Connecticut Herb Association Meetings
Open to anyone interested in herbs
September Meeting - BYO Boxed Dinner
Come visit the beautiful gardens, ponds, and greenhouse of Elizabeth Park.
Join us for a stroll through the gardens at Elizabeth Park in Hartford,
followed by the monthly CHA meeting. Get out and network with like minded
people. We will meet at the Pond House. Elizabeth Park is located at the
corner of Prospect Avenue and Asylum Avenue on the Hartford / West Hartford
line.
In case of inclement weather we will be holding our meeting at Tisane
Tea Shop at 537 Farmington Ave, a step away from Elizabeth Park.
When: Wednesday - September 15 - 5:15PM
Where: Pond House, Elizabeth Park, Hartford,
CT
Cost: CHAI Members Free. Non-Members $10
RSVP and Directions: Please contact Marlene
McKenzie at: goldenspirit133@sbcglobal.net
or 203-272-0471.
Connecticut Herb Association, Inc. (CHAI) was
created by a group of enthusiasts with a simple desire to educate and share
the diverse world of herbs with one another and our community throughout
the state, as well as to create a local network of herb-related resources.
CHAI has a diverse membership from the practitioner, student, grower, educator,
and shopkeeper to the gardener and novice. All of the members of CHAI intricately
weave a web that forms together one bond, each member lending his or her
own energies and expertise to form the organization we now have that reaches
out state wide to educate and inform individuals and other groups about
herbs and holistic modalities.
CHAI serves as a forum for exchange and discussion of matters of importance
in the herbal community such as therapies, research, education, workshops,
growing, retailing, wildcrafting, herbal supplies, as well as environmental,
legal and legislative concerns impacting herbalism.
CHAI hosts events and gatherings around the state throughout the year.
These include presentations by members and guest speakers, or visits to
a shop, garden, farm or wild place where we can learn and share together
the wisdom of all things green. As a member of CHAI you will have the opportunity
to host an event or gathering in your region of the state.
Membership Reminder: The membership year
begins June 1. Click here for
information and a membership form.
Notes From the Membership Chair Pam Quayle
Your membership entitles you to Member-2-Member discounts which are offered
by several of our business members. The list of members that offer the discount
will is included in the 2009/2010 (updated 10.21.09) directory of members
in the members only area of the website and the password will be sent to
you. The directory is periodically updated by the membership chair.
Our organization is all volunteer and therefore is only as strong and
exciting as our members make it. We hope that you will participate and share
your experience and knowledge with the rest of us. Some of the ways you
can do that are:
- Write an article for the newsletter. It is published four times annually,
mailed to members and is available on our website. Please respect that
the work to put the newsletter together is done by busy volunteers - edit
and run a spell check on what you write before submitting.
- Join a committee.
- Organize or host a program.
- Send information on programs you are sponsoring or other events that
would interest our members for inclusion in the newsletter, egroup or
website.
- Share your ideas of speakers or programs that you would like to see
or present. What herbs or topics would you like to see discussed at the
monthly meetings?
Our website is www.ctherb.org
Our eGroup is http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/CHA/
Contact information for all officers and committee chairs is on the website
and in the newsletter. Please contact us with
any ideas, comments, questions or concerns. I hope to see you at an upcoming
event.
CHAI Needs You
There are many opportunities and challenges in store for the membership
in 2010/2011. It may well prove to be a very auspicious time...new beginnings,
new ideas, perhaps even new directions, but always the same mission!
Please email Gail: sagewand1@aol.com
if you are willing to serve.