Article: GOLD LEAF PICKED AS HERB OF THE YEAR, BASIL TO SHOW OFF AT GARDENS' PLANT SALE.(Food / Spotlight)

Byline: Marty Meitus

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS

When the International Herb Society named basil the herb of the year for 2003, the Denver Botanic Gardens Guild could live with that. After all, last year it was echinacea.

A favorite with cooks and gardeners, basil is one of the few herbs that need no introduction.

Long before the herb society had made its pronouncement, the guild had already selected basil as one of the featured herbs at Denver Botanic Gardens' annual rite of spring, the 54th Annual Plant and Book Sale, to be held Friday and Saturday, just in time for Mother's Day. Twenty kinds of edible basil will be at the sale, with fun ...

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