I attended the local herb society's annual plant sale a few weeks back, and met the most interesting lady there, named Sarah Holland. To say that she knows a lot about herbs would be selling her short. Even the words teacher and authority leave something to be desired. No, the only one that really fits is guru.
The sale was being held at her place, and what an amazing place it was (especially when you consider that most all of the labor was her own, and she's a single woman of retirement age). Instead of entering from the street in front of her home, a side entrance off of Jacob's Well Road was opened just for this occasion. In addition to plenty of parking space, there was a covered cashier area, a cute little building called the herb shed, and a nice winding path that takes you through the trees, first to the clearing that is set up as her teaching area, and then on to the amazing gardens behind her home.
Not only did she know a lot about herbs, she also knew a lot about most everyone in town. It turns out she lived in Houston before coming here, and her favorite place to shop for plants was the nursery where I worked for six years! I simply must get her recipe for lavender lemonade.
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