Our Blog this month is presented by Bethany, the periodic assistant innkeeper at your favorite Pennsylvania Bed and Breakfast!

As we watch nature budding-out all around us, do you get inspired by the abundance of opportunities for new growth in the spaces where you live?  Let me introduce you to a couple of amazing resources I have found that are willing and able to empower you in all of your lush and leafy aspirations.

Doug Oster

Our local celebrity gardener, Doug Oster, will answer any questions you submit through his website- About Doug-Doug Oster. The hilarious and marvelously wise Doug Oster is also giving a series of free gardening classes via Zoom right now, sponsored by Farm to Table Buy Local Events & Classes – Farm to Table Western PA. As an added bonus, here is their local 2025 CSA guide as well!!!  God knows how long I searched for this information 🙂 The 2025 CSA GUIDE IS HERE! – Farm to Table Western PA.

Crop and Kettle is yet another local organization of diverse community support programs- About-Us.  You will find them to be selfless, industrious, and genuine friends. Check out the quality of their work going on right now during the Seedling Sale- Seedling Sales – Crop & Kettle.

Enrich yourself by scooping up these offerings!

Beyond local resources, Botany for Gardeners is the book I’m reading at the moment, as part of the herbalist curriculum through Dr. Christopher’s School of Natural Healing.  How exciting to look at living things from the inside out, and imagine the behind-the-scenes actions of nature as new growth bursts forth!

In keeping with the theme of new growth, I invite you to join me for the first time providing this workshop:

Salivate! Saturday, April 26, 2025 2 – 4 PM

Register or questions, call 724-201-0811

In the spirit of Springtime as nature awakens, come experience, using all of your senses, the gifts of herbal teas, juices, and plant-based milk!

See, Smell, Taste, Touch, and Hear how the restoratives of nature can add life to your everyday routine!

Do you need more endurance, or do you need help unwinding?  Maybe you live for every educational opportunity, or maybe you want to entertain company on a whole new level.

$20/person covers the cost of the event space.  Group pricing for groups of 6 people, arriving together for check-in, will be given admission for 6 people at the price of 4.  Buy 4-Get 2 Free (6 for $80).

Anyone is welcome. Let’s make it a party!