In part because of changes in international climate patterns, the availability of sufficient water is often irregular in western North Carolina: rainfall can be abundant one year and almost nonexistent another. Some years have early, heavy rainfall, others are dry until mid-summer.
But many popular herbs, having developed around the Mediterranean, are drought-tolerant, and experienced gardeners know that xeriscaping with drought-tolerant herbs and using captured rainwater is always a wise budgetary move as well as ecologically important.
If you have questions about herbs, gardening, or what herbs to plant where, with, or near other vegetables and flowers, the Master Gardeners have answers! They’ll be by the Main Entrance of the Festival Building.