2023 Programs and Events
Unless otherwise specified, monthly meetings are held on the fourth Thursday of the month from January through October, at the LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens, Ione Burden Conference Center, 4560 Essen Lane, Baton Rouge, LA, at 6:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
Guests and visitors are welcome to attend our programs; $5 admission for non-HSABR members.
Guests and visitors are welcome to attend our programs; $5 admission for non-HSABR members.
January 26, 2023
Monthly Meeting: A Druid’s Garden: From Magic To Medicine. Art Scarbrough, longtime HSABR member and former chair, Master Naturalist, and practicing druid, will speak on the role of herbs in folklore and magical practices through the ages.
February 23, 2023
Pre-Herb Day meeting. No program.
March 16, 2023 — Note change of date! We're a week earlier than usual because of a scheduling conflict with Burden
Monthly Meeting: Medicinal Herbs of Louisiana. Jen Blanchard, former HSABR intern and horticultural graduate student, will speak about the medicinal properties of many of Louisiana's native herbs.
April 2023
TBA
May 25, 2023
Monthly Meeting
Kevin Langley with the Capital City Beekeepers Association will present our program for May.
No meetings in June or July
August 17, 2023 — Again a week earlier than usual because of a scheduling conflict with Burden.
September 28, 2023
Monthly Meeting
Kathleen Harrington will present our program for September on the Herb of the Year for 2023, Ginger.
October 26, 2023
Monthly Meeting
Art Scarbrough will speak on the Herbs and Lore of Halloween.
No monthly meetings in November and December because of Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Monthly Meeting: A Druid’s Garden: From Magic To Medicine. Art Scarbrough, longtime HSABR member and former chair, Master Naturalist, and practicing druid, will speak on the role of herbs in folklore and magical practices through the ages.
February 23, 2023
Pre-Herb Day meeting. No program.
March 16, 2023 — Note change of date! We're a week earlier than usual because of a scheduling conflict with Burden
Monthly Meeting: Medicinal Herbs of Louisiana. Jen Blanchard, former HSABR intern and horticultural graduate student, will speak about the medicinal properties of many of Louisiana's native herbs.
April 2023
TBA
May 25, 2023
Monthly Meeting
Kevin Langley with the Capital City Beekeepers Association will present our program for May.
No meetings in June or July
August 17, 2023 — Again a week earlier than usual because of a scheduling conflict with Burden.
September 28, 2023
Monthly Meeting
Kathleen Harrington will present our program for September on the Herb of the Year for 2023, Ginger.
October 26, 2023
Monthly Meeting
Art Scarbrough will speak on the Herbs and Lore of Halloween.
No monthly meetings in November and December because of Thanksgiving and Christmas.