Our field trip on Friday, July 18 at 7:30 A.M. is a luxurious way (relax in a motor coach) for those of you who are coming from afar to see the herbal and garden sites in our nation's capital. We will have guided tours by herbal experts at the US National Arboretum and then at the US Botanic Gardens. Bring your camera and wear your walking shoes and sun hat! We will also have a street tour of native plants growing around the new Native American Museum, where you can have lunch on your own. The cafeteria has authentic Native American foods indigenous to many regions of North America; you can choose from buffalo burgers to Hopi stew, posole, roasted chiles, beans, squash, flatbreads, cornbread, a plethora of salsas, to rosemary pinon tarts. $65 fee covers bus costs, snacks on the bus, tram tour at the arboretum as well as a contribution to the intern fund. Bus returns at 7 P.M.

Featured speakers: Dr. Art Tucker, Susan Belsinger, Dave Matticks, Don Haynie, Holly Shimizu, Audrey Hillman, Steve Bogash. Tom and Madeline Wajda, the owners of Willow Pond Farm, will host a dinner for members on Saturday evening.
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Featured speakers: Marge Powell, Kay Whitlock, Terry Hollembaek, Cy and Louise Hyde, Francesco DeBaggio, Susan Hess, Steve Hirshfeld, and Madeline Wajda.
The IHA annual business meeting will be held along with a day of exciting and inspiring programs. We look forward to our annual awards banquet with a program by this year's Otto Richter Award recipient, and of course our rousing auction and foundation fundraiser.
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Driving tour leaves the Eisenhower at 8:30 A.M. and goes to Alloway Creek Gardens, Surreybrooke Farm, Willow Pond Farm, Rosemary House and Sweet Remembrances Tea Shop. Included: detailed directions, guided garden tours, snacks, box lunch, and evening tea at Sweet Remembrances. $55 tour fee; tour ends at 7:30 P.M.

Other attractions

Tour the battlefield: The Battle of Gettysburg took place July 1 to 3, 1863. Tour this hallowed ground including the site of Pickett's Charge, Little Round Top where Union and Confederate troops fought hand-to-hand, and the Gettysburg National Cemetery where President Lincoln delivered his historic address.

Tour the Amish country of Lancaster County, where the wheat harvest will be underway with four-horse teams pulling the grain binders.

While you're in the Lancaster area, visit the Landis Valley Museum which preserves the old ways of farming and where each spring several thousand people attend the museum's Herbe Faire.

A limited number of tables for vendors are available for the herbal marketplace. The table rental fee is $75.00 for the two days of the meeting; the fee for tables for one day is $40.00. To reserve your spot contact Tom Wajda at 717-642-6387 or by E-mail.

For those driving to the meeting, the Eisenhower Hotel is located at 2634 Emmitsburg Road, in Gettysburg, two miles south of the historic battlefield. Options for air travel include Harrisburg International Airport (one hour from the hotel), Baltimore/Washington and Dulles International airports (each about 90 minutes from the hotel).

The conference fee is $200 for members and includes both days of the conference, lunch both days, dinner at Willow Pond Farm on July 19, and the evening banquet on July 20. The fee for non-members is $225.00. Fee for the public for a single day is $75.00 with lunch included.

Preliminary International Herb Association Conference Schedule for July 2008 (subject to change)
	Saturday, July 19
	Track 1	Track 2
9:00 AM	Welcome/Opening—Tina Marie Wilcox, IHA President
9:15 to 10:05 AM	Agrotourism or How to Make Money by Really Working Hard—Steve Bogash	Native Medicinals of the Mid-Atlantic—Audrey Hillman
10:30 to 11:15 AM	Old Shoes and Other Containers for Patio Gardens—Barbara Steele
11:30 to 12:30 PM	Organics 201—Dave Mattock	Medicinal Herbs—Susanna Reppert
12:30 to 1:30 PM	Luncheon Buffet/Shopping
1:30 to 2:30 PM	Bay Laurel, Herb of the Year 2009—Art Tucker and Susan Belsinger
2:45 to 3:45 PM	Herb (and other) Garden Design—Don Haynie
4:00 to 5:00 PM	Going Green in the Garden—Holly Shimizu
6:30 PM	Dinner at Willow Pond Farm
	Sunday, July 20
	Track 1	Track 2
9:00 to 10:00 AM	Advertising Forum—Tina Sams, Stacey Fox, Francesco DeBaggio
10:15 to 11:15 AM	Why We Went Organic—Steve Hirshfeld	StrategicThinking for Small Businesses— Marge Powell and Kay Whitlock
11:30 to 12:30 PM	Web Site Insights—Francesco DeBaggio	Pennsylvania German Herbs—Susan Hess
12:30 to 1:30 PM	Luncheon Buffet/Shopping
1:30 to 2:20 PM	Annual Business Meeting
2:45 to 3:45 PM	Help Wanted—Internships— Susanna Reppert	How to Give a Cooking Demonstration with Nothing to Cook On—Madeline Wajda
4:00 to 5:00 PM	Promising Plants Forum—Cy Hyde, Louise Hyde, Terry Hollembaek, Tom Wajda
6:00 to 7:00 PM	Social Hour—Cash Bar
7:00 to 10:00 PM	IHA Awards Dinner, Otto Richter Memorial Lecture, IHA Foundation Auction