The Garden Club of the Back Bay

Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston, Massachusetts, will present instructor Betsy Williams of The Proper Season on Saturday, September 25, from 10 – 1, for a class entitled Herbs for the Kitchen: Preserving Summer’s Herbs.  Now, while gardens and farm stands are brimming with fresh herbs, is the time to prepare for winter cooking and holiday gift giving.  Imagine lining your cupboard shelves with jewel toned bottles of herb vinegars, golden brown herb mustard and sparkling jars of herb jellies.  Picture containers of herb butters, bags of rosemary walnuts and jars of herb pesto filling a corner of your freezer.  Not enough time?  Too much work?  Not true!  These delicious enhancements to daily meals are quickly and easily made.  Learn how to dry or freeze herbs and how to make mustard, butters, vinegars, jellies, flavored nuts and pesto with fresh herbs.  Students will sample each recipe demonstrated and then make an herb vinegar, herb mustard and herb butter to take home.  Fee of $54 for Tower Hill members, $60 for non members includes the cost of food, supplies and a copy of Betsy’s book, Mrs. Thrift’s Cupboard, a collection of tried and true herbal recipes for the time-challenged cook.  To register, log on to www.towerhillbg.org.