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.
Connecticut Herb Association (CHA) 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. CHA has a diverse membership from the practitioner, student, grower, educator, and shopkeeper to the gardener and novice. All of the members of CHA 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. CHA 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. CHA 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 CHA you will have the opportunity to host an event or gathering in your region of the state. Membership Special: CHA is offering discounted membership dues to those who participate in three events, and volunteer at least two hours at a major event. Membership fees will be reduced to $15 for the year. So be sure to RSVP to any event. Your participation will count, along with your spirit for the love of plants! Membership: The membership year begins June 1. Click here for information and a membership form. Membership Benefits & Info: Your membership entitles you to Member-2-Member discounts offered by many of our business members. The list of members that offer the discount is included in the membership directory in the members only area of the website. Our website is www.ctherb.com 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. We hope to see you at an upcoming event. CHA Needs You There are many opportunities and challenges in store for the membership...new beginnings, new ideas, perhaps even new directions, but always the same mission! 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:
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Connecticut Herb Association EventsOpen to anyone interested in herbsGreetings everyone, A planning committee of dedicated CHA members has been busy this fall and winter working on a calendar of events. In the next month members will receive a copy of the calendar of events as well as other information regarding CHA. CHA is looking forward to this great line up events and we hope you will join us and bring a friend or two. AprilCHA Info Booth at Vernon Health Fair
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June
Picnic amid the Roses
June 23rd at 5:30pm
Elizabeth Park, Hartford, CT
Come see and smell the roses at Elizabeth Park, bring a picnic supper and relax and enjoy the beauty. For further details contact: Kathy Mashiak at 860-749-0839
August
Sweet Birch Farm Tour
August 4th from 10:00am to noon
Sweet Birch Farm, Meriden, CT
Come along as Jerry Travers gives CHA a tour of his farm. Jerry supplies all the veggies to “It’s Only Natural” food market in Middletown, CT. Bring a lunch. Cost: $10 donation to the farm. For further details contact Dorie Garcia at 860-721-8612 or dmg145@yahoo.com
September
Keynote Speaker: Guido Masé
September 28th from noon to 3:00pm
Newington Congregational Church, Newington, CT
Guido
Masé, RH(AHG) is a clinical herbalist, herbal educator, and
garden steward specializing in holistic Western herbalism, though
his approach is eclectic and draws upon many influences. He spent
his childhood in Italy, in the central Alps and in a Renaissance town
called Ferrara. After traveling the United States, he settled into
Vermont where he has been living since 1996.
His experience includes founding and operating an herbal extract company focused on local harvesting and production; co-founding and co-directing a non-profit community herbal clinic; teaching herbal medicine to a variety of audiences ranging from the very young to herbal conference attendees, apprentices, and medical students; and working with clients one-on-one to discover ways to support and enhance health using whole plants and whole foods.
This will be a hands on medicine making event. Ticket info will be posted soon. For details contact: Michele Maclure at 860-456-1223 or michelemaclure@hotmail.com
November
Annual CHA potluck, meeting & election of CHA officers
November 12th from 6:30-8:30pm
Wethersfield Public Library Community Room, Wethersfield, CT
Contact info: Michele Maclure at 860-456-1223 or michelemaclure@hotmail.com
or
Dorie Garcia at 860-721-8612 or dmg145@yahoo.com
