The 2025 HSHSL calendar is back for the fourth year.  This year’s theme is “home grown,” which highlights botanicals native to Maryland. Native plants are those that have evolved naturally within a region over thousands of years. These natives support the area’s natural balance and wildlife and are a more sustainable alternative in your garden. 

The botanicals in “Home Grown” were selected from Bentley and Trimen’s Medicinal Plants, Curtis’ The Botanical Magazine and Lectures on Botany, and Woodville’s Medicinal Botany. These volumes are part of the HSHSL’s Historical Collections’ Pharmacy Collection, which includes influential pharmacy and medical texts, dispensatories, pharmacopoeias, botanicals, and herbals from around the world.   

The calendar was designed by Thom Pinho, lead instructional technology specialist, while the content was written and provided by Tara Wink, historical collections librarian and archivist with help from Summer 2024 YouthWorks intern Anisah Allen.  

A limited number of calendars will be for sale on our website for $10. They make fantastic gifts!