Looking to beautify your garden and bolster your culinary prowess? Pick up a variety of rich green, aromatic potted herbs. They’re easy to grow, add variety to your landscape and provide fresh flavor to anything you cook. A good place to start is at Herbs Galore & More, which celebrates its 25th anniversary at Maymont tomorrow. The area’s first big plant sale of the season drew almost 5,000 people last year, according to Cathie Rosenberg, Maymont’s director of marketing.

When it comes to cooking with fresh herbs, Shaun Mercer says you might make an occasional misstep and overzealously season a dish too strongly. “But you’re going to have a lot more good meals in the end,“ said Mercer, of Lavender Fields Farm in Glen Allen, which sells a wide assortment of herbs and holds classes on how to cook with them.