Dishes :: Olive

Gingko

The gingko family dates back to when the dinosaurs roamed the earth.  Gingko biloba, native to China has been considered effective in the treatment of asthma and other allergic reations.

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Maple

The common maple earns its name by displaying a touch of red throughout the year. According to botanists, the sugar trapped in the maple's dying leaves is responsible for the fiery fall color.

Other Hosta Items:

Hosta Servers

Hosta Spoons

The Paper Birch, slender and elegant, with its intensely white bark, is visible even in the dark of night. The tough ourter wrapping of the tree is the bark from which American Indians fashioned their strong, lightweight bark canoes. These Native Americans, as well as early colonists and European herbalists, all agree that birch leaves were therapeutic and all prescribed them for many disorders. The leaves and twigs of some birches boast a spicy aroma and are used to make scented oil. Because of their singular beauty, they have been designated National Memorial Trees for Mothers and as such were planted on the Capitol grounds in Washington, DC.

The oak, a noble American tree is famous in legend and history. Native Americans knew it was time to plant corn when white oak leaves were as “big as a mouse’s ear”. Folk medicine called for collecting the winter oak leaves to cure frostbite. The Acorn is the harbinger of new life. Acorns were used extensively as a food source for native North American Indians, and also roasted as a coffee substitute.

The primary reason for our long love affair with the grapevine is the juicy fruit and wine. In ancient times the leaves were used for healing purposes but today they are used as an appetizer or main dish.

This grapeleaf dish is perfect for snacks or treats or just for its beauty!

Other Radicchio Items:

Radicchio Sauce Spoon

Radicchio Spoons

Due to their large leaf size, Catalpas provide very dark shade and are a popular habitat for many birds, providing them good shelter from rain and wind. These trees have very little limb droppage, but they do drop large bean pods during late summer.

The cabbage is a plant of the family Brassicaceae. It is derived from a leafy wild mustard plant, native to the Mediterranean region. It was known to the Greeks and Romans, and Cato the Elder praised this vegetable for its medicinal properties. In European folk medicine it was used to treat acute inflammation. There are many varieties of cabbage based on shape and time of maturity. Broadly speaking, they come in two groups, early and late. The early varieties mature in about 50 days while the late cabbage matures in about 80 days. Cabbages keep well and were a common winter vegetable even before refrigeration. The so called “cabbage head” is widely consumed –raw, cooked or preserved-in a great variety of dishes from coleslaw to German sauerkraut or Korean kimchi.

Particularly among the young, Sea Stars are the most popular creatures when you go tide pooling! They may well be the most unusual well-known creatures. They have no front or back and can move in any direction without turning. Rather than using muscles to move their hundreds of tiny legs, starfish use a complex hydraulic system to move around or cling to rocks. They can move quite gracefully across a surface.