I have recently joined the faculty at Ohio Northern University. There is an excellent 6 year pharmacy program on campus. I am trying to raise the awareness of these students and others to the value of herbal medicines. To this end I am offering a special topics course in Herbal Medicine this quarter. Aside from making fire cider, various teas, soaps, tinctures...there is a service learning component to this course: we are installing a medicinal herb garden on campus. The dean of the pharmacy school has given us a south facing wall of the pharmacy building for our garden site, buildings and grounds has promised us mulch and will cut slices of logs for us to have stepping stones to make a pathway through our garden to make it more inviting for folks to walk through. Each student has chosen one herb to investigate - they are presenting their findings to the class, and we are putting the information on a web link from the school website. In addition we will have a sign at the entrance to the garden and a pamphlet box on the post which will have a self guided tour giving some highlights of each plant. We are appealing to you for support we need donations of herbs. The students have chosen perennials which are well suited to this area. (see list below). If you could possibly help out our efforts to increase awareness of medicinal herbs, your donation would be most appreciated and would be published in our pamphlet.
If you have any of the herbs below which you can share with us, I will arrange to come down and pick them up Thank you in advance for your support of this medicinal herb garden. Vicki Abrams Motz, PhD. Visiting Asst. Professor Department of Biological and Allied Health Sciences Ohio Northern University 525 S. Main ST. Ada, OH 45810 419-772-2063 Rosa gallica officianalis Apothecary Rose Artemesia absinthium Artemesia Monarda didyma Bee Balm Athenum nobilis Chamomile Allium schoenprasum Chives Symphytum officinale Comfrey Garanium maculatum Cranesbill Echinacea purpurea Echinacea Tanacetum phenium Feverfew Digitalis purpurea Foxglove Sempervivum tectorum Hens And Chicks Marrubium vulgare Horehound Iris verisicolor Iris (Blue Flag) Alchemilla vulgaris Lady's Mantle Stachys byzantia Lamb's Ear Lavandula augustifola Lavender Althaea officinalis Marshmallow Mentha piperta Peppermintmint Verbascum thapshus Mullein (common) Mahonia aquifolium, Oregon Grape Mentha pelegium Pennyroyal Papaver orientale Poppy Oenothera bienniens Primrose (evening) Portulaca olercea Purslane Hypericum perforatum St. John'swort Valeriana officinalis valerian Achillea millefolium Yarrow _______________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org
