Msg # 3191 Date: 25 Apr 93 19:29:00 From: Scott Parks To: All Subj: herb listing ____________________________________________________________________________ AREA:HERBS-N-SUCH MSGID: 1:343/70 2bdae702 * Area : HOLISTIC (-holistic) * From : Barry Kapke, 1:125/33 (13 Apr 93 14:02) From: lwebb@sscvx1.ssc.gov Newsgroups: misc.health.alternative Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1993 20:31:04 GMT > In article , dmccread@mach1.wlu.ca (doug mccready F) > writes: Brian called for alist of locations for herbal remedies - that would > be wonderful! Let's have it. okay -- I converted best I could in limited time -- no claims made about the companies listed -- just a collection.... The first line in each category gives the order of the info listed. If there is a date, that's just the date I ordered a catalog. The books list doesn't have any of my favorite books or the ones I own -- I was just making a wish list for future purchases. Mail Order and Businesses status Notes co street city phone fax 1. 3/1 herbs Aphrodisia 282 Bleeker St. New York, NY 10014 2. 3/1 herbs The Herb Shop 278 South Main Springville, UT 84663 3. 3/1 herbs Nature's Herb Company 281 Ellis Street San Francisco, CA 94102 4. 3/1 herbs Angelica Herb & Spice 137 1st Avenue New York, NY 10003 5. 3/1 herbs (I believe these people may have gone out of business?) Glie Farms 1600 Bathgate Avenue Bronx, NY 10457 6. 3/1 morning news/ seeds Park Seed Company Cokesbury Road Greenwood, SC 29647-0001 7. 3/1morning news / seeds Shepherd's Garden Seeds 30 Irene Street Torrington, Conn 06790 8. 3/1 morning news / seeds Hastings 1036 White Street Atlanta, GA 30310 9. 3/1 morning news /seeds Nichols Garden Nursery 1190 North Pacific Highway Albany, Oregon 97321-4598 10. seeds Heirloom Gardens PO Box 138 Guerneville CA 95446 11. Health Center for Better Living 6189 Taylor Road Naples FL 33942-1823 12. 3/8 seeds/plants Richters Herbs Goodwood, Ontario Canada L0C 1A0 (416) 640-6677 (416) 640-6641 13. (organic pest control) Gardens Alive 5100 Schenley Pl Lawreneburg, IN 47025 14. 3/9 !! A Wonder !! Abundant Life Seed Company PO Box 772 Port Townsend, WA 98368 15. 3/9 - send about $3 for catalog - has live herb plants and seeds with lots of rare ones Sandy Much Herb Nursery Rt 2, Surrett Cove Rd Leicester, NC 28748 16. 3/9 from Sean O'Hara: Canyon Creek Nursery 3527 Dry Creek Road Oroville, CA 95965 (916) 533-2166 17. from Sean O'Hara:(catalog $3) Forestfarm 990 Tetherow Road Williams OR 97544-9599 18. from Sean O'Hara:(catalog $3) Heronswood Nursery 7530 288th Street NE Kingston WA 98346 19. 3/9 from Sean O'Hara: (very limited offerings) Xanadu Nursery Route #3, Box 171 Winslow Road Williamstown NJ 08094 (609) 629-0878 20. 3/11 The Wayside Gardens 1 Garden Lane Hodges, SC 29695 1-800-845-1124 21. $5 membership The Flower and Herb Exchange 3076 North Winn Road Decorah, Iowa 52101 22. 3/12 $3, (or maybe not) Seeds of Change 1364 Rufina Circle #5 Santa Fe NM 87501-2927 23. Kiss of the Sun 5273 South Coast Highway South Beach, OR 97366 24. Logee's Greenhouses North St., Dept HC Danielson, CT 06239 25. Well-Sweep Herb Farm 317 Bethel Rd. Port Muirray, NJ 07865 26. magazine The Herb Companion Interweave Press 201 East Fourth St., Dept B1 Loveland CO 80537 27. The Ethnobotanical Catalog of Seeds c/o J. L. Hudson P.O. Box 1058 Redwood City, CA 94064 28. seed co (almost went down last year -- too many orders) heirloom type Seeds Blum Idaho City Stage Boise, Idaho 83706 208 338 5658 29. seeds? no data on this yet Van Engelen 30. SEEDS/PLANTS Glasshouse Works P.O. Box 97 Stewart, OH 45778-0097 614-662-2142 31. seeds/plants Henry Fields Seed and Nursery Co. Shenandoah IA 51602 605-665-9391 32. seeds/books Aussie Diggers 105 Latrobe Parade Dromana 3936 AUSTRALIA 33. specialize in flowers with fragrance Fragrant Path P.O. Box 328 Fort Calhoun NE 68023 34. herb farm supplier Fox Hill Farm 444 W. Michigan Ave, Box 9 Parma, MI 49269 517 531-3179 35. herb farm supplier Herbfarm 32804 Issaquah-Fall City Rd. Fall City, WA 98024 206 784-2222 36. Ronnigers 37. $5 Heirloom Old Garden Roses 24062 NE Riverside Drive St Paul, Oregon 97137 38. local store owner is Valerie Blankenship From University Drive turn south on Bell Ave. Then turn right onto Texas, go one block to Oakland and turn right again. Wise Woman Herb Shop 1425 Oakland Denton, Texas. 1-800-330-3565 39. Sweet Annie's Herb Shop Centre Hall, Pennsylvania 1-800-955-HERB (955-4372) or toll: 814-364-1206 40. info resource Fresh Garlic Association PO Box 2410 Sausalito, CA 94966-2410 Books Notes Title Author Publisher Address Phone 1. ISBN 0-936672-17-X 54 pp. Indian Doctor Nancy Locke Doane Aerial Photography Services 2511 S. Tryon Street Charlotte, NC 28203 (704) 333-5142 2. Carrots Love Tomatoes Louis Riotte Garden Way Publishers 3. ISBN 0-034026-74-2 1992 The Herb Companion Wishbook and Resource Guide Bobbi. A. McRae Interweave Press Loveland, CO 4. ISBN 0-670-81894-1 1988 The Complete Book of Herbs Lesley Bremness NY, VIking Penguin, Inc 5. author is contributing editor of The Herb Quarterly The Healing Herbs Michael Castleman 6. Despite hokey title, a lot of very practical information about plant physiology in a very readable style... The Harrowsmith Country Life Book of Garden Secrets 7. it costs14.99 over here in the UK. It has some very good illustrations. THE NATURAL PHARMACY MIRIAM POLUNIN & CHRISTOPHER ROBBINS 8. $12.95 This book was my first herb dictionary. Plants are listed alphabetically by their latin name, with their common name listed second. Each listing has a description, distribution, constituents, uses, cultivation, and contra-indications. I have found it very helpful when perusing the health store for vitamins and such. The VNR color dictionary of herbs and herbalism edited by Malcolm Stuart. (Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, NY) 9. $24.99 This book is a more basic herb book,good for folks just starting out. Plants are listed alphabetically by their common name, with their latin listed second. The pictures are much bigger, but i think they list fewer plants. Reader's Digest Magic and Medicine of Plants (Readers' Digest Assoc. Inc, NY) 10. $34.94 The Garden Design Book Anthony Paul and Yvonne Rees Salam House Publishers, Topsfield MA 11. $30.00 The book breaks up the whole process by listing "vertical plants" or "plants for color" "wall and fencing choices". It is pretty educational. The Small Garden Book John Brookes Crown Publishers, NY 12. this book lists all the stand by garden plants in alphabetical order by their latin names. small (3"x4") full color pictures accompany each description. At the beginning of the book is a table listing all plants (alpha by latin again) and marks each heading : Plant type; height; spread; leaf; flower; planting time; flowering time; aspect; and soil. The written out descriptions also include Planting distance; Aftercare; Propagation; Problems; and Garden use. the book is broken down by season and deals primarily with flowering plants. The Complete Guide to Garden Plants Brian Davis Gallery Books, NYC 13. Way of Herbs Michael Tierra' 14. (I highly recommend this book, by the way) Chinese Herbal Medicine Daniel P. Reid 15. The Barefoot Doctor's Manual Festivals and Shows Date Event Institution Address phone/contact April: Annual Herb Fare Peace Tree Farm Kintersville, PA (215) 847-8152 Last Sat in April Herb Festival Mattoon, IL Contact: Chamber of Commerce Annual Herb Affair & Festival Sand Springs, OK contact city Annual Herb Day Houston TX Contact Herb Society of America, South TX Unit-713-859-9599 May Colonial Medicine Workshops Yorktown, PA Contact Spec. Events Coordinator usually on 2nd Sat sale of exotic and indigenous herbs Herbs at the Hendricks Cotydon, IN Contact IN Stat Museum Spring Herb F