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Last updated on March 7th, 2024

How to Grow Culinary Herbs in Containers: 10 Healing Plants for Your Porch or Patio

How to Grow Culinary Herbs in Containers: 10 Healing Plants for Your Porch or Patio Written by Meghan Gemma and Juliet Blankespoor Photography by Juliet Blankespoor Lush, aromatic plants gracing the gateways to your home—porch steps, patios, pathways, and windowsills—are the ultimate welcome mat. In particular, potted culinary and medicinal herbs bring a little something [...]
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Last updated on June 9th, 2023

Kauai Farmacy Gardens: Bioregional Farm-to-Apothecary

Last winter, I had the pleasure of visiting the Kauai Farmacy Gardens with my family on a visit to Kauai, affectionately known as the Hawaiian “Garden Island.” I was intrigued by their thriving tropical farm-to-apothecary business model and was eager to meet the plants and people involved. Doug Wolkon, one of the co-founders of the gardens, generously spent an afternoon with us, showing us around the plantings and apothecary.