Organic Gardening with Doug Oster
Spring Class Schedule
We’re starting our Spring season of Organic Gardening Classes with Doug Oster! Join us each week to learn about sustainable and organic methods of gardening. Classes are for school, community or home gardeners.
- January 18, 2024: Indoor Gardening Fun (houseplants, orchids, microgreens, amaryllis, paperwhites, hyacinths and more) Password: @Doug2024
- January 25, 2024: Selecting the Best Seeds for this Year’s Garden, Doug’s Favorite Varieties Password: @Doug2024
- February 1, 2024: Outdoor Winter Seed Sowing (milk cartons and outdoor)
- February 8, 2024: Making More Plants Through Propagation Password: @Doug2024
- February 15, 2024: Ultimate Indoor Seed Starting Tutorial Password: @Doug2024
- February 22, 2024: Trees, Shrubs and Perennials Password: @Doug2024
- February 29, 2024: Indoor Gardening Projects for Kids Password: @Doug2024
- March 7, 2024: How To Garden Organically Password: @Doug2024
- March 14, 2024: Early Spring Planting Secrets
2023 Spring Classes are Available to View:
Organic Gardening with Doug Oster!
- March 23: Spring Planting (Passcode: #3jF3cTf)
- March 30: How to Compost the Right Way (Passcode: &G@f9!7z)
- April 6: Container Gardening (Passcode: =^$2wSf3)
- April 13: Gardening for Kids (Passcode: c5DG$rd4)
- April 20: Planting a Garden for Pollinators (Passcode: ld0g&hF!)
- May 11: Early Summer Cheating, Planting Early (Passcode: wmD9gxF*)
- May 18: Growing Disease Free Tomatoes (Passcode: =zEj2Qi6)
- May 25: Planting Tender Crops (Passcode: h9S&h0$4)
- June 1: Succession Planting (Passcode: OXP1*x!1)
- June 8: Summer Garden Maintenance (Passcode: &Mt=1CUf)
Be sure to check out Doug Oster's online store as well: https://dougoster.com/store/
Stage Topics:
Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) Overview
Please join us for our newest class offering: Good Agricultural Practices. This class will be held quarterly and is offered via Zoom.
More about GAP:
Good Agricultural Practices, or GAPs, are voluntary guidelines for produce farmers to reduce the risk of microbial contamination related to food borne illnesses on their farms.
December 4, 2023
Learn about Local Food Hands-on
Farm to Table Western PA hosts many local food events throughout Western Pennsylvania, including our annual conference every March.
Follow us on Facebook for updates about all of our events!
Learn about local food resources from Erin Hart and host partners! This popular series brings together consumers, farms, food producers and a variety of other industry professionals for lunch and networking opportunities.
Farms & producers are encouraged to attend & bring samples, business cards & order forms.
