Basil: An Herb Society of America Guide
Contributors & Acknowledgements
Text by: Michele Meyers, HSA Director of Education, except where otherwise noted
© 2003 The Herb Society of America
Horticultural Advisor: Robin Siktberg, HSA Editor/Horticulturist
Contributors
The Herb Society of America would like to thank the following contributors, without whose expertise and input this guide would not have been possible:
James Adams
Jim Adams has been gardening and growing herbs since childhood. He earned his horticulture degree from Michigan State University. He completed numerous internships at some of the country's premier horticultural institutions before becoming the Assistant Curator of the Fern Valley Native Plant Collection at the U.S. National Arboretum. In 1997, he changed posts and became Curator of the National Herb Garden, also at the arboretum. Jim is a member the Potomac Unit of The Herb Society of America as well as various other horticulture-related organizations. He lives in Washington, D.C.
Gwen Barclay
Gwen is Director of Food Services at The International Festival Institute at Round Top, Texas. A member of the both the Pioneer Unit and the South Texas Unit of HSA, she is a nationally recognized expert on herbs and herbal cuisine. Gwen and her mother, Madalene Hill, are co-authors of
Southern Herb Growing.
Susan Belsinger
Susan Belsinger is a culinary educator, food writer and photographer whose articles have been published in
Woman's Day, Organic Gardening, Victoria Magazine and
The Herb Companion. She is the author of Flowers in the
Kitchen, co-author, with Carolyn Dille, of The Garlic Cookbook,
Herbs in the Kitchen, and The Greens Book, and co-author of
Basil: An Herb Lovers Guide with Thomas DeBaggio. Susan is a member of the Potomac Unit of The Herb Society of America.
Joan DeLauro
Joan is HSA's Garden Consultant and is responsible for the design and maintenance of the demonstration garden at HSA Headquarters. She previously served as Urban Gardening Coordinator at Cleveland Botanical Garden and currently runs her own freelance gardening business. She lives in Cleveland, Ohio, and is a member at large of The Herb Society of America.
Madalene Hill
Madalene was president of The Herb Society of America from 1986-1988 and has been a member for 46 years. She organized the South Texas Unit and was a charter member of the Pioneer Unit. Madalene was awarded HSA's Helen de Conway Little Medal of Honor in 1978. She is an accomplished plantswoman, and her garden at The International Festival Institute at Round Top, Texas, attracts visitors from all over the world.
Mark Langan
Mark has a degree in Ornamental Horticulture from Washington State University and has been working in the horticulture field since he was a teenager. He and his wife, Karen, run Mulberry Creek Herb Farm, an organic herb nursery in Huron, Ohio; lecture, and offer workshops on herbs and gardening. Mark is a member at large of The Herb Society of America.
Arthur O. Tucker, Ph.D.
Dr. Tucker is a research professor at Delaware State University specializing in the chemistry and identification of herbs. He is a member of the Rosemary Circle and the Northern New Jersey Unit of HSA and has received HSA's Nancy Putnam Howard Award for Excellence in Horticulture and the Helen de Conway Little Medal of Honor. Art has a B.S. from Kutztown State College and M.S. and doctoral degrees from Rutgers University. He is a nationally recognized expert on flavor, fragrance and medicinal plants and has been published many times in scholarly and popular publications. Dr. Tucker is co-author of
The Big Book of Herbs with Thomas DeBaggio.
Tina Marie Wilcox
Tina Marie Wilcox has been the head gardener and herbalist at the Ozark Folk Center's Heritage Herb Garden in Mountain View, Arkansas, since 1984. She tends the extensive gardens, plans and coordinates annual herbal events and workshops and facilitates the production of the plants sold there. Tina is an HSA member at large.
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