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3 unusual facts about Adelma Simmons


Adelma Simmons

By 1930, the family had moved to Holyoke, Massachusetts and Simmons worked as a buyer, designer and decorator for the Albert Steiger Company, a department store based in Springfield in Massachusetts.

Known as "The First Lady of Herbs," she owned and operated Caprilands Herb Farm in Coventry, Connecticut for over 55 years.

International Herb Association

Many famous people in the world of herbs have been members, among them Adelma Simmons and Ron Zimmerman, now of The Herbfarm restaurant in Woodinville, Washington.



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