Saturday, June 11, 2011

Horseradish and Herb Festival

We have some great speakers lined up for our Horseradish and Herb Festival. Today I want to tell you about one of our speakers. Susanna Reppert Brill, who along with her husband David Brill owns and operates The Rosemary House, located in Mechanicsburg, PA. The Herb shop was originally opened by Susanna's mother Bertha Reppert in 1968. It is one of America's oldest herb shops. You'll be delighted by all the aromas and herbal goodies as you enter the shop. They sell everything dealing with herbs.
Susanna grew up living and knowing the herb business and gardens under her mother's guidance. After graduating from Penn State University she became manager of The Rosemary House. She has continued to develop her herbal knowledge and most recently completed The Herbal Medicine course at David Winston's Herbal Therapeutics School of Botanical Medicine. Be sure to join Susanna and her family on one of their many herbal bus trips or attend their fantastic Fairy Festival held every year in September. If herbs are your passion then you definitely want to take a trip to Mecanicsburg and visit Susanna at The Rosemary House.

pond

pond
New pond to be installed

Fairy Garden

The fairy garden is coming along fine. The grandchildren love hearing all the folklore about the plants in the garden, such as the foxglove which the fairies use for their clothes. Then there is the thyme that is a must for them to sleep upon. One evening as the fireflies started to appear, my grandson got very excited and was sure he saw the fairies moving about the garden. We watched and listened as we talked about how the fairies love to dance and needed the light to see and the bluebells provided their music. We also placed some jewels about the garden because they like shiny objects, but made sure we did not add any metal items. We also added a gazing ball because as you know fairies are very vain! It is a great way to get the kids involved with gardening and add a little adventure at the same time.

Fairy Garden

Fairy Garden
Another view of the garden

Fairy Garden

Fairy Garden
View of my Fairy Garden