The Melissa Garden In The News

"The Melissa Garden: A Sanctuary and Season for Honeybees" by Kate Frey, Pacific Horticulture, July/August/September 2009 . Read article (large 6MB download) , also view A Seasonal List of Bee Plants

"Healdsburg's Melissa Garden a haven for imperiled bees" by Meg McConahey, Press Democrat, Friday, May 22, 2009 . Read article

Medicine from the Hive: An Introduction to Apitherapy by Priscilla Coe
Lilipoh, Summer 2008

Honey has been called the “original medicine” and has been revered cross-culturally as a gift from the gods. Interestingly, it is often offered as a gift back to the heavens in ceremonies. It is worth contemplating honey from its source, the nectar. Read more

Honoring the Bien, For the Love of the Honeybees
Interview by Christy Korrow with Michael Thiele, The Melissa Garden’s Holistic Beekeeper
Lilipoh, Summer 2008

Michael Thiele grew up on a farm in a tiny village in central Germany. He has been deeply influenced by the German biodynamic beekeeping movement and now teaches classes on natural and holistic beekeeping in the United States. Read more

The Bee's Knees
Melissa Garden is a day spa and safe haven—for the bees
By Cassandra Landry
The Bohemian, June 18, 2008

It's no secret that bees are disappearing at a startling rate. What is a secret, though, is where exactly they've gone. Best-case scenario? They've all relocated to the Melissa Garden, a 40-acre refuge for our striped and fuzzy pollinator friends tucked into the edge of the Russian River Valley in Healdsburg. Read more