Guild History
The Herb Guild was founded in 1989 with its first meeting held at Green Horizons Farm. Our first summer picnic was held at the Montour Preserve.
Guild meetings progressed from the Herb Shop at Green Horizons to The Wellness Center to St. Paul's Episcopal Church to Wesley United Methodist Church to St. Matthew's Lutheran Church in Bloomsburg to Shiloh Bible Church in Almedia to our current home at St. Luke Lutheran Church, Lightstreet.
Since 1990, the Guild has entered an agriculture exhibit at the Bloomsburg Fair with the purpose of educating the public about herbs. The Fair Committee continues to win blue ribbons with their herbal plants and creativity each year.
In 1991, the Guild started an Herb Garden in the Bloomsburg Town Park. The Park Garden Committee tends the town park garden and butterfly bushes.
The Library Gift Committee was started in 1992. Each year the Guild donates an herb book to each of the libraries of its members. That same year, a scholarship was established and was given annually to a student majoring in horticulture or agriculture. The scholarship program has ceased.
In 2000, the Guild formed the Barton House Garden Committee. Members plant and maintain the Barton Gardens and the Caleb Barton House, which is the original site of the Bloomsburg Fairgrounds. The group gives home and garden tours to the public during the Fair and at special events during the year.
Our members gather from Benton, Berwick, Bloomsburg, Danville, Hughesville, McAdoo, Millville, Nescopeck, Northumberland, Orangeville, Plymouth, Stillwater, Sunbury, Turbotville and Unityville.
Guests are welcome to audit one Guild meeting. New members may join at any meeting for a $20 fee. Members are encouraged to attend all meetings.
