Events

Upcoming Events

Future garden events including plot applications, meetings, workdays, and workshops will be posted in the calendar below. Dates are subject to change if a major conflict arises, such as a home football game. Location details will be specified as they arise. Though we will try to post event announcements and changes to this page, our email ListServ is the best way to stay up-to-date with garden happenings! Instructions to subscribe can be found here.

For the 2025 season, garden workdays will take place every other week, alternating between Saturdays 10am-noon and Thursdays 6pm-8pm. As per usual, if conflict arises (e.g., home football game), dates may shift. Workdays can be viewed on the calendar below. In addition, we're implementing an RSVP process for workdays, to try to better spread out the labor over the course of the year. Please sign up via the following link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18ETIrn3Yzki9Noqe-Ce8UzzXxlzxnb69zbIglhAjkOA/edit?usp=sharing. Attendees are capped at 10. We are requiring three workdays this year to be subject to renewal, however, one of those three can take place with our partner, the Dr. Keiko Miwa Ross Student Farm! You can sign up for those volunteer hours here: https://www.studentfarm.psu.edu/tour/ under the "Farm Volunteer Openings (Individuals)" heading.

Planned Workshops for 2025

Mushroom cultivation - Led by Nick Gabel - May, date TBD

Drying herbs, fruits, and vegetables - Led by Kelly Kosiarski - Late June, date TBD

Covercropping & over-winter planting - Led by Ben Nuesslein (seeds will be provided) - Late September, date TBD

Microgreens - Led by Anthony Taylor & Dr. Francesco Di Gioia - Late November, date TBD

Past Events

Foraging Workshop - 6/28/2024

Our Treasurer, Anthony Taylor lead a foraging workshop at the garden. Participants learned about edible plants outside of the usual fruits and vegetables planted at their plots - and even got to try some samples from native PA plants! 

Intro to Gardening Workshop - 5/9/2024

Our exec board lead an hour long introduction to the garden, including timings of plantings, companion plantings, pollinator-friendly plants, common diseases, and more. A few brave gardeners braved the incoming rain to help us with a workday at the garden after the workshop as well! 

Garden Grow-How - 3/25/2024

The PSU Community Garden had a table at the Student Farm’s Garden Grow-How on March 25 at the HUB’s Heritage Hall. The Grow-How featured succulent giveaways, composting information, door prizes and other helpful gardening resources. At our table, we shared information about starting plants indoors and modeled an aquaponic system, grow lights, and some seedlings.It was great to see several new and returning PSU Community Gardeners to soak in all of the resources offered by the incredible PSU agriculture and gardening community!

Bee Hotel Workshop -  3/16/2024

Almost 30 gardeners came out to help cut, drill, and stack logs and bamboos inside both of our handmade bee hotels! Bee hotels are incredibly important to the success of our community gardens, as they provide shelter for over 400 species of solitary bees found in Pennsylvania, which then pollinate our garden plants.