Save the Date 

Join us at Rooted In for a day of herb gardening, hands-on learning, plant swapping, and connecting with fellow gardeners. Whether you’re an experienced gardener or just getting started, Herb Day is designed to be a fun, relaxed, come-and-go event for anyone interested in growing and using herbs in North Texas!

Saturday, June 27, 2026

9:30 AM – 2:30 PM

 

This FREE community event will feature:

LEARN

• Mini-classes from herb experts and master gardeners
• Ask-the-Expert educational booths
• Practical tips for growing and using herbs in North Texas

EXPLORE

• Rare, unusual, and hard-to-find herbs
• Traditional culinary herbs, South Asian herbs, vegetables, flowers, and other useful plants
• Plants commonly used in permaculture and regenerative gardening
• Well-adapted herbs and edible plants for North Texas gardens

SHOP LOCAL

• Featured herb and garden vendors
• Fresh and dried herbs (including comfrey and other hard-to-find specialty herbs!)
• Herbal teas, salves, oils, and other handcrafted botanical products
• Bokashi composting products and soil-building amendments

CONNECT

• Herb seed and plant swap
• Paint-your-own herb garden marker activity
• Opportunities to meet fellow gardeners, growers, and plant enthusiasts

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Featured Vendors

Good Tilth Farm

Featuring fresh and dried herbs, comfrey plants, herbal teas, Bokashi products, soil-building amendments, and other offerings focused on healthy soil and productive gardens.

Backyard Grower

Specializing in South Asian herbs, vegetables, flowers, and other useful plants that are difficult to find through traditional retail sources.

Rene Myers

Offering specialty herb plants, herbal teas, dried herbs, salves, oils, and other handcrafted botanical products.

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🌿 Herb Seed & Plant Swap

The Herb Swap opens at 9:15 AM.

Bring healthy herb plants, rooted cuttings, divisions, seeds, or labeled seed packets to share with fellow gardeners!

Please:

• Bring only healthy, pest-free plant material
• Avoid invasive or potentially invasive species
• Label plants and seeds to the best of your ability
• Include the common and/or botanical name when possible

Don’t have anything to bring? That’s okay! Participation is free, and sharing is encouraged but not required. We simply ask that you take only what you can reasonably use and enjoy so there’s plenty to share with fellow gardeners.

We’ll have seed packets and labeling tape available to help participants organize and share plants and seeds.

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Speaker Schedule

9:15–9:40 AM

Herb Swap Opens • Vendor Booths • Ask-the-Expert Booths

9:40–10:25 AM

Thyme to Think Outside the Pot

Melissa Weaver & Becky Collins

Venture beyond Thyme, Rosemary and Sage. Explore some of our favorite herbs as well as some lesser-known varieties discovering the biodiversity and richness each brings to the garden landscape. Think texture, color, and fragrance and how herbs add interest and depth to shade, sun and rock gardens. And don’t forget about the important role good soil plays in garden success. We will touch on that too!

10:25–10:45 AM

Herb Swap • Vendor Booths • Ask-the-Expert Booths

10:45–11:30 AM

Companion Herbs: Growing Connections Between Plants, Pollinators, and People

Wendy Hudman & Michelle Businger

Discover how herbs can support neighboring plants, attract beneficial insects, provide resources for pollinators, and enrich our own lives through beauty, flavor, fragrance, and tradition. Learn practical ways to use herbs as valuable companions throughout the garden and beyond.

11:30 AM–12:15 PM

Herb Swap • Vendor Booths • Ask-the-Expert Booths • Grab Some Lunch

12:15–1:00 PM

Using Herbs as Ornamentals: Beauty Beyond the Herb Garden

Barbara Gollman

Herbs can do far more than flavor your favorite recipes. Explore how herbs can bring color, texture, fragrance, and seasonal interest to beds, borders, containers, and mixed plantings. Barbara will share practical ideas for incorporating herbs into the landscape where they provide both beauty and utility, proving that some of the most attractive plants in the garden can also be among the most useful.

1:00–2:30 PM

Herb Swap • Vendor Booths • Ask-the-Expert Booths

The event concludes at 2:30 PM, but Rooted In is open until 5:00!