Welcome Gardeners! Are you here to learn about the Ohio Victory Gardens program, have an interest in gardening or just plain curious about the talk of reviving a U.S tradition? No matter the reason, you are in the right place!
The purpose, of a Victory Garden, is to help in times of need. This could mean providing food or lifting our morale, creating bonds with one another and nature, or just to bring some fun in your life!
Here, folks from all garden walks of life, hope to share with you their insights, tips and ideas based on what they have learned from their successes, mistakes and others. Our hope is that we can help you learn to create a garden of any size in any place.
The seed giveaway through OSU Extension offices will help anyone get started! There is no time like the present to plant a fall garden. The seed packet contains a few different kinds of produce that will grow well this time of year – whether it’s full grown plants or even microgreens!
And if nothing else, we’re hoping gardening can give you a good hearty laugh and bring a little sunshine to your day. Plants aren’t the only ones who need sunshine and a good environment to thrive.
Keep an eye on our blog, but also dig up our other pages that are full of “how to’s” and tons of resources that will help get your garden to where you want it to be!
Let’s get growing!
Colette Gabriel
Laboratory Scientist
ODA Division of Plant Health
how do you get the free seeds in Lawrence county Ohio?
Hi Kristen,
We are piloting the free seeds in 6 Ohio counties to prepare for a distribution next spring in all counties. Watch for information coming out next year. Thanks for visiting the site.
what counties are they? I am in butler county and have started homesteading and would love free seeds to expand my garden. I went overboard raising meat and eggs and realized my garden needs to be much bigger. It has been really expensive to switch to raising my own food – any help is great
Clark, Hamilton, Washington, Cuyahoga, Lucas, and Franklin. Watch this website for information for next season!
Kristen. How do I get VICTORY GARDEN email on a regular basis??
Thanks,
Tom
Greetings Tom,
An option to subscribe, for blog updates, has been added to the site.
Interesting information. Love reading about the history behind gardening.
Hi Anita,
We are piloting the free seeds in 6 Ohio counties to prepare for a distribution next spring in all counties. Watch for information coming out next year.
Thanks for visiting the site.
How can I get seeds? I’d like to get a few neighbors together on my big yard.
We have 6 counties who are piloting the project. Next year we hope to have this in all counties. The counties are listed here.
Hello, I am in Cleveland, How do I get the seeds?
Go to this link and it will tell you how to contact the County OSU Extension office. click here
Wish seeds were available to pick up in Lorain County.
Hi Jane,
We hope to have seeds to distribute in all counties in Ohio next year. Thanks for you interest.
if you add Ashland County in 2021 I would love to have some help with free seeds! I am starting my homestead on 4 acres and I am very excited to start my own Victory Garden!!!