Fishing Creek Herb Guild
 
Curry powder in a bowl (April - herb of the Month) Curry's popularity in recent decades has spread outward from Southern Asia to figure prominently in international cooking.
What a paradise the guild members visited at the Langenbach's summer cottage outside of Benton!
Cinnamon sticks, (November - Herb of the Month) apples and cookies!! YUMMO!!
What are we about?
The Fishing Creek Herb Guild offers to interested gardeners an avenue to come together for the purpose of learning more about herbs. The guild meets monthly from March to December and   each month a selected herb is studied for its variety of uses such as:                           
medicinal, culinary, and decorative.
Each meeting a new learning opportunity is offered as presentations are made highlighting a wide list of topics of herb and garden related issues. Members share their knowledge, experiences and often times their plants.
Guild members enjoy sharing a tasting of home-made foods prepared by members using the herbs being studied. Fellowship and new learning is abounding.
A Little More About Us  
     The Guild was founded in 1989 and had its first meeting at the Herb Shop at the Green Horizons Farm. Membership at the beginning was small compared to the current membership which is 135. The first annual picnic was held at the Montour Preserve. The guild meetings have moved from the Herb Shop to The Wellness Center, to St. Paul's Episcopal Church, to Wesley United Methodist Church and finally to St.Matthew's Lutheran Church, where the meetings are held today.
      In 1991, the Guild planted an Herb Garden in the Bloomsburg Town Park. That garden is maintained by a committee to this day.
     In 1992 the Guild formed a Library Gift Committee. Each year since then, the Guild has donated an herb related book to the town libraries of the members of the group. That same year,  a scholarship was established and given each year to a student who is planning on continuing their education in the field of horticulture/agriculture.
     In 2000, the Guild formed the Barton House Garden Committee. Members plant and maintain the garden at the Caleb Barton House, which is the original site of the Bloomsburg Fairgrounds. 
     Each year since 1990, the Guild has entered the Horticultural Competition of the Bloomsburg Fair by designing an educational exhibit. The Guild's exhibits have been award-winning and the topics have focused on herbs.
     The members today come from all walks of life and from numerous communities. Members hail from Bloomsburg, Benton, Millville, Danville, Hughesville, Berwick, Turbotville, Unityville, Orangeville, Northumberland, Nescopeck, Sunbury, Stillwater, and even McAdoo. All members are joined by one common thread - that is the love of and desire to learn more about herbs.

Programs - Fishing Creek Herb Guild - 2012 


March 15 – Welcome Back High Tea: Alice in Wonderland Tea Party - Karen Musitano 

                     

April 19 – Growing Herbs Hydroponically - David Pypiak   


May 17 – HERB GUILD PLANT AUCTION           

 

June 21 –  Herbaliz - Natural Body Care That Works - Liz Meewan


June 26 - 28 - Bus Trip - Western Mass. & NY (see Guild News page for more info) 

                      

July 19 – HERB GUILD PICNIC  - Montour Preserve 

 

August 16 – Better Than Martha - Refreshing Treats - John Shott

 

September 20 - Natural Bird Feeders - Terry & Betty Carr 


October 18 – Gourds From Start to Finish - Meadowbrook Farm

 

November 15 - Landscaping Ideas Worth Stealing - George Weigel 


December 13 – HERB GUILD CHRISTMAS PARTY  (snow date Dec 20) 6:00 p.m. 




Fishing Creek Herb Guild - Herbs of The Month - 2012

March = Chamomile
April = Curry
May = Cilantro
June = Rose
August - = Wintergreen
September = Lovage
October =  Cumin
November = Cinnamon
A cinnamon (November - Herb of the Month) roll, a cup of coffee and an apple. A breakfast of champions!