The Columbus Backyard Garden Club Membership

If you want to make this season the best one yet in your garden, join us for the Columbus Backyard Garden Club this year! It's guaranteed to offer you loads of practical guidance and inspiration, and you'll end the season with oodles of fresh veggies and feeling like a pro.

Full-season access to The Columbus Backyard Garden Club includes:

• Support April - October, 2024

• Detailed information specific to Central Ohio

• 7 Virtual Live & Recorded Classes

• Weekly Newsletters with PDF resources, deep-dives, and bite-sized garden demo videos

• Live Virtual Q&A sessions with instructor each week

• Private online forum with cohort to share & discuss

• One-on-one feedback and support from instructor

• A-La-Carte add-ons for more support

During the season with us, you’ll learn how to:

• Use the unique seasons in Central Ohio, and how they serve as a foundation to success in your garden

• Plan, prepare, & plant your garden for maximum production

• Select the right soil & soil amendments for your garden

• Water and irrigate your garden using a variety of techniques

• Use basic plant anatomy to know what plants need

• Make a garden plan, totally customized to your garden, for each season

• Troubleshoot common garden issues, like drainage, soil concerns, diseases, pests, and more

• Avoid the most common mistakes new (and even seasoned!) gardeners make

• Maintain your vegetable garden like a pro

• Start plants from seed

• Seed & transplant plants (and the difference between them)

• Select nursery stock, and specific local nurseries and seed companies we recommend

• Use organic pest control: how to recognize the most common pests and invite “good” bugs

• How to use insect netting, row cover, plastic, and other materials to protect your garden

• Use season extension techniques so you can harvest well into the winter using using affordable, easy-to-find supplies (yes, you can harvest spinach and carrots in December and January with our techniques!)

• Plan and plant both in-ground and in raised beds, key differences between the two methods, and ways to maintain them

• Prune, fertilize, and care for over 70 of the most common fruits, vegetables, and herbs

• Use companion planting in your garden to promote growth, attract beneficial insects, and grow more food

• Incorporate pollinator plants into into your garden

• And much, much more

Want to learn more? Check out the full scoop on The Columbus Backyard Garden Club here!