Program Calendar

October 2025

Wine Cap Mushroom Production Workshop

October 1, 2025 • 5:30pm - 6:30pm Eastern • OSU South Centers, 1864 Shyville Road, Piketon, OH 45661

Registration link:  https://southcenters.osu.edu/events/wine-cap-mushroom-production-workshop

Bring your work gloves and prepare for an inside look and help conduct actual research during this short 1-hour program!

Learn the basics of Wine Cap Mushroom production, then join our team outdoors for a hands-on activity to build production beds. We will be testing mulches made from different species of wood including invasive trees and shrubs to learn about impacts on pests and production. Then plan to join us next spring to see the results as part of a larger field event.

Featuring experts from The Ohio State University and Central State University:  Logan Minter, Erika Lyon, and Marc Amante.

Going Underground with Bulbs, Rhizomes, Corms and Tubers

October 8, 2025 • 7:00pm - 8:00pm Eastern • Brooklyn Branch Cuyahoga Library, 4480 Ridge Rd, Brooklyn, OH 44144

Join Sandy Welches from the Master Gardeners of Cuyahoga County for an overview of how to grow healthy, beautiful bulbs, rhizomes, corms, and tubers in your garden. We’ll show some familiar favorites as well as some of the more unusual bulbs available and present a plan for three-season color in your garden. We’ll also address their history, different kinds, growing requirements and care, plus pests and diseases. Refreshments will be served.

Fascinating Woodland Fungi

October 9, 2025 • 9:30am - 3:00pm Eastern • Hob Camp Nature Center, 1815 S State Route 123, Lebanon, OH 45035

This day-long class Is all about the fascinating fungi that can be found In our woodlands.  Join Ohio State's Curtis Young and Erika Lyon as you start the day Inside learning some basics about fungi Identification.  You will then spend time outside In the woods of the Hob Camp Nature Center property.  

Lunch and Learn Webinar:  Native Alternatives to Popular Landscape Plants

October 14, 2025 • 2:00pm - 3:00pm Eastern • Webinar

Registration link:  https://osu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_flQXE3LlQ7iEp_B9oXXh3g#/registration

Dr. Gardner is originally from Des Moines, Iowa. He helps plan the Ohio Turfgrass Foundation (OTF) Conference & Show, as well as the OTF Field Day & Spring-Tee Off Events. He is involved with a lot of product testing & product evaluation for weed control in turfgrass and landscape beds. There are a lot of new challenges including herbicide resistant weeds but there are also a lot of new products that may be very helpful.

Woodland Wisdom:  the Basics of Woodland Management

October 14, 2025 • 6:00pm - 8:00pm Eastern • Hob Camp Nature Center, 1815 S State Route 123, Lebanon, OH 45035

Fee $35 (covers all 8 sessions). 

10/21 From CAUV to Fence Law:  What Every Ohio Woodland Owner Should Know

10/29 Stream side Management & Vernal Pools

11/4 Keeping Your Woodland In the Family

11/18 Tree ID, Invasive Species Management

11/25 Alternative Forest Products:  Maple, Mushrooms, and More!

12/2 Wildlife & Your Woods - from Birds to Bugs

12/9 Trails and Timber

Registration link:  https://web.cvent.com/event/f31c4990-ef63-45f9-ba86-8dfa19c9fa19/regProcessStep1

Calling woodland owners eager to enhance their land management skills.  We Invite you to participate In an upcoming 8-session series designed to empower you with the knowledge adn tools needed to optimize your property.  Whether you're a seasoned land steward or just starting your journey as a woodland owner, this comprehensive series offers valuable Insights and practical guidance to maximize the potential of your land.  

Scarecrow Building Contest

October 17, 2025 • 5:30pm Eastern • Gallant Farm  Preserve, 2150 Buttermilk Hill Rd, Delaware, OH 43015

Register by Oct 13, 2025 at:  https://preservationparks.recdesk.com/Community/Program/Detail?programId=914

Bring the whole family to build a scarecrow. Frame and stuffing provided; you bring clothing and other items to decorate your unique scarecrow. Judging will take place during the Trick or Treat Trail on October 19.

Overwintering Patio Plants

October 18, 2025 • 11:00am - 12:00pm Eastern • Brooklyn Branch Cuyahoga Library, 4480 Ridge Rd, Brooklyn, OH 44144

We work to brighten our patios or yards with containers each Spring. But as Fall approaches we need to plan what plants we can overwinter and how to do it.  This presentation will help you plan and succeed in overwintering a wide range of plants.

Creating Hypertufa Containers:  a 2-day Workshop

October 21 and 22, 2025 • 6:30pm - 8:30pm Eastern • Chadwick Arboretum Barn, 2201 Fred Taylor Dr, Columbus, OH 43210

Registration fee:  $45 for members; $50 for non-members - covers all materials, two containers, and a handout

Limited to 12 people

In this 2-day workshop, Chadwick Arboretum Volunteer Allen Fabian will teach you how to create beautiful hypertufa containers.  A planted trough can be a garden unto itself, highlighting a variety of textures, colors and heights. Each class participant should be able to make two containers from materials supplied. All materials, gloves and handouts provided. Please come dressed in your garden clothes.

• Session One takes place on Tuesday, October 21, from 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. - Participants will learn about the history of hypertufa, mix the ingredients, build a container, and learn how to release a finished container from its mold, with one-on-one instruction.

• Session Two takes place on Wednesday, October 22, from 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. - Participants will remove pots from mold and add texture.

*if you are a member and did not receive a discount code, email williamson.596@osu.edu.

Escape to the Forest: Where Do Logs Go after Harvest?

October 24, 2025 • 10:00am - 12:00pm Eastern • Webinar

Registration link:  https://osu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_t003uqbLQ2yg7TF51M9Awg#/registration

There are a variety of possible end-uses for hardwood logs after harvest.  Join the US Forest Service's Matt Bumgardner for this webinar that will explore trends In current hardwood markets, what consumers are thinking, and discuss where the Industry might be headed.

ArboBlitz 2025

October 24, 2025 • 1:00pm - 3:00pm Eastern • The Hansford Quad by Denney Hall, W 18th Ave, Columbus. OH 43210.   Map to Hansford Quad:   https://maps.app.goo.gl/dx2dkQT5o3RLbjL96

Volunteer sign-up coming soon

Join the fun and plant 20 trees on campus in collaboration with The Ohio State University’s Facilities, Operations, and Development team and Chadwick Arboretum & Learning Gardens.

You do not need to know how to plant trees to participate - we will teach you!Bring a water, closed-toe shoes, and weather-appropriate clothing that can get a little dirty - this event is rain or shine! 

More information will be sent to those who RSVP the week before the event. Please recruit your friends and family to join too - everyone who plants a tree will receive a free Buckeye Tree botanical print from our Emmanuel Rudolph Collection!

Lunch and Learn Webinar:  Creating Your Own Backyard Pocket Prairie

October 28, 2025 • 12:00pm - 1:00pm Eastern • Webinar

Registration link:  https://osu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vEm0VsP6RMmtpxbJO4jQUQ#/registration

Carrie Brown is the Agriculture and Natural Resources Educator for Ohio State University Extension in Fairfield County. She is passionate about community outreach and engagement and is delighted to have the opportunity to work with local producers to create more sustainable, profitable, and resilient operations. She is eager to provide research-based agricultural and natural resource programming and educational resources to help fulfill the needs of Fairfield County businesses, organizations, and communities.

November 2025

Lunch and Learn Webinar:  Bucket List Gardens:  Must-see Gardens from around the World

November 4, 2025 • 12:00pm - 1:00pm Eastern • Webinar

Registration link:  https://osu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Kd9ZFgndREKa9vmmcuqdxw#/registration

Janet Carson,  Emeritus Extension Horticulture Specialist, retired in 2019 after a 38-year career with the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service.  She has her BS and MS degrees from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.

Janet began her career as a county agent in Pulaski County in 1980 as a horticulture agent. She began the Arkansas Master Gardener program in 1988.  Upon completion of her Master’s degree, Janet moved to the state extension office to take on the role of statewide horticulture specialist. 

The Power of Pollinators

November 15, 2025 • 11:00am - 12:00pm Eastern • Eastman Branch Cleveland Public Library, 11602 Lorain Ave, Cleveland, OH 44111

The vital role of pollinators for our plant life, food supply and economy is illustrated, with an overview of several types of pollinators and measures that may be taken to support the health and numbers of pollinators.

This presentation is composed of three modules. “The Power of Pollinators” was created by a partnership between The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, The University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems, and The Ohio State University Bee Lab and Pollinatarium.

Escape to the Forest:  Deck the Halls with Festive Flora!

November 21, 2025 • 10:00am - 12:00pm Eastern • Webinar

Registration link:  https://osu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_KvJRrqVjS0iOHNSMIH1pJw#/registration

Decorate for the holidays with guidance from OSU Extension Non-timber Forest Product Specialist Jake Nicholson, and Holden Forests & Gardens Forester Jessica Miller Mecaskey.  Learn how to select and care for a real Christmas tree as well as ways to source and create wild-crafted decorations from plants, shrubs, and trees that grow within our Northeast Ohio Woods. Bring the forest home for the holidays this year! 

Lunch and Learn Webinar:  Spotted Lanternfly Is on the Move:  Newest Counties with Infestations

November 25, 2025 • 12:00pm - 1:00pm Eastern • Webinar

Registration link:  https://osu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hrRsXuYVQd-NrLbM4OLBag#/registration

Amy Stone is an Extension Educator with Ohio State University in Lucas County.  She began working with Extension in 1992, and has been in Lucas County since 2000. 

Amy has earned degrees from Owens Community College and the University of Toledo including a Master’s Degree in Vocational Education.  Her specialization is horticulture and has evolved to include invasive species and began with a local infestation of the gypsy moth in the county in the mid-nineties.  In 2003, Amy collected and submitted the first known infestation of the emerald ash borer in Ohio.  Amy worked on EAB for nearly ten years on USDA project dollars from APHIS and the US Forest Service.  Work with Purdue University and Michigan State University, along with the USDA Forest Service on Emerald Ash Borer University continues.   As Ohio faces numerous invasive species threats, Amy is part of an Extension team to address those threats through outreach and education efforts. 

December 2025

Lunch and Learn Webinar:  Plant Parenting:  How to Propogate Nearly Any Plant

December  2, 2025 • 12:00pm - 1:00pm Eastern • Webinar

Registration link:  https://osu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pgHRhFiyQX-Mh5NbO3nN_Q#/registration

Dr. Beth Scheckelhoff has been an Extension Educator with OSU Extension since 2005.  She has served both ornamental and hydroponic growers in Ohio through a variety of outreach efforts, programs, and grant-funded projects. Beth currently focuses her time in training producers on produce safety practices as well as agriculture and pesticide safety issues.

Lunch and Learn Webinar:  Navigating the Noise:  A Clear Look at the Science of GMSs

December  16, 2025 • 12:00pm - 1:00pm Eastern • Webinar

Registration link:  https://osu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_NghAsfLSQieVnsDRaCkK6w#/registration

Kimberly Cochran, Ph.D., is an extension plant pathologist in the Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology at Texas A&M University. She works with a variety of pathogens and crops with a special focus on specialty crops and vegetables. Dr. Cochran also provides diverse educational programming to youth and adults across southwest Texas and beyond.

Escape to the Forest Webinar:  Prescribed Fire & Water Quality Basics

December  19, 2025 • 10:00am - 12:00pm Eastern • Webinar

Registration link: https://osu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mrL39eb1Q5OLW0HSa5550A#/registration

Prescribed burning can lead to surprising improvements in your forest’s health and the quality of your drinking water. Join Julia DeFeo, Ohio State’s new Assistant Professor of Silviculture and Forest Ecology, for this webinar to learn more about how silvicultural practices like prescribed fire can contribute to long-term improvements in the surface water quality of forested watersheds.

Winter Solstice Celebration

December 18, 2025 • 4:00pm - 7:00pm Eastern • Lane Ave Gardens, next to the Agricultural Administration building, 2120 Fyffe Rd, Columbus, OH 43210

Join Chadwick Arboretum & Learning Gardens for our annual Winter Solstice Labyrinth Walk! Enjoy the peace of an open fire, roasted chestnuts, and hot cocoa while exploring our luminary-lit gardens and meditative labyrinth. This family-friendly event is free and open to everyone. 

From 4:00p.m. until dusk, 30-minute guided tours of our conifer collection will depart about every 10 minutes from the Chadwick Arboretum trellis area.

Parking is available in the Agricultural Administration parking lot for $2.75/hour, payable via the ParkMobile app or by calling 877-727-5009.

More parking information available here: https://osu.campusparc.com/find-parking/academic-visitor-parking/

January 2026

Lunch and Learn Webinar:  Managing Insects and Mites In Pollinator Gardens

January 13, 2026 • 12:00pm - 1:00pm Eastern • Webinar

Registration link:  https://osu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UZo6A-i7Q4SyDYAEHlMrtg?ampDeviceId=fbd38dd7-bbec-42c3-ab31-bd5a068a7f65&ampSessionId=1757688278210#/registration

Dr. Shetlar research areas include:  monitoring and assessing seasonal populations of sod webworms, hairy chinch bug and bluegrass billbug. Light trap samples have been taken for approximately 18 year/locations and the sod webworms species and northern masked chafer adults have been identified and tallied. However, these data do not help determine larval behavior during an entire season. Studies are to be initiated to take periodic samples and extract the sod webworm larvae to determine life tables. An ongoing project is evaluating hairy chinch bug populations in lawns with a specific interest on how the Beauveria fungal disease appears to be failing to control populations during times of moisture. Many new insecticides and/or formulations are being evaluated each year to determine their spectrum of activity (types of turfgrass insect pests controlled) and timing strategies (preventive, curative, rescue)

February 2026

Lunch and Learn Webinar:  Seed Starting Basics

February 17, 2026 • 12:00pm - 1:00pm Eastern • Webinar

Registration link:  https://osu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RkHjdpTVQWKX1W9Q9N4huw#/registration

Carri Brown has her Bachelors in Agriculture Education and Masters in Human Resources Management.  She's worked for over ten years in the Horticulture industry, in retail garden center sales and wholesale growing and sales of perennials and herbs. 

March 2026

Lunch and Learn Webinar:  Planting Trees for Longevity

March 10, 2026 • 12:00pm - 1:00pm Eastern • Webinar

Registration link:  https://osu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_P0m8273ARUmyWzcudnBCzQ#/registration

Pam Bennett is an Associate Professor with The Ohio State University and serves as the State Master Gardener Volunteer Program Director and Horticulture Educator for OSU Extension in Clark County. She specializes in herbaceous ornamental plant trials and presents programs on annuals and perennials as well as other landscape topics locally, statewide, and nationally.  Pam has also lectured in South Korea, China, Greece and Turkey.  She is a Clark County Park District Commissioner and a Board member of the Hartman Rock Garden.  She is the past president of the Friends of the Ohio Governor's Residence and Heritage Garden. Pam is the co-author of an award-winning book, Garden-pedia, An A-to- Z Guide to Gardening Terms, writes a weekly gardening column for eight counties receiving the Cox Publishing brands, authors the bi-monthly Ask the Expert Column for Ohio Gardening magazine and is a frequent writer for popular gardening magazines as well as trade publications. 

Lunch and Learn Webinar:  The Mental health Benefits of Plants

March 24, 2026 • 12:00pm - 1:00pm Eastern • Webinar

Registration link:  https://osu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_CBVm-odoQ4GTlz56OQsFxQ#/registration

Dr. Charlie Hall grew up in the industry on a nursery in Western North Carolina. Although an economist by training, he is currently a Professor in the Department of Horticultural Sciences at the Texas A&M University and also holder of the Ellison Chair in International Floriculture. His major areas of specialization include innovative management and marketing strategies, financial analysis and benchmarking, and the situation/outlook for nursery and greenhouse crops. He is an invited speaker at numerous regional, national, and international meetings of various industry-related associations and organizations. He is particularly known for the enthusiasm, passion, and intensity he exhibits when speaking. Dr. Hall is an Honorary Lifetime Member of the Texas Nursery and Landscape Association (TNLA) and has received TNLA’s Award for Outstanding Service to the Nursery Industry. He is also a member of the Hall of Fame and Honorary Lifetime Member of the Tennessee Nursery and Landscape Association.

April 2026

Lunch and Learn Webinar:  Perennial Lavendar:  Varieties Best for Ohio

April 14, 2026 • 12:00pm - 1:00pm Eastern • Webinar

Registration link:  https://osu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vQc8nJpbQPyRvFzrrfS6pw#/registration

Sabrina Schirtzinger is one of two Agricultural and Natural Resource Extension Educators in Knox County. Being in a two-educator county is gives Sabrina the opportunity to specialize in Horticulture.  Sabrina enjoys gardening and has numerous perennial gardens and helps to operate her daughters cut flower business called Piper’s Poises. Being an extension educator, wife, and mother of two doesn’t give Sabrina much time for gardening but she has helped Piper grow her business by using simple cut flower techniques to extend their growing season.

Lunch and Learn Webinar:  Medicine In Your Garden

April 28, 2026 • 12:00pm - 1:00pm Eastern • Webinar

Registration link: https://osu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4YprsEA7Tt-lOXKy2XKIrw#/registration

Dr. Andrew King is an assistant professor of ornamental horticulture for Texas A&M AgriLife in Overton, Texas. Andrew’s research interests include ornamental plant improvement, ornamental plant trialing, medicinal plants and nursery/greenhouse production systems. Andrew is a fourth generation horticulturist whose family business, King’s Nursery in Tenaha, Texas, is well over 100 years old. Andrew has served on faculty in the Texas A&M Department of Horticultural Sciences in College Station, Texas and as the Assistant Director of SFA Gardens on the campus of Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas.

May 2026

Lunch and Learn Webinar:  Backyard Pond Plants:  Friend or Foe?

May 12, 2026 • 12:00pm - 1:00pm Eastern • Webinar

Registration link:  https://osu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SwT8nY6BRxq5Mt0xEbzP5Q#/registration

Eugene Braig is a fisheries biologist by training and applied-limnology jack of all trades in practice; Program Director for Aquatic Ecosystems with Ohio State University Extension; and charged with outreach, classroom teaching, and research.  He joined the Ohio Biological Survey Board of Trustees in 2018 and is active with several additional advisory committees and professional organizations.  Fully embracing nerd status, he moonlights as a classical musician and serves as Artistic Director of the Columbus Guitar Society’s concert series.

Escape to the Forest Webinar:  Where Do Logs Go after Harvest?

October 24, 2025 • 10:00am - 12:00pm Eastern • Webinar

Registration:  https://woodlandstewards.osu.edu/events/webinar-where-do-logs-go-after-harvest

There are a variety of possible end-uses for hardwood logs after harvest.  Join the US Forest Service's Matt Bumgardner for this webinar that will explore trends in current hardwood markets, what consumers are thinking, and discuss where the industry might be headed.