Presenting at our evening meeting in July 2025 is Karen England, current president of the San Diego Horticultural Society and she's also the editor of their monthly newsletter. CRFG's secretary Robin Rivet writes a regular column for that organization and wrote about the California Rare Fruit Growers in February last year. Karen England is a wonderful treasure in our county and she's on the Board of Director's for the International Herb Association!
She's teaches classes at Oasis and here's her cool bio:
Karen England, an herb gardener of over 30 years, is on the board of directors of the International Herb Association and a regular food and drinks contributor to the group’s Herb of the Year™ books. Karen was lucky enough to have attended seven weeklong intensive cooking courses at the world famous Ballymaloe Cookery School in County Cork, Ireland, studying under the amazing Darina Allen. Darina has impacted Karen’s culinary teaching style making it accessible, attainable, delicious and fun. For ten years, Karen was the culinary docent at the Lavender Fields of Valley Center and wrote and published their branded Lavender Cooking booklet.
In addition, Karen, who lives and gardens on two acres in Vista, California, self-published for her own label, Edgehill Herb Farm, a still popular cook booklet (now PDF) entitled Scented GeraniYums! Cooking with Scented Pelargoniums. In the past she self-published a now out-of-print booklet co-written with Sheryl Lozier for Summer’s Past Farms entitled Herbal Vinegars. Although the booklets are no longer in print, the delicious recipes and useful information lives on in Karen’s herbal presentations and cooking classes.
She also hosts a podcast: https://edgehillherbfarm.blog/2020/08/08/hear-karen-england-on-the-buildsters-podcast/