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Calendula: Herb of the Year for 2008

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2008 Schedule
 

Chapel Lectures Schedule

 Time                 Lecturer                                     Topic and Title

10:00                Rebecca Snow- Bio
                            Connecting to the Spirit of the Plants 

12:00               Susanna Reppert  - Bio
                            Calendula---Herb of the Year
                                                                             
1:00                  Catherine Carey  -
                             Herbs for the Body and the Soul

2:00                  Maureen Rogers - Bio
                             Medicines That We Can Grow -

 

Orianda House

The area around the Crimea /Leakin Park/Gwynns Falls is so beautiful. What better way to celebrate, than to have an art show!  So much has been done by the community and the City of  Baltimore to make this park a better place to visit. Through the years, the old mansion on the grounds, "Orianda House", has also been improved upon thanks to the efforts of Parks and People, as well as Baltimore Chesapeake Bay Outward Bound which is headquartered here. 
 

 The art show will be held from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM inside the Orianda Mansion. We artists are joining together because of our love for the park and to further the efforts of Rick Smith and his associates at the Friends of Orianda House. We will be donating a portion of our sales to the care and upkeep of the Orianda House.
 
          So, please come by "the mansion," learn about its history and enjoy a cup of tea-- Heide Grundeman will be serving. We hope you will visit. The art work is affordable.

Rick Smith, Director, founder of Friends of Orianda  House will be giving lectures during the day
at Orianda Mansion. His lectures will include a tour of the mansion including historical photos and historic objects of the Mansion and Leakin Park.  

Richard S.B. Smith. Director, founder of Friends of Orianda House: He grew up in the Franklintown area just west of Crimea Estate, also known as Gwynns Falls/Leakin Park. Since there were not a lot of children in the neighborhood at the time, he spent most of his time sitting on the front porches of elderly residents of Franklintown listening to their stories of days gone past. Thus struck his interest in history, especially of this area. Richard began taking classes at Catonsville Community College (CCC) and Parks and Recreation Leisure Studies. From there he went to Goucher College and took their Historic Preservation Course. Since 1988, he has gathered numerous photographs of the park and surrounding community and has a large pictorial collection inside Orianda House at Crimea Estate. He has done a few video and audio interviews with local residents who are no longer with us. His history office is open from 10am until 2pm Monday through Thursday, and Saturday and Sunday by appointment. He can be reached at 410-299-7613.  When visiting his office at the park, you can view old newspaper articles, photographs of the park, old artifacts, and a slide presentation, and listen to stories of days gone past.

1:00pm-3:30pm        Afternoon tea will be served – including Russian (black) and herbal teas Friends of
                                      Gwynns Falls Leakin Park Suggested donation $3.00

About the Speakers

Susanna Reppert Brill is owner of the family run herb business, The Rosemary House, Mechanicsburg, PA.  The Rosemary House is celebrating its 40th year in business this year and Susanna having grown up in the herb gardens behind the shop, she has been there for all of them.  She lives with her herbalist husband David Brill and their three little herbs Zachery, Angelica and Cedar. 

Maureen Rogers has been in the herb industry for over 25 years.  She currently is the Director for The Herb Growing & Marketing Network, a trade association for the industry, since 1990.  She edits The Herbal Green Pages, a resource guide for the herb industry and the online Bu$iness of Herbs.    She is also the creator of HerbNET.com and the editor of Herbalpedia, probably one of the most comprehensive digital encyclopedias on herbs available.  At one time or another she has had a retail herb shop, manufactured herbal fragrance and body care products, been the business manager for a wholesale flower and herb farm and consulted as an herbal practitioner.  She lectures to groups around the country on herbs and the business of herbs.   Her latest expansion includes hosting and designing websites specializing in herb related ones.    She is a Certified Public Accountant, a Certified Management Accountant and a Certified Massage Therapist.


Rebecca Snow is a clinical herbalist and a licensed nutritionist. She is owner of Dancing Violet Botanicals, LLC (www.dancingviolets.com).  Rebecca has been studying and practicing herbal medicine for 10 years. Currently, she practices at Optimal Health Physicians in Rockville, MD and at her home in Catonsville, MD. Rebecca is a graduate of the Tai Sophia Institute's Master of Science Program in Herbal Medicine and is a registered herbalist with the American Herbalist Guild.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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