Gudrun Feigl began growing herbs on her two-acre farm in Mount Pleasant Township, PA not long after she moved to the U.S. from Germany in 2002. By 2009, she had founded Mount Pleasant Herbary and began selling botanical gifts and herbal teas at farmers’ markets and art shows.
Each year in the early spring, Gudrun starts preparing her herb beds. The herbs are clipped several times during the growing season and put on screens to dry in a drying shed. They are then either blended together into teas, ground up for soaps, or used in infusions for herbal salves.
In 2016, Gudrun opened a gift shop on Maude Alley at 1023 Main Street, Honesdale. It features her handcrafted teas, soaps, salves, foot baths and other herbal creations. Today there’s also an outdoor, European-style café that features organic cookies and treats with many vegan- and gluten-free options, a small, healthy lunch menu, and, of course, Gudrun’s herbal teas.

Gudrun is a guest in Episode 17: Herbs.