Welcome to the Herb Society of America, Baton Rouge Unit

Join us for our ninth annual community outreach event and plant sale, Herb Day 2025!
Saturday, February 22
8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens at Burden
4650 Essen Lane, Baton Rouge, LA 70809
This year's Herb Day promises to be a fun and exciting event for the whole family! Gates open at 8:00 a.m. (no early admissions!) so you can start your hunt for the beautiful herbs available. While there, visit the many vendors and food trucks, attend educational classes, enjoy herbal teas, and gather information on how to plant and use the herbs. Cash is preferred, but you can also use a credit card.
There will be thousands of herb plants to purchase, including some special tomatoes from the LSU Ag Center. Bring a wagon to haul your plants and choose from Basils, Catnip, Cutting Celery, Chamomile, Chicory, Chives, Cilantro, Curry, Dill, Fennel, Lavender, Lemon Grass, Lemon Balm, Mints, Nasturtiums, Oregano, Parsley, Rosemary, Sage, Sorrel, Thymes, and many other beautiful plants.
Visit the wonderful and talented vendors offering popcorn/pecan pralines, homemade jellies and jams, functional stoneware pottery, healthy all-natural juices and pepper jellies, gelato, fiber headwear and accessories, various art media, birdhouses, and more! Local garden clubs will have information tables, and there will be food trucks and children's activities.
Rest in the Orangerie and visit our Tea Bar. We'll have both caffeine-free herbal teas (tisanes) and various "true" (Camellia sinensis) teas to sample and purchase.
And don't miss the informative educational programs in the conference center!
Session 1: 9:00 a.m.
Beginning with Herbs, by Art Scarbrough
Session 2: 10:00 a.m.
Propagating Native Plants and Herbs. by Jen Blanchard
Session 3: 11:00 a.m.
Growing Your Kitchen Herb Garden for Taste And Health in a Bucket, by Ruby Homayssi.
We hope everyone can visit us on our big day and enjoy Burden's early spring gardens as you browse our offerings!
Saturday, February 22
8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens at Burden
4650 Essen Lane, Baton Rouge, LA 70809
This year's Herb Day promises to be a fun and exciting event for the whole family! Gates open at 8:00 a.m. (no early admissions!) so you can start your hunt for the beautiful herbs available. While there, visit the many vendors and food trucks, attend educational classes, enjoy herbal teas, and gather information on how to plant and use the herbs. Cash is preferred, but you can also use a credit card.
There will be thousands of herb plants to purchase, including some special tomatoes from the LSU Ag Center. Bring a wagon to haul your plants and choose from Basils, Catnip, Cutting Celery, Chamomile, Chicory, Chives, Cilantro, Curry, Dill, Fennel, Lavender, Lemon Grass, Lemon Balm, Mints, Nasturtiums, Oregano, Parsley, Rosemary, Sage, Sorrel, Thymes, and many other beautiful plants.
Visit the wonderful and talented vendors offering popcorn/pecan pralines, homemade jellies and jams, functional stoneware pottery, healthy all-natural juices and pepper jellies, gelato, fiber headwear and accessories, various art media, birdhouses, and more! Local garden clubs will have information tables, and there will be food trucks and children's activities.
Rest in the Orangerie and visit our Tea Bar. We'll have both caffeine-free herbal teas (tisanes) and various "true" (Camellia sinensis) teas to sample and purchase.
And don't miss the informative educational programs in the conference center!
Session 1: 9:00 a.m.
Beginning with Herbs, by Art Scarbrough
Session 2: 10:00 a.m.
Propagating Native Plants and Herbs. by Jen Blanchard
Session 3: 11:00 a.m.
Growing Your Kitchen Herb Garden for Taste And Health in a Bucket, by Ruby Homayssi.
We hope everyone can visit us on our big day and enjoy Burden's early spring gardens as you browse our offerings!

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.