Wilds Life

From The Garden: Products Made from PA Wilds Gardeners
April 17, 2025
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From The Garden: Products Made from PA Wilds Gardeners

When it comes to making eco-conscious decisions about producing products, there are many benefits to finding ingredients straight from the soil. Natural ingredients from the garden can be beneficial for your health, but also for the environment. Finding ingredients from your own garden instead of purchasing ingredients that will need to be packaged and transported helps minimize carbon emissions. 

How this PA Wilds Business Upcycles Cereal Boxes to Make Earrings
April 10, 2025
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How this PA Wilds Business Upcycles Cereal Boxes to Make Earrings

Jabebo is a company owned by Kevin and Mary Abbott in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania with a unique medium for creating earrings. Starting back in the 1990’s, they began playing around with the idea of mismatched earrings with colorful images.  It didn’t take long until they landed on the use of cereal box paperboard as the obvious choice since they were creating the earrings with paper. The inspiration for the business is biodiversity and the natural habitat and community that supports it, particularly through public lands where you and your family and friends can experience it.

Shopping small helps the environment
April 3, 2025
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How shopping on the PA Wilds Marketplace benefits our environment

Proudly made in the PA Wilds, our products celebrate the beauty, bounty and rural traditions of our region. Although buying these products can be a real game-changer for the rural economy, it also benefits our environment! Learn how buying from the PA Wilds Marketplace can help take care of our planet.

Spring on the Pine Creek Rail Trail
March 13, 2025
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Spring on the Pine Creek Rail Trail

Popular with hikers and bicycle riders, the Pine Creek Rail Trail is a 62 mile converted railroad bed that travels along Pine Creek Gorge at the floor of the canyon. An article in USA Today named the Pine Creek Rail Trail one of "10 great places to take a bike tour" in the world. Local outfitters are available for equipment rentals and excursion information. Pine Creek, the largest tributary of the West Branch of the Susquehanna River, itself is famous for fly fishing.

Stories, Teachings, and Basic Instruction for All Yoga Levels
March 6, 2025
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Stories, Teachings, and Basic Instruction for All Yoga Levels

All yoga levels, from beginner to advanced, are invited to feel a deep relationship with themselves, the trees, the natural world, and yoga through the teachings within these pages. In addition to poses, this book offers an exploration of physiology, lore, art, poetry, and spirituality about trees. 

A Saturday in the Life of Stephanie Distler
Reasons to love the PA Wilds
February 6, 2025
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Reasons to love the PA Wilds

As we approach Valentine's Day, our hearts are filled with love... not just for our sweethearts, but also for the special place we call the PA Wilds! There are plenty of reasons to love this region: the awe-inspiring landscape that surrounds us, the family and friends we can share memories with, and the creative endeavors of our PA Wilds entrepreneurs. Our Pennsylvania Wilds region gives us plenty of reasons to love it, especially with its rich history and endless variety of natural beauty. Let’s take a moment and show some adoration and appreciation for the PA Wilds!

Team Winter vs. Team Spring this Groundhog Day
2024 in Review and New Year Wishes
December 19, 2024
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2024 in Review and New Year Wishes

That’s a wrap! We are only a couple weeks away from a brand new year here in the PA Wilds (and in the rest of the world). This past year has been an amazing time on our marketplace, celebrating our artists and serving our customers. Here are some of the exciting highlights from 2024 on the PA Wilds Marketplace:

The PA Wilds Digital Gift Card that can be used around the region
December 12, 2024
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The PA Wilds Digital Gift Card that can be used around the region

Did you know that the Pennsylvania Wilds has a community gift card that can be used at participating locations all across the region? This makes it the perfect gift for anyone you know! Currently, there are more than 120 restaurants, boutiques, outfitters, and other shops that will accept the PA Wilds digital gift card. There is truly something for everyone! If you are scrambling for a last minute gift, this is a perfect option that is immediately available because it doesn't require shipping.