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In 1940 Mrs. Mary Baer and Mrs. Frances Weaver, with the assistance of a weekly volunteer crew of six, began to dry herbs and craft herbal products at Mrs. Baer’s…
The St. Louis Herb Society was founded in 1941 by six original members – four women and two men, under the leadership of Dr. Edgar Anderson and Mrs. Mary Baer….
In its inaugural year 1941, The St. Louis Herb Society became the St. Louis Unit of the Herb Society of America. “The first major project of the unit was the…
The highlight of the year was a “Cook’s Tour” of fifteen St. Louis area kitchens and gardens. Herb products and potted herbs were sold at one stop. Net proceeds benefitted…
In celebration of its centennial in 1959, the Missouri Botanical Garden (MBG) undertook an ambitious program of restoration and expansion. As part of this program, in 1964 a garden was…
On Wednesday, January 26, 1966, at 10 a.m., The St. Louis Herb Society held a silver anniversary program, which was its first Cooking School. The location was the auditorium of…
On Friday, October 14, 1966, The St. Louis Herb Society held its first “Fall Harvest Sale”. It took place at the Missouri Botanical Garden, which was known locally as “Shaw’s…
In 1969, The St. Louis Herb Society published the first edition of How to Grow Herbs in the Midwest. This work was the result of a collaboration between The St….
The St. Louis Herb Society published two companion books in 1973, The St. Louis Herb Society Cookbook and Lore and Legend of the Great Culinary HERBS and SPICES. The original…
In 1978, the Missouri Botanical Garden Herbarium asked The St. Louis Herb Society to make herbarium sheets of the individual herbs in the enlarged herb garden. It took all season…
