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1927 - 2008. Over eighty years as the UK's leading society for increasing the understanding, use and appreciation of herbs and their benefits to health

Members Only	Pomegranates, Rosehips, Preserved Salad's and more... Our Herbs In The Kitchen section has had several new articles added this month. Sarah Head has written two new articles for us, as part of the Hedgerow To Kitchen series. Using Elderflowers to pamper the skin, and the Dog Rose, with details for recipes for using the dog rose hips and petals for the body, and as food. From Linda Harrold we have a Preserved Salad recipe, inspired by Gervaise Markham, most famed for his 1615 book The English Huswife. I've also gone back in time and put back an article by Jan Greenland on Pomegranates and Herbs in 17th Century Cuisine. Which contains some delightful recipes such as Grand Sallet and Jan's famed Pork Roulade.	You can discuss these articles on our Forum.
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	July, August & September Herbmonger Articles Now Online! September's Herbmonger article along with July and August's articles are now online. Apologies to regular readers for not being able to get these up before now. But now you have a bumper selection to read. July looks at Eye Health Remedies, August lends itself to making a Vervain Remedy and September's article takes a look at using sage Be Wise, Use Sage! October's article will appear at the beginning of next month and will cover herb vinegars.
	Herb Society Win Silver Medal At Tatton! After missing a year the Herb Society were once again back at the Tatton Flower Show in Cheshire. Cheryl Waller council member, designed the award winning stand with the theme of Herbal First Aid and was awarded a silver medal for her creativity and hard work. Cheryl was aided in setting up the stand by Frances Kershner and Jenny & David Jones. We managed to recruit 18 new members, sold lots of merchandise and made many new friends. As well as those people already mentioned, Council would like to give our grateful thanks to the following members who volunteered to man the stand during the Tatton weekend, turning it into a roaring success:- Ruth & Kevin Waters, Amanda Cutbill, Sue Townsend, Jean Brookes, Natalia Kurkum, Rosemary Scholes, Judith Grubb, Pat Sweetingham, Janet McCulumpha and Mary Dearden.
	Latest Issue Of Herbs Out Now! Going In Cycles - Biodynamic culture has been called esoteric but Susie and David White are enthusiastic about holistic method of planting. China And The Foxglove Tree - Gareth Evans travels to China at Paulownia blossom time. Indigo - For five millenia indigo bearing plants have been important in textile dyeing, art and sometimes in medicine. Jenny Balfour-Paul's report and pictures reveal the economic power of these herbs through history. Memory Aids - Oddly named plants helped people remember what herbs might be used for long before the Doctrine of Signatures suggest Gabrielle Hatfield. If you're not already a member you can get Herbs delivered to your door by Joining the herb Society. Join Us and receive the Latest Herbs magazine
	The Herb Society Is An Amazon Associate! Want to help the Herb Society raise much needed funds? Do you buy books, DVD's, CD's etc from Amazon? Well from now on, simply use the link to Amazon on this page (found under 'Contact Us' in the above menu) or use a direct link from the book links that are placed around the site promoting new herb books, and the Herb Society will then get a 5% of your Amazon purchase! Read the review by Debs Cook of our featured Amazon book 'Hedgerow Medicine', a wonderful new book by Julie Bruton-Seal, on the Book Shelf, Herb Society members can obtain a discount on this book and others.
	Jenny & Debs On Countryfile The Dandelion recently featured on BBC1's Countryfile, Jenny and Debs both took part in making the dandelion part of the programme. Jenny demonstrated the medicinal properties and Debs cooked up a dandelion soup and a dandelion salad, and showed presenter Ben Fogle the other culinary delights of this wonderful herb. Photos from the fiming and both Debs recipes can be found on Jenny's April 'The Herbalist' page as well as a lovely recipe for Nettle soup.
	What links the Druid's, Henry VIII and Hilda Leyel? We have a new article added to the Herbs In History section, written for us by Linda Harrold DBTh. MURHP. Linda explores the path of Herbal Medicine in Britain covering the Roman Invasion, the Physicians of Myddai, through to 1927 when Hilda Leyel set up the Society of Herbalists, the 1941 Medicines Bill, and ending with the present day picture. Read the full article here History Of Herbal Medicine In Britain.
	Most Important Herb Society News – make your support go further! The Society has established with HM Revenue and Customs, that Gift Aid can be applied (where appropriate) to Member’s Subscriptions received since 6th April 2003. This will have a dramatic effect on finances, which in turn, will assist in securing the Society’s future as an independent organisation as well as being able to maintain the quality and frequency of it’s publications and services to members. For further details and to download a form visit our Gift Aid page.
	New Children's Herb Garden at Sulgrave Manor In support of of our schools' web site, we have made a children's garden at Sulgrave with a strong ecological theme. Find out more. Ideas for the garden came from children - see the new picture.
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	Herb Society Garden Take a virtual tour of our garden at Sulgrave Manor.

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