It’s still a little over two weeks away, but Herb Day is coming!The Herb of the Year is DILL! (I’m not really sure why that’s so exciting, but apparently it is.)

The 15^th Annual Herb Day will be held at the Sedgwick County Extension Education Center at 21^st and Ridge in Wichita on Saturday May 1^st from 7:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.   Admission is free.

A few of the events that day:

• Plant vendors from around the region will have herbs and other plants for sale.
• Seminars on growing and cooking with herbs
• Master Gardener Plant Sale
• Herbal Brunch available in 4-H Hall by the Kitchen
• Children’s Activity (plant a dill seedling)
• Garden Magazine Sale

Of course, the Kansas Grown! Farmer’s Market will be in the parking lot. (But don’t wait until Herb Day to come for a visit!)

Seminars:

8:00  “Dillicious”

8:30  On the Herbal Hunt

9:00  Drying/Preserving Herbs and Canning Pickles

9:30  Herbs and More at Cowtown

10:00  Cooking and Baking with Dill – Master Chef Chris Miller and Registered Dietitian Paula Miller

10:30  Composting – The Black Gold of the Garden

10:30  Meet for the Arboretum Tour

11:00  Butterflies, Caterpillars and Host Plants

11:30  Seed Ball: Making and Planting

12:00  Confessions of a Crazy Bread Maker

12:30  Herbal Infusions and More