Krohn Conservatory

Krohn Conservatory's 2025 fall show draws inspiration from the Padua Botanical Garden in Italy.

Krohn Conservatory's 2025 fall show draws inspiration from the Padua Botanical Garden in Italy.

Stop by Krohn Conservatory to see the Herb Society of Greater Cincinnati’s display, Saturday, September 20th or Sunday, September 21st from 10am - 5pm. Engage with Herb Society members, see herbs you know and learn some new ones!

Visitors can examine live and preserved herbs, learn how they have been used throughout history, and get information on how to grow them today. Young visitors can learn about garden shapes, the gardening process, and herbs used in flavoring their food by moving doll size figures through the large interactive ancient Italian Padua Garden.

Don't miss the special presentation, 'Medicinally Speaking', by Carol Mundy, given on Saturday September 20, 2025 at 1:00pm

Krohn Conservatory's 2025 fall show draws inspiration from the Padua Botanical Garden in Italy.

Join local Naturalist Carol Mundy for this unique look at Ohio Native Plants at Krohn Conservatory on September 20th at 1:00pm.

Native plants have always been part of the medicinal “tool kit” used by Indigenous people, settlers, immigrants as well as doctors and researchers. Even today, upwards of 40% of the medicines we use are plant-based. Ongoing research peels away the layers of the anecdotal uses of our native plants and substantiates many as beneficial medicines. This presentation looks at the history of a sampling of Ohio’s Native Plants and their role in providing medicine then and now.

As a naturalist, speaker, and writer, Carol Mundy taught for the University of Cincinnati and Hamilton County Park District, leading classes in urban wildlife issues, native plants, weed identification, and the historical uses of plants. She continues to offer lectures and workshops in her “retirement”. One of her favorite botanical projects was the design of the historical medicine display for the Ohio Governors’ Residence Heritage Garden & Lloyd Medicinal Garden.

Carol is the recipient of the Citation for Horticulture Education from the Garden Club of Ohio and the long-time host of a weekly radio program “Outdoor Life” on WMKV radio in Cincinnati. The show features unique topics and interviews tying together nature, science, art, and culture.