The Andover New Hampshire Garden Club is learning and growing! Throughout 2022, Club meetings were held about every six weeks and on varying days at different times. We have learned from member feedback that a consistent day and time would be beneficial, and since attendance at evening meetings was always greatest, we have set general meetings in 2023 to be at 6 PM on the second Tuesday of every other month beginning in January. Meetings will be held at The Hub.

At the 2023 kick-off meeting on Tuesday, January 10, Maria Noel Groves, Clinical Herbalist of Wintergreen Botanicals in Allentown, New Hampshire, will present The Secret Lives of Garden Herbs. You may already know that rosemary goes great with chicken, but did you also know that it may also help stave off Alzheimer’s disease? Or that sage can help with hot flashes? Come learn surprising ways that common culinary herbs and companion plants can also help your family stay healthy.

Maria has been working with herbs for more than 20 years and has received formal education by some of the top herbalists and herb schools in the country. She is a graduate of the Southwest of Botanical Medicine and Sage Mountain as well as other schools and programs. She is a health educator and an adjunct instructor for the Herbal Academy. Her work as an herbalist focuses on Western Euro-American traditions, while she works to be more inclusive and honoring for all people. She is also a health writer and her award winning first book, Body into Balance: an Herbal Guide to Holistic Self Care, is a core text book in herb schools across the country. For more about Maria, go to WintergreenBotanicals.com.

This program is open to all Andover and surrounding community residents. The program fee is $10 each. Refreshments will be served, and Maria will have a sample of her books for sale.

To reserve, email AndoverNHGardenClub@nullgmail.com on or before Friday, January 6.