Date: May 13, 2009
For Immediate Release

Aquatic Connections Now Carries Sara's Superb Herbs
Grow Your Own Herbs & Cook at Home

Part of Aquatic Connections Gardening Gives Back!


Aquatic Connections and Sara's Superb Herbs Help Raise Money for Easter Seals Camp Hemlocks
In the summer of 2000 Pride's Corner Farm had a dream of creating a quality plant, while giving something back to the community. The result was a line of beautiful gallon size plants known as "Sara's Superb Herbs." Now, fifty cents from every plant purchased at Aquatic Connections goes directly to Easter Seals Camp Hemlocks in Hebron, CT.

Since 2000, Sara's Superb Herbs have raised over $200,000 for the programs and services of Easter Seals Connecticut-Rhode Island. Easter Seals Camp Hemlocks is a 160 acre modern, barrier free camp for children and adults with disabilities and special needs. Here they are able to conquer their fears, realize their dreams and strive to reach their highest potential in an environment which encourages independence and self reliance.

For more information about Sara's Superb herbs, planting tips and recipes visit www.superbherbs.net. For more information about Easter Seals Camp Hemlocks please visit www.eastersealscamphemlocks.org

Aquatic Connections Gardening Gives Back Program includes: Sara's Superb Herbs, Pink Ribbon Plants, which donates to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation & American Beauties (Native Plants), which donates to The National Wildlife Federation.
2009 Availability List of Herbs/Tomatoes
Dwarf Fernleaf Dill - Fine, frilly and flavorful, this dense form of dill puts the zing in dressings, salads and cooked vegetables. Dill loves to grow in full sun, does well in containers, and is very easy to grow. Keep snipping to prevent flowering, which will negatively alter the taste of the plant. Avoid snipping the main stem when possible. Harvest side shoots. Annual.
1 Gallon Full Pot. Mature Plants Ready to Use. $10 each or Any 3 herbs/tomatoes for $25

Roman Chamomile - Easy to grow with outstanding texture, this herb can multi-task in the landscape while providing great scent and a boatload of herbal uses in the home. Tolerating full sun or partial shade, this Chamomile is a low, creeping, yet aggressive growing plant with fine, almost frilly, fragrant foliage. It is an easy going, easy growing plant that works well in any herb or container garden. Its small daisy-like flowers with white rays and yellow center bloom from early summer through frost. Flowers can be dried and used in soothing, great tasting teas. It's apple scented foliage can be used in sweet smelling potpourris. Perennial.
1 Gallon Full Pot. Mature Plants Ready to Use. $10 each or Any 3 herbs/tomatoes for $25

Alpine Strawberry - This little cutie is a pleasure to grow. Its rounded form will produce small, yellow centered flowers that turn into the sweetest tasting, dime-sized, bright red strawberries throughout the growing season. Its leaves can be used in teas and it's a great plant for growing in containers, window boxes or strawberry jars. Alpine strawberries do best in partial sun. Perennial.
1 Gallon Full Pot. Mature Plants Ready to Use. $10 each or Any 3 herbs/tomatoes for $25

Spearmint - Easy to grow and so useful for literally hundreds of purposes! Spearmint's attractive medium green foliage is perfect with foods like meats, fish, jams and jellies but also makes a superb tea and gives bath water an invigorating splash! A vigorous grower, It's best to grow spearmint in a sunken pot in the garden or in a container on the deck or patio where its runners can be cut back and controlled. Perennial.
1 Gallon Full Pot. Mature Plants Ready to Use. $10 each or Any 3 herbs/tomatoes for $25

Spicy Globe Basil - Here's a great basil that will be a welcomed addition to any garden recipe! Spicy Globe is a dense, small leaved plant that is perfect for grouping in a small space garden or growing in a pot, deck container, or window box. Spicy Globe is easy to grow, can be used fresh or dried, and is a welcome addition to pesto and Italian food of all types. Annual.
1 Gallon Full Pot. Mature Plants Ready to Use. $10 each or Any 3 herbs/tomatoes for $25

Magical Michael Basil - This All-American Award winning plant is just the thing to spice up your herb garden or any other flower bed with its outstanding form, scent and powerful good looks. By early summer it is coated with clouds of small white flowers that attract butterflies. Magical Michael can make a great pesto, although it does not have the oil content of green basil. It repels aphids and tomato hornworms in the garden, making it useful as well as beautiful and tasty! Annual.
1 Gallon Full Pot. Mature Plants Ready to Use. $10 each or Any 3 herbs/tomatoes for $25

Hardy Oregano - Vigorous and highly scented, this is one herb that no garden or kitchen should be without! Multiple stems are densely packed with small, deep green leaves that are a must for seasoning tomato sauce, vegetables, beef, poultry and so much more. Easy to grow in full sun and nearly pest-free, oregano is a great plant for growing in the garden, deck containers, or a pot on a kitchen sill just waiting to put some life into someone's dinner! Perennial.
1 Gallon Full Pot. Mature Plants Ready to Use. $10 each or Any 3 herbs/tomatoes for $25

Triple Curly Parsley - A common herb with an uncommon twist- frilly curly foliage that really enhances the attractiveness of this very useful plant. Easy to grow indoors on a windowsill or out in any half-to-full sun garden spot, parsley is perfect for use as a seasoning in a wide range of foods both fresh or dried. Biennial.
1 Gallon Full Pot. Mature Plants Ready to Use. $10 each or Any 3 herbs/tomatoes for $25

Purple Sage - A colorful plant with a load of uses! Purple sage's grayish purple foliage is a stand out either in the garden or growing in a container and is widely used in a range of foods from stuffing meats to vegetables. It also dries beautifully for use in wreaths and potpourris. Easy to grow, loves full sun and well drained soil. Tender Perennial/Annual.
1 Gallon Full Pot. Mature Plants Ready to Use. $10 each or Any 3 herbs/tomatoes for $25

Tricolor Sage - An eye-catching beauty! Leaves are a combination of cream, purple and green on this tender perennial that's not only beautiful but is superb for seasoning foods from poultry to vegetables. Combine that with its colorful presence in wreaths and other decorative herbal creations and you have a lovely, useful plant! Loves full sun and grows well in containers both indoors and out. Tender Perennial/Annual.
1 Gallon Full Pot. Mature Plants Ready to Use. $10 each or Any 3 herbs/tomatoes for $25

English Thyme - A superb perennial herb that is one of the backbones of the herb garden. Widely used as a seasoning for most any dish. English thyme loves full sun and well-drained soil and will even tolerate poor soils. Low and spreading with lilac-purple summer flowers. Perennial.
1 Gallon Full Pot. Mature Plants Ready to Use. $10 each or Any 3 herbs/tomatoes for $25

Golden Lemon Thyme - What a showy plant with its deep green foliage edged in the brightest gold. Golden lemon thyme has a strong lemon scent and is used in cooking, teas, aromatherapy, and more! Easy to grow, it is perfect for full sun and loves to grow in containers on the deck or in a sunny window where you'll be tempted to cut it repeatedly just for the joy of that strong citrus aroma! Perennial.
1 Gallon Full Pot. Mature Plants Ready to Use. $10 each or Any 3 herbs/tomatoes for $25

Selection of Tomato Plants:
  • Big Beef Tomatoes
  • Little Dipper Tomatoes
  • Brandywine Heirloom Tomatoes