of hassle.
Please note: Your renewal/application is not complete until payment is received.
It’s time! Our membership year runs from September to August, so please get your renewals in by September 30. And if you’re not yet a member, now is a great time to remedy that situation!
Your membership in the Herb Society of America, Baton Rouge Unit (HSABR), includes all of the benefits of the national organization as well as our local unit. There are many wonderful benefits to membership, including numerous opportunities to learn and delight in the use of herbs. Our programs include lectures on a wide range of topics related to growing, cooking and using herbs. We also spend time tending to our community gardens in companionship with other members who are passionate herb devotees!
Membership in the Herb Society of America gives you access to the members-only area on the website and many HSA publications, including the HSA Quarterly Newsletter, Unit Connections, HerbalBytes, and GreenBridges™ newsletters, among others. HSA also offers informative webinars that provide our members with the opportunity to share their knowledge, delight, and use of herbs, as well as their varied experiences with a larger herbal community. Members can browse HSA's unique herb-related library, with over 3,500 volumes with topics ranging from vintage books on horticulture to modern fiction. Plus, you get exclusive discounts for online herb products, magazines, online herb classes, and reduced or free admission to public gardens and arboreta through AHS' Reciprocal Admissions Program.
Please visit the HSA's Membership page for a full list of benefits. In addition, being a member of HSABR puts you in contact with a pretty fine group of local folks who can help inspire you, assist you, and sympathize with you in your herbal pursuits!
Dues run from September to August, so the fee will be prorated if you join (not renew!) in a different month (click here for proration chart). You may pay by PayPal or check. The PayPal link will be on the confirmation page that comes up after submitting the membership application form, but if possible, please mail your check (payable to HSABR) to the address on the membership form, as that saves us PayPal fees and saves our treasurer a fair amount of hassle.
Please note: Your renewal/application is not complete until payment is received.