Program Calendar
March 2023
March 2023
2023 Ohio Woodland Water and Wildlife Conference
Thursday, March 1 • 8:30am - 3:30 pm Eastern • Mid-Ohio Conference Center, 890 West Fourth Street, Mansfield, OH 44906
Get updates on spotted lanternfly, beneficial insects and wetlands. Registration includes breakfast and lunch.
Fee $65 if registrered on/before 2/10/23 or $85 2/11/23 or after.
2023 Ohio Master Urban Farmer Workshop Series
Thursday, March 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30 • 6:30 - 9:30 pm Eastern • Kunz-Brundige Franklin County Extension Building
23rd Annual Central Ohio Perennial School
Thursday, March 2 • 9:00am - 4:00 pm Eastern • Hollenbeck Bayley Creative Arts and Conference Center, 275 S Limestone St, Springfield, OH
Fee: $70.00 Includes continental breakfast, lunch, and handouts. Registration deadline 02/23/23.
Presenters: Tracy Disabato-Aust, Jeff Hughes, Madeline deVries Hooper, and Pam Bennett
Friday, March 3 • 9:00am - 2:00 pm Eastern • Secrest Welcome and Education Center, 2122 Williams Rd, Wooster, OH
Fee: $30 (Includes lunch)
This Introductory workshop covers basic pruning techniques. Topics include when to prune, required tools, tool care and making proper cuts. Participants will have the opportunity to practice pruning skills.
Saturday, March 4 • 9:00am - 3:00 pm Eastern • Summit County Extension Office, 440 Vernon Odom Blvd, Akron, OH
Fee: $45 (Includes lunch)
Event will have four speakers plus raffle baskets, bulbs and books for sale, and good food.
OSU-E Lucas County Book Club Series
Monday, March 6, 13, 20, and 27 • 7:00 - 8:00 pm Eastern • Zoom
Book: Seeing Trees by Nancy R Hugo
To register, please contact Amy Stone at stone.91@osu.edu with Virtual Book Club in the Subject Line. In the text indicate which month’s you would like to participate. The Zoom meeting link will be sent in reply to your email.
Something Old, New, Tried & True in The Garden
Thursday, March 9 • 9:00am - 4:00 pm Eastern • Mid-Ohio Energy Cooperative Community Room, 1210 W Lima St., Kenton, OH 43326
Presenters: Nora Hiland, Delaware County Master Gardener; Tim McDermott, OSU Assistant Professor; Candi Scheiderer, owner of Scheiderer Farms; and Bradley Allen, North Branch Nursery.
Fee $40 for MGVs (6 CEUs) or $50 for non-MGVs
Registration deadline is 2/23/23
Virtual Spring Wildflower Hike
Friday, March 10 • 10:00am - 12:00 pm Eastern • Escape to the Forest Webinar Series
Presenter: Carrie Brown, OSUE ANR Educator
Saturday, March 11 • 9:00am - 4:00 pm Eastern • Mid-Ohio Energy Cooperative Community Room, 1210 W Lima St., Kenton, OH 43326
Presenters: Nora Hiland, Delaware County Master Gardener; Tim McDermott, OSU Assistant Professor; Candi Scheiderer, owner of Scheiderer Farms; and Bradley Allen, North Branch Nursery.
Fee $40 for MGVs (6 CEUs) or $50 for non-MGVs. Registration deadline is 2/23/23
Thursday, March 16 • 12:00pm - 1:00 pm Eastern • Lunch and Learn and Happy Hour Webinar Series
Presenter: Pam Bennett, Program Director, Master Gardener Volunteer Program, The Ohio State University
Thursday, March 16 • 6:30pm - 7:30 pm Eastern • Webinar
Fee: $5
Presenter: Ed Brown, ANR Educator, Athens County
Plants require essential nutrients to grow and develop. While plants need these nutrients, they must be supplied in appropriate amounts. Excessive or deficient nutrients can be detrimental to the growth and development of a plant. Learn how soil nutrients work to help plants grow and how to know if your soil is deficient.
2023 Ohio River Valley Woodland and Wildlife Workshop
Saturday, March 18 • 8:30am - 3:30 pm Eastern • Oasis Conference Center, 902 Loveland-Miamiville Rd. Loveland, OH 45140
Fee: $45 until 3/6/23; $55 after 3/6/23
This workshop is an annual event for landowners in the tri-state area. Experts from Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky collaborate each year to put together a program that is geared towards meeting landowners needs. Topics often include those up and coming issues that woodland owners are dealing with or will have to deal with at some time in the future.
Saturday, March 18 • 10:00 - 11:00 am Eastern • OSU Extension Office, 771 E Main St, Newark, OH
Call to register: 740-670-5315
Topic: Seed starting, selecting seeds, soil prep and optimum growing conditions
Saturday, March 18 • 9:00am - 3:30 pm Eastern • First Presbyterian Church at 2330 S Main St., Findlay, OH
Fee: $40 Includes breakfast snack, coffee, and boxed lunch; online deadline 3/11/23; mail-in registration deadline 3/6/23
Presenters: Pam Bennett, OSUE Program Director; Hal Mann, Wild Ones Oak Opening Region Chapter; Denise Ellsworth, OSUE Program Director; and Curtis Young, OSUE Educator.
Wednesday, March 22 • 4:00pm - 5:00 pm Eastern • Lunch and Learn and Happy Hour Webinar Series
Presenter: Mimi Rose, Director, Pesticide Safety Education Program, The Ohio State University
Saturday, March 25 • 8:00am - 3:30 pm Eastern • Community Wesleyan Church, 161 Myrtle Ave, Newark, OH
Presenters: Kaye Alban, LCMGV; Chris Baker, Bakers Acres; Kate Barrett, LCMGV; and Erik Peterson, Fern Hollow Farm
Fee: $50 includes breakfast, boxed lunch, and afternoon snacks
Expanding the Circle of Citizenship for Public Lands
Tuesday, March 28 • 7:00pm - 8:000 pm Eastern • Swasey Chapel, Dennison University, Granville, OH
Speaker: Robin Wall Kimmerer
Author of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teaching of Plants, Kimmerer will critique the notions of “We the People” through the lens of the indigenous worldview, by highlighting an indigenous view of what land means, beyond property rights to land, toward responsibility for land. The talk raises the question of whose voices are heard in decision making about land stewardship, and how indigenous voices are often marginalized. It raises questions of what justice for land and indigenous people look like and calls upon listeners to contribute to that work of creating justice. She will also address indigenous philosophy and practices which contribute to sustainability and conservation.
Thursday, March 29 • 12:00 to 1:00 pm Eastern • Lunch and Learn and Happy Hour Webinar Series
Presenter: Eric Yip, Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Entomology, Penn State University
Looking Ahead
April 2023
Beekeeping 101: How and Why To Get Started
April 5 • 4:00 - 5:00 pm Eastern • Lunch and Learn and Happy Hour Webinar Series
Presenter: Barb Bloetscher, State Apiarist, The Ohio Department of Agriculture
April 7 • 9:30 - 3:00 pm Eastern • Ohio Woodland Stewards Program, Fairfield Count Ag Center, 831 College Ave., Suite D, Lancaster, OH 43130
Presenter: Kathy Smith, OSU-Extension Program Director - Forestry
Southwest Ohio Perennial School
April 15 • 9:30 - 3:00 pm Eastern • Clermont County Fairgrounds, 4-H Hall, 1000 Locust St., Owensville, OH
Fee: $50 on/before 4/1/23; $60 after 4/1/23
Presenters: Amy Smith, OSU-Extension Lucas County; Paul Koloszar, Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Gardens; Tim McDermott, OSU-Extension Franklin County; and Pam Bennett, OSU Extension.
Saturday, April 15 • 10:00 - 11:00 am Eastern • OSU Extension Office, 771 E Main St, Newark, OH
Call to register: 740-670-5315
Topic: Planting your garden
Saturday, April 15 • 7:00 pm Eastern • F.A. Seiberling Nature Realm, 1828 Smith Rd, Akron, OH
Topic: Native Plants In Your Garden
Creating Outdoor Rooms & Garden Spaces: Spring Gardening Workshop Series
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April 22 • 9:00 am - 3 pm Eastern • Mahoning County Extension Office, 490 S. Broad St, Canfield, OH
Fee: $45 Includes hot lunch
Perennials, Containers, & More: Spring Gardening Workshop Series
April 29 • 9:00 am - 3 pm Eastern • OSU Extension, 490 S. Broad St, Canfield, OH
Fee: $45 Includes hot lunch
May 2023
Spotted Lanternfly In Ohio: Bugs on The Move
May 3 • 4:00 - 5:00 pm Eastern • Lunch and Learn and Happy Hour Webinar Series
Presenter: Amy Stone, Extension Educator, Lucas County, The Ohio State University
May 13 • 9:00am - 1:00 pm Eastern • Secrest Welcome and Education Center, 2122 Williams Rd, Wooster, OH
The annual Friends of Secrest Arboretum sale features new and unique annuals, perennials, herbs and woody plants.
Plant Sale - Licking County MGs
May 13 • Learning Garden, OSU Extension Office, 771 E Main St, Newark, OH
Save the date! More detail will be posted later.
May 18 • 12:00 - 1:00 pm Eastern • Lunch and Learn and Happy Hour Webinar Series
Presenter: Simona Marincean and Marilee Benoire, Associate Professors of Chemistry, University of Michigan - Dearborn
Veggie Series
Saturday, May 20 • 10:00 - 11:00 am Eastern • OSU Extension Office, 771 E Main St, Newark, OH
Call to register: 740-670-5315
Topic: Maintaining your garden, mulching, watering, weeding, disease control, pollinator plants, and tour of learning garden
Annual and Perennial Herbaceous Plant Workshop
May 24 • 9:00am - 4:00 pm Eastern • Jack and Deb Miller Pavilion, Secrest Arboretum, , 2122 Williams Rd, Wooster, OH
Fee: $40 (Includes lunch)
Attend this helpful workshop featuring an extensive flower line-up, annaul and perennial walk and a series of educational presentations. Topics Inlcude the New Mostly New, and Old Standby Selections, Herbaceous Plant Maintenance, Key Family Characteristics of Selected Herbaceous Plants and more.
Wednesday, May 24 • 7:00 pm Eastern • F.A. Seiberling Nature Realm, 1828 Smith Rd, Akron, OH
Topic: Phalaenopsis Orchids
June 2023
June 1 • 9:00am - 3:00 pm Eastern • Jack and Deb Miller Pavilion, Secrest Arboretum , 2122 Williams Rd, Wooster, OH
Fee: $30 (Includes lunch)
Never look at a flower the same way. Discover different types of flowers and what makes them unique. Time will be spent dissecting various flower types and walking through the collection.
It's Complicated: Plant and Insect Interactions
June 7 • 4:00 - 5:00 pm Eastern • Lunch and Learn and Happy Hour Webinar Series
Presenter: Jennifer Moody, Assistant Reseaercher Senior, Kansas Biological Survey & Center for Ecological Research, The University of Kansas
June 10 • 9:00am - 4:00 pm Eastern • Secrest Arboretum, 2122 Williams Rd, Wooster, OH
Handcrafted birdhouses, custom metal art, recycled treasures, awesome pottery and much more will be featured. The free event will also feature local food vendors, activities for children, and Master Gardener led tours. Bring your plant and gardening questions for our Master Gardeners to answer.
June 15 • 9:00am - 3:00 pm Eastern • Secrest Arboretum Welcome and Education Center, 2122 Williams Rd, Wooster, OH
Fee: $30 (deadline 6/8/23)
All about shrubs. From large to small, evergreen to deciduous, hardy to marginally hardy. You will learn all you need to know about shrubs Including top performers at Secrest.
International Master Gardener Conference
June 15 thru 22 • Overland Park, Kansas
Fee: $397 thru March 1; $459 thereafter (deadline 6/1/23; see link for Information regarding cancellations)
June 24 • 9:00 to am 4:00 pm Eastern • Location to be announced later
Fee: $25 (must be purchased In advance); Information on Patron tickets will be announced soon.
This is a self-guided tour of six gardens; Patrons will enjoy a seventh garden plus a catered breakfast. The Posie Shoppe, featuring MG grown plants, and the New-to-You Shoppe, highlighting garden-themed Items, will be open to all ticket holders.
Wednesday, June 28• 7:00 pm Eastern • F.A. Seiberling Nature Realm, 1828 Smith Rd, Akron, OH
Topic: Researching and Preserving Garden Plants and Landscapes
July 2023
July 6 • 9:00am - 4:00 pm Eastern • Jack and Deb Miller Pavilion, Secrest Arboretum, 2122 Williams Rd, Wooster, OH
Presenters: Ann Chanon, Jason Veil, Paul Snyder, and Jim Chatfield
Fee: $40 (register by 6/29/23)
What plant family includes both poison ivy and cashews? Do Insect families ending in "aceae" like plant families? What's with the Sapindaceae? Why is it getting bigger? Join us to find the answers to these and other questions.
July 19 • 9:00am - 2:00 pm Eastern • Jack and Deb Miller Pavilion, Secrest Arboretum, 2122 Williams Rd, Wooster, OH
Presenters: Jason Veil and Paul Snyder
Fee: $20 (register by 7/14/23)
There are so many hydrangeas on the market today. Knowing which varieties to buy can be overwhelming. This workshop will cover the best hydrangea selections for Ohio and how to grow them.
Wednesday, July 26• 7:00 pm Eastern • F.A. Seiberling Nature Realm, 1828 Smith Rd, Akron, OH
Topic: Growing Peonies
Midwest Native Plant Conference
July 28 - 30 • Bergamo Center, 4400 Shakertown Rd, Beavercreek, OH
Registration now open. Click here for Conference details: https://www.midwestnativeplants.org/annual-conference
August 2023
Veggie Series
Saturday, August 19 • 10:00 - 11:00 am Eastern • OSU Extension Office, 771 E Main St, Newark, OH
Call to register: 740-670-5315
Topic: Harvesting crops, cold weather veggies and tour of of learning garden
September 2023
September 21 • 10:00am - 2:00 pm Eastern • Secrest Arboretum Welcome and Education Center , 2122 Williams Rd, Wooster, OH
Presenter: Paul Snyder
Fee: $20 (register by 9/18/23)
An educational look at the art of collecting and successfully germinating seeds from woody plants. Time will be spent In the arboretum collecting seeds as well as processing those seeds. Participants will take home seeds they clean.
October 2023
Autumn Discovery Day Plant Sale
October 7 • 9:00am - 12:00 pm Eastern • Secrest Arboretum Welcome and Education Center , 2122 Williams Rd, Wooster, OH
Stop by the Welcome Center to talk to the experts and shop for unique plants. Check out the sale list and plan to arrive early for best selections. Friends of Secrest members enjoy a 10% discount at our members-only presale on October 6.
October 18 • 5:00pm - 7:00 pm Eastern • Secrest Arboretum Welcome and Education Center, 2122 Williams Rd, Wooster, OH
A smorgasbord of landscape delights; edible landscaping at Its most personal. A fun evening of sampling creative landscape (food) design. Bring Items for just be a consumer horticulturist.