Conestoga Herb Guild

Keys to Successful Composting
2025-09-10 18:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Millersville VFW, 219 Walnut Hill Road, Millersville, 17551, United States
Composting is imitating and managing the slow natural process of the decomposition of organic materials. It is a simple process that each one of us can use to reduce food waste and trash going into landfills, while improving your garden soils. Learn the basics about composting, how to get started, what can and can’t be composted and some troubleshooting tips.
Guest Presenter, Colleen Emmerling is a Penn State extension Master Gardener in Lancaster County since 2021. A former estimator for commercial print, she enjoys gardening challenges in her current shade dominant property. Her interest in hobby gardening began with a part-time job in perennials at Funks Farm Market and fostered a desire to be a good steward of the land.
This is open to the Community. Contact atkinsateb@aol.com so we can reserve a seat for you. We kindly request a nominal $5 fee for guests to attend.

Conestoga Herb Guild’s 2025 Annual Herb Fest
2025-09-13 08:00 - 14:00
Come join us as we celebrate is year’s Herb of the Year – Chamomile!
Learn more about Chamomile as well as many other popular herbs! Featuring Educational Speakers, garden & nature inspired crafts, local honey, food, baked goods, plants, medicinal & culinary items, samples, skin & bath care, complimentary tea & coffee, and more.

A Honey Bee’s Life
2025-10-08 18:30 - 19:30
This entertaining and educational power point presentation explores the daily life of a honey Bee, Apis mellifera. Follow her as she grows from egg to honey producing forager. See the world through all five of her eyes. Understand her role in pollination of more than 1/3 of all we eat. Learn why bees are important to humans and some amazing facts about the intelligence and capability of these of these vital little insects and the beneficial liquid they produce.
Guest speaker, Denny offers entertaining and educational presentations about Honey Bees and their role in the environment He is retired from a career in sales, marketing and advertising where he spent many years on the national circuit as a professional speaker, trainer and presenter. He holds a BS in Business Administration from Elizabethtown College, and is a Cornell University Certified Master Beekeeper. Denny has been keeping Bees for 8 years and is the President of the Lancaster County Beekeepers Society He and his wife Beth, are the owners of Indian Marker Hives in Conestoga. Denny currently manages about a dozen bee hives in three different locations. Denny is a disabled veteran, having served during the Vietnam era in the United States Army Medical Corps.
This is open to the Community. Contact atkinsateb@aol.com so we can reserve a seat for you. We kindly request a nominal $5 fee for guests to attend.

Winter Sowing: A Fun and Easy Technique for Growing Plants for Your Garden
2025-11-12 18:30
Beat the winter doldrums and get your hands in the dirt. Sherry Watson, a Master Gardener, will present a brief PowerPoint explanation on the topic of winter sowing. Then, with her guidance, we will all prepare a container and plant seeds that will then go outdoors. A brief PowerPoint followed by a make it and take it, where members and guests can sow seeds in containers.
Presenter and CHG member, Sherry, has been a Master Gardener for 7 years. For the last two years she has co-chaired the Annual May Plant Sale. She has been using winter sowing for about the past 6 years and loves the results.
This is open to the Community. Contact atkinsateb@aol.com as reservations is mandatory for this program so we can reserve a seat and supplies for you. We kindly request a nominal $5 fee for guests to attend.
