9th ANNUAL NATIONAL HERB DAY CELEBRATION IN ST. PETERSBURG

On
Saturday, May 3th from 10 AM to 4PM, herbalists and lovers of herbal medicines
will celebrate the importance of plants in health with Herb Day 2014.
The free celebration will be held in St. Petersburg and hosted by Acupuncture
& Herbal Therapies and St. Petersburg Health & Wellness located at 222
2nd Street North.

The event

is free and open to the public. There will be lectures, free herb and food

tasting, Kava Kava, local herb plants for sale and numerous vendors related to
herbs. Many vendors will be lecturing about the uses of herbs in health and
well-being. According to Bob Linde, Registered Herbalist, “this is one of my
favorite days of the year. We get to meet with hundreds of like-minded local
people to create a stronger herbal community.” 

Herb Day
was created and organized by the Herb Day Coalition, a national group of
non-profit herbal organizations dedicated to herbal education, research,
quality control, plant preservation, and the responsible use of herbs in human
health. The day will consist of local herbal events that will take place
throughout the nation.

The St.
Petersburg event will be held May 3th from 10 AM to 4 PM and is a collaboration
with the Florida Herb Society, the West Coast Chapter of the American
Herbalists Guild, Willow Herbal Delight Gardens and the Professional Herbalist
Training Program.  There will be raffle

drawings throughout the day to benefit Florida Herb Society and the West Coast
Chapter of the American Herbalist Guild.

The event
will be at Acupuncture & Herbal Therapies and St. Petersburg Health &
Wellness, 222 2nd Street North, St. Petersburg. Lectures will be

held every 45 minutes throughout the day on subjects such as Growing Herbs in
Florida, Herb and Drug Interactions, Becoming an Herbalist, Making Herbal
Medicines, Cooking with Herbs and other topics. Lectures will be given by local
herb experts such as Robert Linde, AP, RH, director of Acupuncture & Herbal
Therapies and the Professional Herbalist Training Program, Deserie Valloreo of
Herbal Wise, Willow LaMonte of Willow Herbal Delight Gardens, and other herb
experts. Vendors will include the Florida Herb Society, Florida Chapter of the
American Herbalists Guild, Professional Herbalist Training Program, and many others.
Music will be provided by the Urban Gypsies from 11 AM to 2 PM.
For more information see the websites www.acuherbals.com and www.herbday.org. For further information call 727-551-0857