Today, April 1st, the third installment of the National Herb Summit in Ichinoseki pre-event, ``Health Seminar with Flowers and Greenery,'' was held at Tategamori Ark Farm.
The lecturers included Dr. Setsuko Grosse, a horticultural therapy practitioner, Dr. Taeko Shishido, head of the Sendai branch of the Japan Herb Society, and Dr. Iku Oba, a gathering lecturer.
At the tasting corner, which many people say they look forward to every time, we offer 6 types of dishes using herbs and 5 types of herbal tea.
In addition to products made with herbs, the display and sales corner featured a variety of products, including wild vegetables such as Gyoja garlic, and processed apples produced locally in Fujisawa Town.
Although we cannot make any announcements yet, we will continue to prepare various schemes until June 24th and 25th.
In addition to the Tategamori Ark Farm blog,Herb Summit FacebookPlease also check it out.
Sales corner, herb-related books (upper left), nostalgic handmade sweets ``ganzuki'', rice cakes made with mugwort, a typical Japanese herb (upper right), wild vegetables such as gyoja garlic, horseradish, and boiled butterbur are also Japanese herbs ( (bottom left), edible flowers which were also the theme of the second pre-event (bottom right)
Lecture by Professor Grosse Setsuko. The content, which included real-life experiences about horticultural therapy, was very educational.
The herbs used by Dr. Shishido during his lecture. There are some herbs from Tategamori Ark Farm, but at this time of year in Iwate, the limit is two to three types. Chamomile and mallow flowers came all the way from Okinawa.
Tasting/sampling corner. Echinacea, fennel, rosel, elder, and wild strawberry herbal teas, all of which have high medicinal properties (top 2 photos), herbal butter, and herbal mayonnaise on a baguette baked with pesticide-free organic wheat from Tategamori Ark Farm. (Bottom left) Panna cotta and herbal tea jelly made with mulberry, one of Yotsuki Isso. The jelly has cherry blossom petals that give you a sense of the season (bottom right).
A gathering class limited to 20 people. Using new gardening techniques, we have created gorgeous works of art that were not possible with traditional group plantings.
Tategamori Ark Ranch
Hitoshi Komatsu
