Discover the unique healing properties of Lavender, bask in its scent, relax in a purple haze!
Sat, July 18, 9:30-11:30
$35
Mary Beth will talk about how important it is to relax, pay attention to your senses, and "just be". Be a "Human BEING"! Of course, the 1500 Lavender in bloom will help! Call 860-923-3439 for info!
Garden, Nursery, Herbal Classes, Organically Grown Perennials, Fort Hill Farms
Welcome To Quintessential Gardens At Fort Hill Farms!
Sacred Geometry!
Discover the Magic of Walking!
Our mission is to show you how to distill color from Nature into your life. You can pick organic Lavender, pick organic blueberries, stroll 71 quintessentially English organic gardens (a customer from England named us Quintessential Gardens!). We offer The Essence of Herbalism classes May-Oct. to show you how to grow, use, and appreciate herbs.
If you would have a lovely garden, You should have a lovely life. -Shaker Saying
Call me, the Garden Master, 860-923-3439
Farmers invented the word "Hope" that their crops come up each new year!
Quintessential Gardens: a little piece of paradise! It is not a small matter to be able to view intelligently the facts presented by the lack of open land for people to "see". That's why when people come here, the first thing they say is "oh my God!". It's why we like to go to the ocean, to see vast spaces, or out west! Quintessential Gardens offers a variety of home grown organic plants for sale in the nursery. We will take the time and explain how to keep your new organic plants growing healthy and free from pesticides and herbicides.
Connect with and honor Nature. Through studying herbalism, you can honor your own awareness of our ecology by entering into the world of plants.
Here we discover all the beauty and gifts that plants have to offer, including food, nourishment, beverages, seasonings, tonics, medicines, body care, perfumes, dyes, flowers, crafts, folklore traditions, and so much more. Quintessential Gardens at Fort Hill Farms invites you into this world with an open heart, following in the footsteps of our ancestors, who have used plants since the beginning of time.
Farming for the New Millenium: Organic Lavender flowers, in bulk or by the ounce, by the stem or by the bouquet!
Quintessential Gardens at Fort Hill Farms is Farming for the New Millennium and agriculture at its finest. We grow plants organically in the garden for a year, before re-potting them for sale in our nursery.
We do not spray them with herbicides to kill the weeds. We have ducks and guinea hens to eat all the bugs.
Nursery plants are normally sprayed 3-4 time per season for weeds, and then 2-3 times per season for bugs! People don't realize this because they cannot "see" the chemicals, and they are certainly not there when they are sprayed!
Sat. 8/22 History of Herbal Medicine & Historical Uses
Sat. 9/12 Natural Botanical Skincare
Sun. 9/26 Herbs for Winter Health & Immunity, Cold & Flu Remedies
Sat. 10/3 Phytochemistry: Medicinally Active Plant Chemicals found in Herbs: How they work
Sat. 10/24 Herbs for Holiday Seasons, Potpourri, Gifts & Folklore
$35/2-hour class 12-2pm. Michael Ford is a Botanist, Herbalist, Pharmacognosist, w/his MA in teaching, so you definitely won't be disappointed. We will be running the Level II in 2010.
