It is always a good thyme to talk about herbs, including the ease with which many grow, the small spaces that they are often able to be tucked into, the benefits of herbal teas, and if anyone ever needs rosemary, keep an eye on plants as you walk around the blocks near your home.
Good chance that you’ll find a nice rosemary bush hiding in plain sight. Find one that has some height on it, such as the dozens lining the walkway near the Ishihara Park Learning Garden. Yarrow, citrus flowers, and echinacea are three very local plants that everyone should also be paying attention to.
The Santa Monica Community Gardens (CG), entering 49 years of existence, will be hosting monthly themed workshops on many Saturdays in 2025. Herb Is The Word! kicks off the year on January 11 with Herbalicious at the Main Street CG focusing on choosing and growing herbs in small spaces.
What Thyme Is It? follows at the Ishihara Park Learning Garden on January 18, where we will be decorating herb pots, making sage bundles, and some Winter wreaths.
Marine Park CG then hosts an Herbal Tea Extravaganza on January 25. Hot tea in a garden on what is certain to be a brisk morning, well, that might just be your new favorite thing.
We hope you will talk to staff at one of these events taking place from 9 a.m.–11 a.m. They are free and open to the public. Information about these and other events around our City can be found at Santamonica.gov/events
By Minty Greene
The Santa Monica Community Gardens
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