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In January 1980, the Huntsville-Madison County Botanical Garden Society was founded and held its first official meeting. The members of the new society persistently attended City Council meetings and politely asked for funding until they were offered 35 acres and three years to raise $200,000, which the city said that it would match.
The Herb Society of America (HSA) is a nonprofit, volunteer-based organization dedicated to promoting the knowledge and appreciation of herbs through educational programs and research. [ 1 ] As of 2024, the society has 40 chapters throughout the United States.
Huntsville: Slippery Rock University Herbarium 16,000 SLRO Pennsylvania: Slippery Rock: Monroe County Department of Parks Herbarium 15,720 HPH New York: Rochester: Henderson State University Herbarium 15,500 HEND Arkansas: Arkadelphia: Alma College Herbarium 15,000 ALMA Michigan: Alma: George R. Cooley Herbarium Colgate University: 15,000
The Lincoln Mill and Mill Village Historic District is a historic district in Huntsville, Alabama. Opened in 1900, it quickly grew to be Huntsville's largest cotton mill in the first quarter of the 20th century. After closing in 1955, the mills were converted to office space that was used by the U.S. space program.
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Alabama that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design.
Huntsville is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Alabama.The population was 215,006 at the 2020 census and was estimated to be 225,564 in 2023, making it the 95th-most populous city in the U.S. [12] [13] [11] The Huntsville metropolitan area had an estimated 527,000 residents in 2023 and is the second-most populous metro area in the state, after Birmingham.
The Merrimack Mill Village Historic District is a historic district in Huntsville, Alabama. The cotton mill was built in 1900 by the Merrimack Manufacturing Company, reaching a peak of 1,600 employees by 1955. The mill was sold in 1946, and became known as the Huntsville Manufacturing Company. It operated until 1989 and was torn down in 1992.
Hilda Leyel (née Wauton; 6 December 1880 – 15 April 1957), who wrote under the name Mrs. C. F. Leyel, was an expert on herbalism and founded the Society of Herbalists (later the Herb Society) [1] in England in 1927, as well as a chain of herbalist stores called the Culpeper House herb shops.