Mark your calendars, garden enthusiasts! The 24th Annual Pennsylvania Herb and Garden Festival is coming up on April 12-13 at the York Expo Center in Memorial Hall.
This two-day event is the perfect opportunity to celebrate the arrival of spring and get inspired for the gardening season ahead. Throughout the weekend, you'll discover a wide selection of plants, gardening supplies, and handmade artisan goods from vendors. Wander through rows of fragrant herbs, colorful annuals and perennials, unique garden art, and more.
In addition to shopping, the festival will offer a robust schedule of demonstrations, talks, and hands-on workshops. Learn how to create beautiful succulent planters, plant patio containers, make wreaths, decorate signs to personalize your garden, and much more. With so many family-friendly activities, kids will have a blast getting their hands dirty too!
Workshops and activities
- The Succulent Hippie Walk-up DIY succulent bar
- Sow N Grow Greenhouse LLC DIY Petunias, Calibrachoa (million bells), Verbena, Sweet Potato Vine, Bacopa and Trailing Coleus. Workshops
- doTerra Essential Oil Workshop
- The Gardener of the Owl Valley Crescent Moon Wreath Workshop
- My Herbal Apothecary "Tea" Tasting Workshop
- Honey Tasting Workshop
Speaker Schedule
Friday, April 12, 2024
11:30 am
Featured Speaker
Linda Shanahan
MSN, RN, Herbalist and Owner of Bluestem Botanicals formerly known as Barefoot Botanicals
Herb of 2024 - Yarrow
Linda will cover the joys and ease of growing and harvesting yarrow, as well as how she uses it in her daily life.
12:30 pm
Dana O'Driscoll
Professor at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Author, Artist, Herbalist and Founder of Pennsylvania School of Herbalism
Dana's newly released book 'Land Healing' Physical, Metaphysical, and Ritual Practices for Healing the Earth
How Your Garden can Save the Planet
Many people create gardens for beauty, food and medicine. You can create your garden as a place to support at-risk species, grow and scatter plants that are being lost in our local ecosystem and be a refuge for life.
1:30 pm
Sue Morris
Author and Owner of Sue's Salves
Sue's newly released book 'Scents of Self' The Alchemical blending of Aromatherapy, Astrology and Botanical Perfumery.
Botanical Perfumery, Creating Personalized Botanical Perfumes, Blending essential oils for aromatic self-expression
Learn to blend your personalized scent based on your temperament.
2:30 pm
Shannon Petenbrink
Owner of The Succulent Hippie
Houseplants 101: Learn the basics of Houseplants
How to propagate, how to treat your plants if pests are present, and how to know when to replant
3:30 pm
Judy Bono
Owner of The Gardener of the Owl Valley
Why We Need to Grow Native Plants & How to Identify and Eradicate Invasive Plants
Saturday, April 13, 2024
9:30 am
Dana O'Driscoll
Professor at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Author, Artist, Herbalist and Founder of Pennsylvania School of Herbalism
Dana's newly released book 'Land Healing' Physical, Metaphysical, and Ritual Practices for Healing the Earth
How Your Garden can Save the Planet
Many people create gardens for beauty, food and medicine. You can create your garden as a place to support at-risk species, grow and scatter plants that are being lost in our local ecosystem and be a refuge for life.
10:30 am
Featured Speaker
Linda Shanahan
MSN, RN, Herbalist and Owner of Bluestem Botanicals formerly known as Barefoot Botanicals
Herb of 2024 - Yarrow
Linda will cover the joys and ease of growing and harvesting yarrow, as well as how she uses it in her daily life.
11:30 am
Sue Morris
Author and Owner of Sue's Salves
Sue's newly released book 'Scents of Self' The Alchemical blending of Aromatherapy, Astrology and Botanical Perfumery.
Botanical Perfumery, Creating Personalized Botanical Perfumes, Blending essential oils for aromatic self-expression
Learn to blend your personalized scent based on your temperament.
1:30 pm
Shannon Petenbrink
Owner of The Succulent Hippie
Houseplants 101: Learn the basics of Houseplants
How to propagate, how to treat your plants if pests are present, and how to know when to replant
2:30 pm
Judy Bono
Owner of The Gardener of the Owl Valley
Why We Need to Grow Native Plants & How to Identify and Eradicate Invasive Plants
For the full schedule of events and activities, be sure to check the festival website so you can plan out your perfect garden getaway weekend.
Festival hours are 11am to 5pm on Friday and 9am to 4pm on Saturday.
Admission is just $10 per day (free for children under 12), making this wonderful event a great value.
Free parking is also available.
