Meet “Green Witch” Robin Rose Bennett at Medicinal Plant Walk at Durand-Hedden House & Garden - September 18, 2016

-
Meet “Green Witch” Robin Rose Bennett at Medicinal Plant Walk
Durand-Hedden House & Garden hosts ‘Weed Walk’ and more
Sunday, September 18, 2016

"Green Witch” Robin Rose Bennett, always spellbinding, will once again share her wisdom with Durand-Hedden visitors about the beautiful herbs and the weeds we pull from our gardens. These plants, say Robin, offer a treasure trove of gifts for us, providing an abundance of zesty tastes, nutritive value, and, perhaps most surprisingly, medicinal benefits!
  • Common plantain can reduce the itch of a mosquito bite or the pain of a wasp sting. 
  • Three dandelion leaves provide 20,000 IU of Vitamin A in the form of natural beta-carotene. 
  • Sweet blue violet leaves can dissolve breast cysts in the breasts.
Come learn about these and much more first-hand in an experiential plant walk on Sunday, September 18 from 2:00 - 3:30 pm in Grasmere Park and the herb garden. There you'll identify, smell, touch, and taste these beneficial plants with herbalist and author of The Gift of Healing Herbs: Plant Medicines and Home Remedies for a Vibrantly Health Life, Robin Rose Bennett (www.WiseWomanHealingWays.com).

Photo of Robin Rose Bennett by Shannon Mulligan Photography.

Also on September 18, from 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. visitors can catch the exhibit, "From Farm to Suburb: The Birth of College Hill," which explores the evolution of a section of Maplewood from a dairy farm to a popular neighborhood of 300 houses. Out in the carriage house the Country Store will be selling historic-themed treasures: early American children’s games, books and toys, facsimile documents, quill pens and ink, historic cook books, cookie molds, tin lanterns, reproduction decorative ceramics, vintage photos, hiking sticks and more. The hard-to-find original Doors of Maplewood poster and Smile, the history of Olympic Park, will also be available.

Durand-Hedden House Garden
About Durand-Hedden House and Garden
Durand-Hedden House is dedicated to telling the history of the development of Maplewood, New Jersey and the surrounding area in new and engaging ways. It is located in Grasmere Park at 523 Ridgewood Road in Maplewood, New Jersey. For more information, call 973-763-7712, visit www.durandhedden.org, and visit them on Facebook.


Do you enjoy the articles and features that The History Girl produces each week? 
If so, consider a donation to keep the movement going!
Location: 523 Ridgewood Rd, Maplewood, NJ 07040, USA

Comments

Post a Comment

Thanks for the comments!

Popular posts from this blog

The Birth and Death of a Ski Area: Craigmeur

-
Image
The Birth and Death of a Ski Area: Craigmeur Written by Elizabeth Holste By the 1930s skiing was already becoming a popular sport in the United States. Major department stores like Bamberger’s, Gimbel’s, Sak’s and Wanamaker’s were even selling ski equipment. Some even gave ski lessons inside their stores on ski slides. In 1935, the first winter sports show was held inside Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Read more

Tobacco Town: The George W. Helme Snuff Mill

-
Image
Tobacco Town: The George W. Helme Snuff Mill Written by NJ Historian Helmetta, New Jersey is facing a crossroads in its history. Over one hundred years ago, a man by the name of George Washington Helme had a dream to build a community around a factory. In a very short time he accomplished that and built an empire. Today, Helme's red-brick buildings with boarded-up windows and empty floors stand silent, awaiting new life. The buildings and homes that have withstood the test of time stand as a monument to the ingenuity, perseverance, and foresight Helme possessed for creating a true company town in what was then a rural area of central New Jersey. George W. Helme Although Helmetta was officially incorporated as a municipality in 1888, the community dates back to about 1880 when George W. Helme, a former New Orleans lawyer and Major-General in the Confederate Army, bought land between Jamesburg and Spotswood, which today is Helmetta. On this land he would build his snuff ...
Read more

The Golden Age of Shopping: Downtown Newark

-
Image
The Golden Age of Shopping: Downtown Newark Written by NJ Historian In a time before malls and regional shopping centers filled New Jersey's landscape, Newark was a prime shopping destination. Imagine hopping into the family car, on a bus, or train in the 1940s or 1950s and spending the day in Newark shopping, eating at restaurants, or watching a show. Crowds on busy streets passed by stores with large plate-glass windows displaying the newest fashions and most modern conveniences. While the intersection of Broad and Market streets, known as the Four Corners, was Newark’s commercial hub, just a few blocks away, the area around Military Park presented a different kind of experience  It was known as "Ladies’ Mile" for the stores that catered to the elegant ladies who bought the finest objects in America. This was the Golden Age in Newark. But as quickly as it came, it ended by the 1970s, when new indoor malls and big-box stores began to spring up in suburban locati...
Read more