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THE KSL GREENHOUSE SHOW

WATCH: Medicinal herb garden with the KSL Greenhouse

Oct 20, 2023, 6:00 AM

Green patch of comfrey in a medicinal herb garden....

Sheriden Hansen from Utah State University Extension decided to grow a medicinal garden after learning about how herbs were used as medicine throughout history. (Michelle Lee/KSL NewsRadio)

(Michelle Lee/KSL NewsRadio)

BY MICHELLE LEE

Producer

SALT LAKE CITY – Take a break and escape to a medicinal herb garden!

Watch Maria Shilaos from the KSL Greenhouse Show and Sheriden Hansen from Utah State University Extension as they walk through Hansen’s medicinal herb garden at the USU Botanical Gardens.

Hansen said she chose to grow medicinal herbs after researching the historical usage of plants for medicine.

The most interesting thing she found has to do with the taste of the stevia.

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