Garlic: An Herb Society of America Guide
Contributors & Acknowledgements
Text by: Michele Meyers, HSA Director of Education, except where otherwise noted
© 2004, 2006 The Herb Society of America
Horticultural Advisor: Robin Siktberg, HSA Editor/Horticulturist
Contributors
The Herb Society of America would like to thank the following
contributors, without whose expertise and input this guide would
not have been possible:
James Adams
Jim Adams has been gardening and growing herbs since childhood.
He earned his horticulture degree from Michigan State University.
He completed numerous internships at some of the country's premier
horticultural institutions before becoming the Assistant Curator
of the Fern Valley Native Plant Collection at the U.S. National
Arboretum. In 1997, he changed posts and became Curator of the
National Herb Garden, also at the arboretum. Jim is a member the
Potomac Unit of The Herb Society of America as well as various
other horticulture-related organizations. He lives in Washington, D.C.
Gwen Barclay
Gwen is Director of Food Services at The International
Festival-Institute at Round Top, Texas. A member of the both the
Pioneer Unit and the South Texas Unit of HSA, she is a nationally
recognized expert on herbs and herbal cuisine. Gwen and her mother,
Madalene Hill, are co-authors of Southern Herb Growing.
Susan Belsinger
Susan Belsinger is a culinary educator, food writer and photographer
whose articles have been published in Woman's Day,
Organic Gardening, Victoria Magazine and
The Herb Companion. She is the author of Flowers in the
Kitchen, co-author, with Carolyn Dille, of The Garlic Book,
Herbs in the Kitchen, and The Greens Book,
and co-author of Basil: An Herb Lovers Guide with Thomas
DeBaggio. Susan is a member of the Potomac Unit of The Herb Society of America.
Joan DeLauro
Joan is HSA's Garden Consultant and is responsible for the design
and maintenance of the demonstration garden at HSA Headquarters.
She previously served as Urban Gardening Coordinator at Cleveland
Botanical Garden and currently runs her own freelance gardening
business. She lives in Cleveland, Ohio, and is a member at large of The Herb Society of America.
Henry Flowers
Henry is a native Texan with a B.S. in Horticulture and a Master of
Agriculture degree in Floriculture from Texas A&M University.
He has worked as a retail nursery manager and garden manager in
Georgia and Texas, and presently works with Madalene Hill as
Director of Gardens and Grounds for the International Festival-Institute
in Round Top, Texas. Henry is a member of HSA's Pioneer Unit.
Madalene Hill
Madalene was president of The Herb Society of America from 1986-1988
and has been a member since 1957. She organized the South Texas Unit
and was a charter member of the Pioneer Unit. Madalene was awarded
HSA's Helen de Conway Little Medal of Honor in 1978. She is an
accomplished plantswoman, and her garden at The International Festival-Institute
at Round Top, Texas, attracts visitors from all over the world.
Lorraine Kiefer
Lorraine Kiefer is the founder and current chairman of the South
Jersey Unit of HSA. With her husband, Ted, she owns and operates
Triple Oaks Nursery & Herb Garden, a retail garden center and
gift shop. Lorraine is a regular garden columnist for several local
newspapers and has contributed articles to Green Scene and
the Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Gardening for Fragrance.
She lectures regularly at the Philadelphia Flower Show on topics
ranging from flower arranging and kitchen gardening to herbal history
and fragrant plants.
Pat Reppert
Pat Reppert, founder of Shale Hill Farm & Herb Gardens in
Saugerties, NY, has been growing and cooking with herbs since 1965.
A graduate of Duke University, she has lectured nationally on herbs,
herb gardening, cooking with herbs and herbs for sustaining health.
For 13 years she was a familiar voice on Hudson Valley radio,
hosting a daily cooking program and appears regularly on the "Martha
Stewart Living" television program. She is the founder of the
very popular Hudson Valley Garlic Festival held each year in
Saugerties, NY, the last weekend of September. Pat is a member
and past-president of the International Herb Association, a member
of Garden Writers of America and a member at large of The Herb
Society of America.
Susanna Reppert
Susanna Reppert is a member at large of HSA, and a fifth-generation
folk herbalist still learning about the magic of herbs. She gardens
in Mechanicsburg, PA, with her husband, clinical herbalist David
Brill and their little herbs Zachery (8), Angelica (4) and Cedar (1).
She and her family run The Rosemary House, a herb and spice shop
founded in 1968 by her mother Bertha Reppert (1919-1999).
An active member of Penn Cumberland Garden Club, The Herb Growing
and Marketing Network and the Mechanicsburg Chamber of Commerce,
in her spare time she loves to travel, relax and enjoy
strawberry garlic margaritas.
Arthur O. Tucker, Ph.D.
Dr. Tucker is a research professor at Delaware State University
specializing in the chemistry and identification of herbs. He is a
member of the Rosemary Circle and the Northern New Jersey Unit of HSA
and has received HSA's Nancy Putnam Howard Award for Excellence in
Horticulture, the Helen de Conway Little Medal of Honor, and the
Gertrude B. Foster Award for Excellence in Herbal Literature. Art has
a B.S. from Kutztown State College and M.S. and doctoral degrees
from Rutgers University. He is a nationally recognized expert on
flavor, fragrance and medicinal plants and has been published many
times in scholarly and popular publications. Dr. Tucker is co-author
of The Big Book of Herbs with Thomas DeBaggio.
Janet van Nostrand
Janet van Nostrand has been a member of the Southern Ontario Unit
of The Herb Society of America for over 20 years and served as
president of The Society from 1994-1996. She received the Helen de
Conway Little Medal of Honor in 2001.
Charles E. Voigt
Charles Voigt is a member at large of The Herb Society of America.
He is the vegetable and herb specialist with the Department of
Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences at the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Mr. Voigt is also the Horticulture
Committee Chair of the International Herb Association.
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