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Rosemary Nightingale
SPEAKER, AUTHOR, ARTIST-GARDENER & TEACHER

Immerse yourself in the fragrant and delicious world of herbs. Learn how to grow, harvest and use them in culinary, medicinal and household recipes and remedies. Enjoy the many uses of lavender ... for the kitchen, bed and bath, the office and for travel. Refresh your senses as Rosemary brings the world of herbs and spices alive through fascinating history and folklore with demonstrations and tastings. 

Rosemary Nightingale has lectured at the San Francisco and Seattle Flower & Garden Shows,  National Herb Conferences and International Symposiums. With over 25 years as an educator she now delights in teaching at her gardens. 

A perch in a walnut tree, a raft on the ditch bank, and fortress in a plum orchard were early connections with the earth that sparked a lifetime of imagination, creativity and appreciation. Rosemary recollects the best education of her life was growing up on a small, family farm in the San Joaquin Valley of California. And yes her mother really named her Rosemary and Nightingale is the English translation of Nachtigall.

 

Speaking Activities

2011

Central California Women's Conference

 September 13, 2011
'Herbs & Spices for Beauty, Health and Flavor'
and
 'Eating, Praying, Loving, and Growing a Garden'

University of California Cooperative Extension 
 Tulare-Kings Master Gardener's Conference 
March 12, 2011 ~ Visalia Convention Center
Gardening 'CENTRAL VALLEY' Style 
"Choosing & Growing Herbs for Beauty, Health & Flavor"

2010

Northwest Flower & Garden Show

February 6 & 7 - Seattle, Washington
"Food, Fun, Flowers & Folklore"
and
"Everything Lavender"

University of California Cooperative Extension 
Master Gardeners of Fresno County - Smart Gardening Conference
February 27 - Ramada Inn - Fresno, California
"The Scented Garden"

2009

Ecological Farming Conference

January 24 - Asilomar - Pacific Grove, California
"Not Just Another Roadside Attraction" - Agri-Tourism

2008

President's Council - Farmer's Insurance Conference
September 24 - Bacara Resort - Santa Barbara, CA
"Recipes & Remedies - Growing Herbs 
for Relaxation, Health, Fun & Flavor"
 
Western Horticulture Society

March 12 - Los Altos, California
"See, Smell, Hear, Taste and Feel
Herbs, the Useful Plants"

Women's Conference
February 23 - Dinuba, California
Lavender For Beauty, Health & Flavor"

2007
 
Expanding Your Horizons Conference
October 13 College of the Sequoias, Visalia, California
Growing Herbs: The Science & Math Connection

MOPS
September 15 - Kingsburg, California
Herbs for Beauty, Health & Flavor

2006
 
Northwest Flower & Garden Show

February 9 - Seattle, Washington
"Just for Red Hats
Discover the Passion of Gardening"


Women's Conference
February - Dinuba, California
"Herbs For Beauty, Health & Flavor"
        

2005
 
Northwest Flower & Garden Show

February 9 - Seattle, Washington 
"Art, Music & Poetry in the Garden"

2004 
            
Laureate Theta Tau Sorority

February 8 - Fresno, California
Education from the Garden"

Exeter Garden Club Spring Event

April 17 - Exeter, California  
"Art, Music & Poetry in the Garden"     
 
2003 

World Ag Expo 

February 13 - Women-in-Ag Pavilion
"Herbs ~ Fascinating Recipes and Remedies"

San Francisco Flower & Garden Show 

March 19 - Diablo Room
"Common Herbs with Uncommon Uses 
What's in Your Backyard?"

2002
 
The Big Fresno Fair 
Home Arts Pavilion  - Fresno, California
"Celebrating Hispanic History
"Recipes & Remedies"

State of California Fourth Grade Teachers Convention

July 16 & 17~ Sacramento, California 
Staff Development for Educators Presentation
"Bringing California History to Life"

California Agricultural Teachers Association Conference 

Cal-Poly ~ San Luis Obispo, California 
Trade Show Exhibit
                                            
The Great Valley Conference
Sacramento, California
Guest Visual Artists 
"Art & Agriculture"

2002
 
The Arizona Herb Association

Pueblo Grande Museum - Phoenix, Arizona
Lecture, Demonstration and Slide Presentation with Music
"An Evening with a Nightingale"

2001 

The San Francisco Flower & Garden Show 
San Francisco Cow Palace
"Cooking with Herbs 
A History of Herbs from old California'"

2000

International Herb Symposium
Boston, Massachusetts
"The Art of Making Your Own Herbal Incense"
"Sunday Morning Garden Gospel Hour"
          
The San Francisco Flower & Garden Show  
San Francisco Cow Palace
"A History of Herbs from old California 
To Soothe & Sustain"

1999
 
The Lavender Festival
Sequim, Washington
"The Artful Garden"

1998

Fourth International Herb Symposium 
Boston, Massachusetts
Guest Artist
"Herbal Papermaking & Garden Harvest'"


1998
 
The Herb Growing & Marketing Conference
San Antonio, Texas
'Poetry, Proverbs and Philosophy of an Herb Garden'
"The Public: Tours & Gift Shop, an Artful Approach"

Fresno Historical Society -  The Civil War Revisited 
Living History at Kearney Park, Fresno, California
"
American Women 
Their Plants, Recipes & Remedies"


1997

The Herb Growing & Marketing Conference
                    Baton Rouge, Louisiana                                   
"The Artful Garden"

The International Herb Association
Danvers, Massachusetts
"Tours & Gift Shop,  
An Artful Approach"

Women’s Network
Fresno, California
"Living with Herbs for Health and Happiness"


1996  

The International Herb Association

San Diego, California
"An Artful Approach 
Display Gardens and Gift Shop
"

 

 

WRITING ACTIVITIES
               
                      2004-2008                      
Not Updated

    2003     
Celebrating 20 Years at the Squaw Valley Herb Gardens
   "Recipes & Remedies"      

2001  
Awakened Woman, Fall 
"
Butterflies, Birds & Bees"  

2000
Herb Quarterly, Fall 
Celebrating with the Land'

1998  
Spindle Weed ~ Autumn
In Celebration of Rosemary'