Using herbs and seasonal spices, we will craft edible and scented gifts for giving to friends and family this holiday season. Cookies, bread and scone mixes, scented ornaments and simmers, and other crafty items, along with making tags and wrapping paper using herbs and plants from the garden will be covered. Participants will take home lots of recipes and at least two completed items to give or keep.
Marcy earned a Bachelor’s of Arts in Anthropology with a focus on Native Cultures of the United States. She worked for 20 years as a museum curator and director, but changed direction and took her hobby and turned her personal passion into a full-time endeavor.
Growing herbs began in 1992 for Marcy after taking a class at an herb shop. She then started the Backyard Patch to market her herbs in 1995. Her programs have been listed as a "Best of the Best" in the Northern Illinois Library Association publication. Marcy is also a published author on subjects relating to herbs, both growing and using, and she is a regular contributing author to both The Essential Herbal Magazine and Wisconsin Herbalist.
Marcia Lautanen-Raleigh
