Carrie Brown, Extension Educator with Ohio State University Extension Fairfield County, and the Fairfield County Master Gardener Volunteers, provide free opportunities to learn more about gardening and landscaping at your local libraries. Below are the current class offerings and resources: 

• Ready, Set…Garden! Kick off the gardening season with insight about spring clean-up, prepping your beds, selecting gardening tools, and timing your plantings.
  • Ready Set Garden Presentation
• Creating Container Gardens Container gardening is great for those with small spaces or those just looking to spruce up a patio. Join us for recommendations about what plants to choose and how to create a visually appealing garden.
  • Creating Container Gardens
  • Container Combo Ideas
  • Container Gardening Books
• Planting for Pollinators in Your Home Landscape Is your landscape pollinator friendly? Explore the basics behind using native flowering plants to attract and support our bees, butterflies, and moths.
  • Planting for Pollinators Presentation
  • Attracting Pollinators to the Garden
  • Pollinator Quick Guide: What You Can Do to Help Honey Bees
  • ODNR’s Butterflies and Skippers of Ohio Field Guide
  • Creating Soft Landings
  • Ohio State University Bee Lab
  • Ohio Native Plant Month
  • Native Plant Finder
  • Homegrown National Park
• Helping Your Houseplants Thrive Interested in bringing the beauty of nature inside your home? Take a closer look at the factors that influence your success with indoor plants.
  • Helping Your Houseplants Thrive Presentation
  • Fungus Gnats

  • Spider Mites and Their Control

  • Growing Indoor Plants with Success (University of Georgia Extension)

  • Houseplants (University of Minnesota Extension)

  • Common Houseplant Insects & Related Pests – Clemson Cooperative Extension

  • Common Poisonous Houseplants – New York Botanical Garden

  • Houseplant Symptoms and Remedies

  • Common Houseplants and their Indoor Light Requirements