Are you interested in starting to grow hops or want to learn more about better managing your hop yard? This field day, led by OSUE hops expert Brad Bergefurd, will cover a wide variety of material such as: start up costs, labor, economics, pest management, irrigation, as well as packaging and processing procedures. The morning session will be at Ayars Family Farm and the afternoon portion will take place at Zachrich Hop Yard down the road. A panel of hops farmers and OSU Hop Educators will talk about their farms and answer audience questions.

Buckeye Meat Judging Team Fajita Fundraiser Date: July 25, 2018 Location: Animal Science (2029 Fyffe Court; Columbus, OH 43210) Time: 11.00am – 1.00pm

Lady Landowners: Leaving a Legacy Series This interactive workshop series provides women landowners with the confidence, skills, and resources necessary to interact with tenants and ensure the integrity of their land is preserved for future generations. Registration includes all materials and refreshments. The sessions are: June 14- Building Soil Structure

Join us for this years From Forests to Furniture tour.  We will start at Secrest Arboretum and explore Edmund Secrests' connection to Ohio forestry and see some research plots that are looking at the future of ash in Ohio.  We will spend the rest of the morning touring Secrest with Jason Veil the curator for the arboretum.  From Secrest we will load the buses after lunch and head to Bent Wood Solutions to see what happens when steam heat meets wood.  From Bent Wood we will move on down the road to Homestead Furniture and see how they customize furniture to meet the need

Working with the natural environment can be a challenge in many respects.  This workshop will improve your skills when it comes to diagnosing what is happening with that sickly looking tree.  There is a great process to follow - questions to ask yourself and the landowner - that will lead you to either an answer or other sources to tap into to explore further.  Part of the morning will include an update on the non-native insects impacting Ohio's trees and introduce Ohio's new invasive plant law.  The workshop will expose the attendee to a wide variety of tree issues tha

Treats for the eyes have zero calories, and you can indulge as much as you want at Ohio State ATI's 2018 Garden Open House. Chocolate-covered cherries, peach parfait, cotton candy, and lemon meringue pie are just a few of the yummy desserts that are interpreted in beautiful floral plantings. Horticulture staff will be on hand to give tours and answer your gardening questions. The All-America Selections garden features new and different varieties of flowers and vegetables for you to discover. 

Have you ever left a meeting where the group’s decision still didn’t feel right or where everyone still wasn’t on the same page? This training will provide you techniques for helping groups work through thinking and decision making of important ideas and difficult conversations. You will learn how to be effective at facilitating people through processes that provide useful information and data in making decisions and developing ownership over those decisions. Participants will: • Understand facilitation and facilitator roles

Lady Landowners: Leaving a Legacy Series This interactive workshop series provides women landowners with the confidence, skills, and resources necessary to interact with tenants and ensure the integrity of their land is preserved for future generations. Registration includes all materials and refreshments. The sessions are: June 14- Building Soil Structure

9 am to 3:30 pm. Vinton Furnace State Forest. Registration fee $12. This program will focus on techniques and resources available to enhance your woodland resources. More events at: http://u.osu.edu/apsley.1/2018/02/05/a-day-in-the-woods-tentative-program-schedule-for-2018/.