Welcome
 If you enjoy natural living, you will love all that Quiet Creek has to offer.
Quiet Creek Herb Farm & School of Country Living is a non-profit, charitable, educational organization dedicated to increase the public understanding of the importance of conservation of natural resources, ecological thinking and healthful sustainable living.
Come visit our farm and wander through our beautiful, lush gardens of organic herbs, vegetables, and edible flowers.
Discover this warm, friendly place and attend a class, browse through our gift shop full of fresh and dried herbs, herbal teas, vinegars, essential oils, wreaths, soaps, herbal salves, candles, books, bird and bat houses-all made here at Quiet Creek. New items are added regularly.
We share our community-building philosophy with you because we sincerely believe in the importance of living sustainable lives.
Please join us! Upcoming events:
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4/3 Sat.
| 1-3 pm | Renewable Energy | Free |
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| 4/9-11 Fri. - Sat. | 10-5 pm
| Caretakers of Creation: The Christian Spirituality and Practice of Living with the Land, April 9-11, 2010 10 a.m.-5 p.m. each day. This retreat is a three-day immersion into the Christian experience of God's power and presence expressed in nature, and our role as caretakers of Creation. Each day will include time for personal and communal prayer, quiet reflection, and focused study of the natural world. In our first day, we will enter an atmosphere of prayer and attentiveness, learning to listen deeply to God's presence in both Scripture and Creation. During our second day, we will explore and enter into new ways of relating to the land, plants, and animals through the teachings of the Biblical, ancient Christian, and Christian monastic traditions. Our final day together will emphasize the Christian calling to care for Creation. We will study classical and contemporary Christian approaches to land stewardship, and learn practical ways we can each work to honor God by protecting, healing and restoring the beauty of Creation. Overnight lodging and all meals included.
Specific skills taught will include:
-The monastic practice of Lectio Divina (sacred reading)
-Practices for enhanced sensory awareness
-Tools for inter-species communication & kinship with plants and animals
-Benedictine models of land stewardship
-Care of the land in ancient Israel
-How to restore and enhance damaged soil
-Wild edible and medicinal plants, tree identification, and other nature study
| Suggested donation --$300 to help cover Mark Kutalowskis expenses, includes meals and lodging
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| 4/17 Sat. | 10-2 pm
| Shiitake Mushroom Growing
|  $50/lunch included |
Come join us!
The new 2010 Class Schedule is posted. See details by clicking on the Classes button and then the 2010 Full Year listing button. Come join us! Thank you!
Also when you get a chance, stop by Namaste' Center for WellBeing in Brookville, PA, and see the Victory Garden planted by Rusty and the Quiet Creek crew. At the moment we only have some kale and a few herbs that have survived this harsh winter. The Center is operated by our sisters Melora and Maryellen. The new Center offers yoga, massage, and whole foods lunch specials (Tues.-Fri. from 11:30 to 1:30 pm). See more Namaste' Center info under the Classes button.
Supported in part, by the Great Outdoors Visitors Bureau as a Jefferson County Hotel Tax Project. If you're looking for places to stay in Jefferson County while visiting Quiet Creek, please visit the Great Outdoors website at: www.visitpa.com 
Below is our Quiet Creek year end letter, thanks for all your wonderful support this past year! We look forward to seeing you again often in 2010, sincerely, Rusty and Claire, Walker and Ashton Orner
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