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The Estero Island Garden Club will be holding a presentation on herbs at the Fort Myers Beach Library this Monday,
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Wendy Sprague, an herb enthusiast, will be giving a presentation on raising herbs this Monday at the Fort Myers Beach Library.
The Estero Island Garden Club program will begin at 10 a.m.
Sprague will be addressing how to raise herbs in a windowsill container or outside in a planter. She will also discuss the health benefits of herbs and provide recipes.
The history of using herbs spans millennia, from Paleolithic times to today, with roots in ancient civilizations like China, Egypt, India and Sumer. These links have been documented in texts like the Ebers Papyrus and Shen Nung’s Pen T’Sao. Key figures like Hippocrates, known as the ‘Father of Medicine’, emphasized the importance of nature in healing. Herbs served as the foundation for modern pharmaceuticals, with willow bark leading to aspirin, and they remain vital in traditional systems worldwide, connecting ancient wisdom with contemporary health practices.
Herbs can offer significant health benefits, acting as potent sources of antioxidants, anti-inflammatory compounds, vitamins (A, C, K), and minerals, helping protect against cell damage, chronic diseases, infections, and supporting brain health, digestion, and immunity, while also adding flavor to food and reducing the need for salt.
Wendy Sprague is also a Fort Myers-Lee County Garden Council officer and a master gardener volunteer.
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