Connecticut Herb Association

The focus of the Connecticut Herb Association is to educate and share the diverse world of herbs with one another and our community.

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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.

CHAI MEETINGS ~ Open to anyone interested in herbs

Location: The Water Closet Bath & Book, 46 Bloomfield Avenue, Windsor, CT Get Directions!

Thursday May 1, 2008 - Dandelion

6:15 - 6:45: Social ~ Have a cup of tea, socialize

6:45 - 7:30: Meeting ~ Tending to business, planning

7:30 - 8:45: Herb Discussion ~ Bring to share:

CHAI Events:

Tree Walk with Ellen Evert Hopman ~ Sunday, May 18th at 12:00 pm

Ellen Evert Hopman, author of Tree Medicine - Tree Magic, A Druid's Herbal For the Sacred Earth Year will lead a tree walk at Elizabeth Park in West Hartford, CT. A slide presentation on the spiritual and medicinal aspects of trees and a pot luck meal will follow at 1:30 at the Elmwood Community Center. This program is free to members and $10 for non-members. Please RSVP to Marlene McKenzie at goldenspirit133@sbcglobal.net

Directions to Elizabeth Park: From I84 take exit 48 (Asylum St) and turn onto Asylum St heading north. Elizabeth Park will be about 1.9 miles on left. Once in park, turn 1st slight right, then 1st left onto Walbridge Rd. to Pond House. Elmwood Community Center is at 1106 New Britain Ave. directions from Elizabeth Park: Go south on Walbridge Rd. for 0.7 mile to Farmington Ave. Turn right on Farmington and go 0.4 mile to S. Quaker Lane. Turn left onto S. Quaker Lane and follow for 0.6 mile to Park Rd. Turn left on to Park Rd. and then left onto S. Quaker Lane. Follow for 1.6 mile to Trout Brook St. ( there will be a traffic light here ). Take first left past this light . This will be Burgoyne St. The second right off of this street is the parking lot for Elmwood Comm. Center. Meet at the flag pole in the parking lot.

HerbFest CT 2008

Saturday, June 7th - Join us for the 12th annual day of celebration and education honoring the many gifts provided by herbs. ~ 9:00 am to 4:00 pm at Topmost Herb Farm. More information!

Nature Walks

Sunday, May 4th - First in our series of three Nature Walks ~ 10:00 - 2:00 Meet at Bulls Bridge in Kent. Local CHAI member, Alicia North, will guide us on a walk through this beautiful area. More information!

Sunday, July 20 - Second in our series of three Nature Walks 10:00 AM Local CHAI member Pam Brundage will lead a weed walk at Trail Wood, once the home of Pulitzer prize-winning nature writer, Edwin Way Teale. More information!

Saturday, September 27 - Third in our series of three Nature Walks Local CHAI member Pam Quayle will lead us on a walk through the Bamforth Land Trust Preserve in Haddam. More information!

Membership Reminder: The membership year begins June 1. Renewals between now and June will be treated as a 2008 memberships. Click here for information and a membership form. HerbFest is a great time to renew.

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