Spring EDUCATION DAY 2026
Spring Education Day Blooms in March!
A flourishing success with record attendance — inspiring minds, sharing knowledge, and growing our herbal community like never before.
The Kentuckiana Herb Society’s 31st annual Spring Education Day was an overwhelming success, welcoming a record-breaking 418 enthusiastic guests — a wonderful increase from 349 attendees last year. The day burst with outstanding educational content from three regional speakers, delightful shopping opportunities with 12 curated vendors, a vibrant herb plant sale to kick off the spring gardening season, beautiful hand-made herb-related items crafted by our talented members, and the excitement of over 40 raffle baskets plus a stunning hand-made quilt. Guests enjoyed a tasty continental breakfast and a delicious herb-inspired lunch provided by our venue host Huber’s Winery, received a thoughtful gift bag filled with herbal treasures, and were inspired by our new mini-documentary video that beautifully captures the heart, mission, and fellowship of the Kentuckiana Herb Society.
Our Curated Vendors Market
The vendors offer a variety of products, mostly hand-made, produced with care and craftmanship. We hope you were able to purchase some product, learn more about them, and visit them in person or online often. Learn more about each one here.
Little Mount Lavender
Hope Cooke
Kelty Acres
Jewelry by Gail Peetz
Primo Oils and Vinegars
Kevin Rose Shultz
Rick Shultz
Sassafras Apothecary
The Spice and Tea Exchange of New Albany
Janet Essenpreis Pottery
Art Eatables
Thieneman’s Herbs and Perennials
Our Featured Recipes
View, download and print recipes here.
Provided by :
Janine Washle
Herb-Grilled Chicken with Blackberry Bourbon Glaze
Honey Poppy Seed Vinaigrette
‘Summer Dreams’ Tomato Bread
Glazed Potato Chips
Sweet and Spicy Sriracha Dip
Herb Society of America
Herbes De Provence and Roasted Garlic Pesto
Lavender Cookies
Lavender Lemonade
Sweet Harvest Tea
Lemon Lavender Cake
Hope Cooke
Cabbage Sauteed Soup
Golden Milk
Maple Tahini Dressing
Herbal Detox Salad
Hope’s Fire Cider Tonic
Maple Cayenne Sweet Potatoes (w/candied pecans)
Kentuckiana Herb Society
Moon Milk
Oven Roasted Cauliflower with Turmeric and Ginger
Huber’s Orchard & Winery
Roasted Carrots
Our Venue Host
Huber’s Orchard & Winery – Plantation Hall
We would especially like to thank Herbie Clinard and the excellent staff at Huber’s Winery for their care and attention towards making the Spring Education Day memorable. Each year they go above and beyond to ensure our members and guests have a great experience.
The food is always outstanding and we receive many compliments on behalf of Huber’s delicious food. This year’s lunch menu included salad, fried chicken, tuscan style pasta, roasted carrots, corn pudding, fresh vegetable medley, fresh baked dinner rolls, and cobbler / ice cream for dessert!
KHS Market Place & Raffle
The Kentuckiana Herb Society members are very talented and skilled with herbal foods (including gluten free), herbal infusion kits, remedies, self-care, and other hand-made items such as sachets, aprons, tea towels, dried flowers, herbs and wreaths, catnip kitty toy and many others!
The 40+ raffle items created and donated by the members further showcases their creativity and imagination, providing unique gifts for the lucky winners.
The members make these items with care throughout the year to showcase and offer for sale at the Spring Education Day.
Herb Sales
Each year, Thieneman’s Herbs & Perinnials brings hundreds of herb plants for sale ready for your garden. A sure sign of Spring! These plants are high-quality and sell out quickly every year.
One can find all of your favorite herbs here and many others that are sometimes more difficult to find.
The herb society extends our deep appreciation to Peggy Thieneman and her staff for ushering in the warmer temperatures with us!
Swag Gift Bags
One of the guest favorites is receiving their “swag” bag. It never fails to provide unique surprises to take home, from practical to nuance.
The herb society especially thanks Paulette Kruer and Bigalow Tea Company for providing the tea bags – always a favorite!
This year our bags included the program, lavender sachet, goat milk soap, honey hand lotion, KHS pen and notepad, honey sticks, KHS bookmark, large assortment of Bigalow Tea bags, recipes, a Moon Milk sample mix, and the SO-IN Visitors Guide.
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