Upcoming Events
You’ll find a listing of all our current classes and events below. (Prefer a calendar view? Here you go.) If something catches your eye, click on it for more information and to register. We also include a run-down of upcoming events in The Civic Gardener each month, which is a great way to stay in the loop!
Hauck Volunteer Group: ReRooted
Help Sam, our Conservation Program Manager, with our native plant propagation efforts by transplanting seedlings into larger pots.
Food Forest Installation Workday
This workday is full. Check out our other volunteer opportunities!
Help us install our new food forest!
It can be hard to imagine alternative methods of food production when we're used to molding our environment for maximum output. But people have been feeding themselves with the plants growing naturally around them since long before modern agriculture became the law of the land. Our native plants bear edible fruits, nuts, leaves, and roots just like our favorite garden veggies.
Sweet, juicy pawpaws and persimmons. Rich hickory nuts and walnuts. Garlicky ramps. Tender morel mushrooms. These plants and many others were cultivated by Ohio’s original inhabitants in expansive but intentionally managed woodlands. These massive food forests nurtured not only their human farmers, but the birds, insects, and mammals that share our environment. By reviving this style of wild gardening, we can restore native ecologies and rediscover the unique edible plants indigenous to our region.
At the CGC, we’ve drawn up plans for our own Native Food Forest, highlighting both well-known favorites and a few forgotten delicacies that were once essential parts of the American food system. Our Food Forest will be located just below our traditional Vegetable Garden and up the hill from our Butterfly Garden, bridging the gap between the cultivated and the wild.
We’re calling on our community of volunteers to help us prepare the space and install the plants that will one day feed both visitors to our park and our local wildlife! Join us in creating this unique new garden and learn more about native plant gardening and the edible native plants that may be living in your own backyard.
Loveland Presbyterian Church Community Garden Workday
There is a long list of projects this garden needs help with; information will be sent out the week prior to the workday to registered volunteers.
CGC Bioreactor Workday
We’ve got an exciting new composter going in called a bioreactor! What is a bioreactor, you ask? Come out to the CGC and learn all about these cool composters.
The bioreactors will be constructed ahead of this workday but may need some tweaking. And the first steps to get them up and running will be to feed them, so we'll be shoveling wood chips into the reactors.
Remember: No prior gardening or horticultural skills are required. The ability to kneel and use hand tools is recommended but not required. Whether you’re totally new to gardening or have many years of experience this is for you! This will be a great workday to learn more about composting and specifically bioreactors.
Detailed information will be sent to registered participants, so keep an eye out for your confirmation email!
Want to join us? Make sure you’re registered as a CGC volunteer and then…
Still have questions? Feel free to reach out to us at volunteer@civicgardencenter.org
Camp Washington Community Garden Workday
We’ll be weeding, creating a new brick pathway and mulching around the path and beds.
Hauck Volunteer Group: ReRooted
Help Sam, our Conservation Program Manager, with our native plant propagation efforts by transplanting seedlings into larger pots.
The Giving Garden Workday
We will be working on weeding around the garden, cutting back Euonymus and clearing brush.
CGC Bioreactor Workday
We’ve got an exciting new composter going in called a bioreactor! What is a bioreactor, you ask? Come out to the CGC and learn all about these cool composters.
The bioreactors will be constructed ahead of this workday but may need some tweaking. And the first steps to get them up and running will be to feed them, so we'll be shoveling wood chips into the reactors.
Remember: No prior gardening or horticultural skills are required. The ability to kneel and use hand tools is recommended but not required. Whether you’re totally new to gardening or have many years of experience this is for you! This will be a great workday to learn more about composting and specifically bioreactors.
Detailed information will be sent to registered participants, so keep an eye out for your confirmation email!
Want to join us? Make sure you’re registered as a CGC volunteer and then…
Still have questions? Feel free to reach out to us at volunteer@civicgardencenter.org
Riddle Yates Community Garden Workday, Part 2
We’ll be building new garden beds and clearing out last year’s plants from existing beds as needed.
Riddle Yates Community Garden Workday, Part 1
We’ll be building new garden beds and clearing out last year’s plants from existing beds as needed.
Volunteer for GrowFest
Help us put on an awesome GrowFest! There are a number of different roles, and each has two shifts: AM (8:30am to 12:30pm) and PM (12pm to 4pm).
Volunteer for GrowFest
We need people to help us set up tables and tents, organize plants, beautify our grounds and tackle other pre-festival projects!
Volunteer for GrowFest
We need people to help us set up tables and tents, organize plants, beautify our grounds and tackle other pre-festival projects!
Volunteer for GrowFest
We need people to help us set up tables and tents, organize plants, beautify our grounds and tackle other pre-festival projects!
South Cumminsville Community Garden Workday
We’ll be laying down cardboard and spreading woodchips in the garden and orchard.
Volunteer Happy Hour
Join us on our patio for drinks and light bites in the beautiful spring weather to celebrate National Volunteer Week!
The Giving Garden Workday
We’ll be cleaning up the garden beds, weeding the butterfly bush and a few other tasks.
Pleasant Street North Community Garden Workday
We’ll be reworking the existing compost system, spreading mulch and repairing a shed.
Treeforestation Workday @ Walnut
Join us as we work to restore Walnut Woods, a 10-acre forest located in Evanston. This workday, we'll be doing some habitat restoration and invasive species removal.
Riddle Yates Community Garden Workday
We’ll be working on building new garden beds and clearing out last year’s plants from existing beds as needed.
Field Study Facilitator Training
Come train as a facilitator for our Green Teens Field Studies!
Pendleton Children’s Garden Workday
We’ll be weeding garden beds so they can be planted with early spring crops and leveling out a back corner of the garden to expand an ornamental garden bed.
Treeforestation Workday @ Walnut
Join us as we work to restore Walnut Woods, a 10-acre forest located in Evanston. This workday, we'll be doing some habitat restoration and invasive species removal.
Compost Kids Facilitator Training
Learn to lead the stations in our Compost Kids field trip for K-6 students!
Spring Volunteer Kick-Off
Join us for tasty food and drinks, time with staff and fellow volunteers, info about the CGC and our volunteer programs and a tour beautiful Hauck Botanic Garden.
Parker Woods Montessori Orchard Workday
We’ll be clipping back raspberries and elderberries, cutting back native plants, working the compost, mulching and potentially creating new garden beds.
Treeforestation Workday @ Walnut
Join us as we work to restore Walnut Woods, a 10-acre forest located in Evanston. This workday, we'll be doing some spring maintenance, pulling vines and removing honeysuckle and burdock.
Camp Washington Community Garden Workday
We’ll be weeding, spreading wood chips, trimming the apple tree and building garden boxes.