When: Friday, April 4, 2025; 9:00am-3:00pm
Where: Bell Manor, 739 Musgrove Road, Chillicothe, OH 45601
Cost: $50
Registration: go.osu.edu/womeninagconf
Information: go.osu.edu/sohwomeninagconferenceinfo
Questions Contact: Ryan Slaughter, OSU Extension Ross County at slaughter.71@osu.edu or by calling 740-702-3200.
Join Manbir Rakkar, OSU Assistant Professor of Soil Fertility and Nutrient Management, for a session that will discuss the importance of soil health and outline strategies for promoting healthy soils.
Register for the entire series using this link once. go.osu.edu/wiawednesdaywebinars2025
The 2025 Series will take place on the first Wednesday of each month.
10:30 am – 11:30 am
Via Zoom Platform
Join Us for the 31st Southwest Ohio Perennial School!
📅 Date: April 10, 2025
⏰ Time: 9:00 AM (Doors open at 8:00 AM)
📍 Location: Clermont County Fairgrounds, 4-H Hall
1000 Locust Street, Owensville, Ohio 45160
💰 Cost: $50
🌱 Registration is now open! The registration form is attached.
Join us for a day of expert insights, gardening inspiration, and networking with fellow plant enthusiasts. Our lineup of speakers includes:
🌿 Carol Trosset (Hamilton County MGV & Author) – Cultivating Woodland Wildflowers
Discover the diverse wildflowers of southern Ohio’s forests and their role in the ecosystem. Dr. Trosset will share insights from her family’s woodland restoration project and discuss the impact of climate change on blooming cycles.
💧 Eugene Braig (OSU Program Director, Aquatic Ecosystems) – Ponds and Pond-Loving Plants
Explore wetland and aquatic species that thrive in and around ponds, their benefits, and invasive species to avoid.
🌸 Brian Grubb (Educator, University of Cincinnati) – Herbaceous Ornamentals at UC
Gain insights into the teaching and study of herbaceous ornamentals at UC, including student projects from the past three years.
🍇 Ryan Slaughter (OSU Extension Educator, Ross County) – Getting Started with Brambles
Learn how to grow blackberries and raspberries, covering site selection, soil preparation, planting, trellising, and pruning.
🌼 Jenny Stoneking (OSU Extension Educator, Adams County) – Year-Round Color with Perennials
Discover how to design a perennial garden that showcases vibrant color in every season, even in winter!
For more information, visit clermont.osu.edu or contact neal.331@osu.edu.
Don’t miss this opportunity to expand your gardening knowledge and connect with fellow enthusiasts! 🌿✨
Join Us for the 2nd Southern Ohio Women in Agriculture Conference!
📅 Date: April 4, 2025
📍 Location: Bell Manor, Chillicothe, OH
⏰ Time: The program begins at 9:00 AM
Connect, learn, and grow at the Southern Ohio Women in Agriculture Conference! Spend the day networking with fellow women in agriculture while engaging with expert speakers, doing hands-on activities, and attending vendor exhibits.
🌱 Grant Writing Workshop – Learn from Gwynn Stewart, Assistant Director of Community Development and grant writing author, as she shares strategies for securing funding, crafting strong applications, and building relationships with funders.
📢 Marketing Strategies – Christy Welch and Kate Hornyak, OSU Extension Direct Marketing, will provide insights on engaging your target audience and boosting your business with effective marketing tools.
🚜 From Soil to Success Panel – Hear real-life experiences from local women farmers:
📷 Snapshot Strategies – Improve your photography skills with Jenny Stoneking and Christy Millhouse (OSU Extension). Learn how to capture eye-catching marketing photos using an iPad, camera, or phone.
💐 Take Home a Floral Creation! – Gain hands-on experience processing tulips into a vase arrangement and layering bulbs for multi-season blooms with daffodils, tulips, and crocuses.
🎟️ Registration: $50 – Sign up at go.osu.edu/womeninagconf by March 28, 2025! Southern Ohio WIA
Join us for a day of learning, networking, and inspiration. We can’t wait to see you there!
Join us for this conference covering topics geared toward natural resource professionals and land managers.
This year, the topics include:
A full listing of talks is available here. Continuing education credits for ISA, SAF, and pesticide credits will be offered—see a listing by talk here.
Registration is now $85 and includes a continental breakfast, lunch, and materials.
Register here.
The Ohio State Integrated Forage Management Team will be offering a three-part Zoom webinar series on forage resiliency to cover information on how to remain resilient to a variety of environmental challenges in forage production systems. Webinars will be held from 6:30-7:30 p.m. on the first Tuesday of the month in March, April, and May. Details, including registration information, are as follows:
Join us on March 5th at 10:30 am to learn more about Native Plants and how to incorporate them into your landscape. Amanda Bennett, ANR OSU Extension Educator in Miami County, will be our presenter.
Register for the entire series using this link one time. go.osu.edu/wiawednesdaywebinars2025
Ohio State Maple is participating in this year’s Maple Madness Tour. Join us for the day.
Want to tour more sites? The entire list of participating producers can be found here.
The Ohio State University South Centers is hosting its popular Online Fruit Pruning School on Tuesday, March 4. This is a FREE online event that will be conducted virtually via the Zoom communications platform.
All three parts will be held on March 4, beginning with apple tree training and pruning at 9:30 a.m., followed by peach tree training and pruning at 10:30 a.m. We will briefly break for lunch before wrapping up with small fruit pruning beginning at 1:15 p.m. We will cover small fruits like aronia, currants, elderberries, gooseberries, grapevines, and hardy figs.
Visit the link below and fill out the registration form. We also plan on offering on-demand recordings afterward so you can access the event on-demand, as we know this fits some people’s schedules better.
Register here: http://go.osu.edu/pruningschool
For even more information, consult the attached flyer. Pruning 2025
Looking forward to seeing you (virtually) again this year!