Upcoming Events

Summary: Already looking forward to the fall in your garden? Join us as Urban Gardener presents “Planting for Fall Beauty”.

Summary: Cynthia Hill, from Third Day Luxury Soaps & Garden, will teach you to make your own organic SPF 30 sunscreen from herbs, pure vegetable and nut butters and titanium oxide.

Summary: Please join us for a beginner lesson on flower arranging with professional florist Kerry S. Kennedy. He will teach you have to do a basic flower arrangement and offer tips on what to do with the flowers you may have in your garden.

Summary: Correctly preserving herbs, fruits, and vegetables for later use is an exceptional way to save money and to serve delicious and healthy foods from the garden or farmer's market all year long. Preserving is easy, fun and satisfying.

Summary: Luke Och, from the Crested Duck Charcuterie, an artisan meat market in the Beechview neighborhood, and baker behind the Birdsong Bread blog, will teach you to make sausage from scratch and the buns to go with it.

Summary: Learn about Indian spices, including their use as aromatic flavor enhancers and for nutritional and preservative purposes. Anoo, author of a Kerala cookbook, will demonstrate how much spice to use and when, as well as how to store spices.

Summary: Learn how to plant dozens of wildflowers at once, and even beautify a vacant lot, without losing seeds to birds or wind. Then, learn how to make a beautiful treat for the birds to hang on your balcony or in your yard.