Columbus Garden School

09/01/2026

🍄🌿 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗦 & 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗣𝗦 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁-𝗢𝗰𝘁. 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
at the Columbus Garden School

Most classes still have seats available!
Learn some practical skills this fall!
Spend two hours on your own mental health!

Please sign up ASAP as classes have been filling quickly. Visit our events page for direct links to our website at Columbus Garden School 🎨🔨🍄

09/01/2026

We've found that while all blazing stars attract Monarchs, almost everything does a better job than the standard garden center Liatris spicata. Try something new!

08/30/2026

Woke Kingdom

08/29/2026

𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐀𝐋 𝐆𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐄𝐍 𝐁𝐄𝐃𝐒
Who has one? Which brand, and do you like/love/hate it? What tips do you have for purchasing or using a metal bed? What would you do differently next time?

Yours truly hit the corner of the large raised bed with the lawn tractor this week, and I discovered just how rotten the old wood was. I know some of my beds inside the demonstration garden are also beginning to rot out. Oof, just when I was thinking I got everything into a smoothly running operation! But I think metal beds are probably the best way to go for the future.

08/28/2026

FINALLY got around to cleaning my garlic harvested back in July! Thank gawd it’s a forgiving allium. I had is curing in our dark, warm garage. Shown here is the ‘Music’ variety, an easily grown hardneck garlic. Thanks to instructor Sharon and friend Jo R. for providing the initial cloves.

Did you grow garlic this year - how did it go? Any trouble with heat or rain?

08/28/2026

Plumbers tape

08/28/2026

𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗨𝗡/𝗨𝗦𝗘𝗗 𝗚𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗘𝗡 𝗧𝗢𝗢𝗟𝗦
𝗖𝗚𝗦 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁 & 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗲 • 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁. 𝟭𝟮

🌿 We’d LOVE donations of used garden tools to sell at the CGS FALL Plant & Tool SALE! Summer is fading and it’s a great time to decide what needs to GO. Take a look in your garage or garden shed – do you have tools and supplies IN GOOD CONDITION that you’re ready to release to an excited NEW gardener?

• Examples: USED or new shovels, rakes, hoes, trowels, carts/wheelbarrows, pruners, loppers, hedge trimmers, trellises, weeder, garden fork, and hoses (and other watering devices/accessories). NEW garden gloves and sprayers.

• Ceramic, terracotta, or other high-end plant containers in very good condition accepted. > NO EMPTY PLASTIC GARDEN CENTER POTS or TRAYS, PLEASE.

BRING YOUR SELLABLE, UNBROKEN DONATIONS to the Columbus Garden School at 1350 E. Cooke Road, Columbus OH 43224. Leave them beside the garage. Deadline is THURSDAY, SEPT. 10th at 6 pm. > We need time to sort it all before the sale on Saturday, Sept. 12!

Questions? Drop us a note at [email protected].

Your purchases and donations help support the programs and facilities at the Columbus Garden School. Unsold items will be donated to community gardening groups or Habitat for Humanity. THANK YOU!

08/26/2026

Thanks to City of Columbus' Councilman Christopher L. Wyche, our Columbus Urban Agriculture Infrastructure Grant is happening again this year! We will have a virtual info session on August 31 from 6-7pm, then the application will open from September 1-15.

Created to strengthen the local food supply chain and support both for-profit and non-profit farms, including community gardens, this grant aims to provide infrastructure that helps growing operations scale up their production and distribution. Examples include but are not limited to high tunnels, water service, cold/dry storage, and market stands.

Add the info session to your calendar at the link in the comments!

08/21/2026

Columbus Urban Ag Infrastructure Grant - do you qualify? Find out!

Thanks to City of Columbus' Councilman Christopher L. Wyche, our Columbus Urban Agriculture Infrastructure Grant is happening again this year! We will have a virtual info session on August 31 from 6-7pm, then the application will open from September 1-15.

Created to strengthen the local food supply chain and support both for-profit and non-profit farms, including community gardens, this grant aims to provide infrastructure that helps growing operations scale up their production and distribution. Examples include but are not limited to high tunnels, water service, cold/dry storage, and market stands.

Add the info session to your calendar at the link in the comments!