Home Vegetable Gardening
🌱 Join us for a 3-week Vegetable Production Series in Allen County! 🌱
Ready to take your gardening to the next level? 🌿 Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned grower, this series will dive into many different components of successful vegetable production—from site selection and soil preparation to crop rotation and disease management and so much more! 🌽🍅 Participants of this three-week series will learn about modern vegetable production practices appropriate to home growing. They will also learn about how to manage diseases and pests in a sustainable manner.
📅 Classes take place on Tuesdays, April 8, 15, and 22 from 6:30 - 8:30 PM Eastern.
Program sites are available in multiple counties across Indiana. The Allen County location will be the Environmental Resource Center located on Purdue Fort Wayne's campus.
Registration fee: $30/ person for all sessions. Register by March 28, 2025.
To register, please click this link: Click Here to Register
Session 1- April 8
- Getting Started in Vegetable Gardening
- Selecting site and plants
- Sizing up your garden and tools
- Soil preparation techniques
- Plant spacing and layout - Vegetable varieties
- Types/ seasons of plants
- Crop rotation
Session 2 - April 15 (Dr. Laura Ingwell)
- - Pest Management
- - Insect Management
- Integrated pest management
- Organic pest management
- Pest identification & pesticide use
Session 3 - April 22 (Dr. Cesar Escalante)
- Disease Management
- Diagnosing plant problems
- Disease management (identify, manage, and prevent)
If you are under 18 years of age you must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
Purdue University prohibits discrimination against any member of the University community on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin or ancestry, genetic information, marital status, parental status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, or status as a veteran.
If you are in need of accommodations to attend this program, please contact Cora Hill prior to the meeting at 260-481-6435 or hill272@purdue.edu by April 01, 2025.
If you need an interpreter or translator, please contact Cora Hill prior to the meeting at 260-481-6435 or hill272@purdue.edu by April 01, 2025.