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Free 'Growing Our Own' Gardening Workshops in Columbus
9 a.m. to noon, Irrigating Urban Gardens. Larry Brown and Angelica Huerta from Ohio State University will ... collaborating on a series of free gardening workshops through mid-June. The "Growing Our Own" ... to planning and seeding your garden. All except the Feb. 11-12 weekend workshop are located at Godman ...
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Ohio State University experts research new, innovative, sustainable ways to manage pests
in other parts of the state. · Consumer/urban: Master Gardener training to help identify ... biological control agents. · Specialty crop and urban agriculture: working with vegetable growers to ... a recently renewed, three-year, $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of ...
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Study Provides Insight on Residents of Rural Food Deserts
blighted urban neighborhoods with little access to fresh, reasonably priced fruits and vegetables. But ... fresh produce. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, rural residents who live at least 10 ... Michael Pinkham, who were involved in the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center ’s Ohio ...
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Chadwick Arboretum Blooming With New Garden
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/chadwick-arboretum-blooming-new-garden
strived for a design of the Chadwick Arboretum Bloom garden that best suited its urban setting. "The ... has spent 30 years incorporating his blend of perennials, woody plants and grasses in gardens ... Ohio State's Chadwick Arboretum and Learning Gardens and assisted in installing ...
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Why Trees Matter? Forum to Explore It
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/why-trees-matter-forum-explore-it
Ohio State University, “Urban Coyotes Living in the Urban Forest.” Featured, too, will be: “Why Trees ... Cochran, the arboretum’s program director. The arboretum is part of Ohio State’s Ohio Agricultural Research ... and Development Center in Wooster. Hours are 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Hilton Garden Inn, 959 Dover Rd., ...
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Urban Farming in a Parking Lot? See It in Action in Wooster: Tours Start May 31
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences. Details about some of the college’s other urban ... best ways to grow food in old asphalt parking lots, will hold free public tours at his test plots in ... are aimed at urban agriculturists in Akron, Cleveland, Columbus and other cities, Kovach said. “We’ll ...
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OARDC Announces 2008 Grad Student Poster Winners
April 18, 2008 WOOSTER, Ohio — Here are the winners of the Ohio Agricultural Research and ... "Exploring the Frontiers of Urban Soil Ecology: Influence of the Length of Urbanization Period on Soil ... Bacterial Isolates Over Tomato Pathogens"; Brian McSpadden Gardener, Plant Pathology, advisor. • Third ...
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A Green Solution to Storm Water Management
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/green-solution-storm-water-management
agriculture and natural resources, is exploring contour infiltration planting (CIP). The technique involves ... rain events. Contour planting is not a new concept. It's a common practice in agriculture to ... found a new use for contour plantings in urban areas, specifically for storm water management. "I ...
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Ohio State Food, Ag, Env Calendar Listings as of April 25
Information: 614-292-2265 or 330-263-3659. REGISTRATION FULL: May 19: Irrigating Urban Gardens, 9 a.m.-noon, ... Agricultural Research and Development Center, 1680 Madison Ave., Wooster. Features three-acre garden of 1,500 ... Streeter Garden Amphitheater, Secrest Arboretum, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, 1680 ...
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Get Insect and Disease Diagnoses at Farm Science Review
August 16, 2006 LONDON, Ohio-- Got an insect or a disease plaguing your landscape plants or garden ... on Ohio State's campus of the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences in ... health problems. Clinic diagnosticians test over 2,500 plant samples a year, and they are bringing their ...