Home & Garden Briefs – June 4
The Giant Oaks Garden Club will hold its June 5 meeting at St. David’s Anglican Church, Venetia, at 11 a.m. Laura King from the National Aviary in Pittsburgh will present a program on “Birds and Butterfly Gardening.” Reservations are required. Cost for lunch and program is $6. To make reservations, call Karen at 724-746-4664.
The Daffodil & Hosta Society of Western PA will hold its annual free Hosta Show 1-4 p.m. June 7 at Soergel Orchards Farm Market in Wexford. Hosta plant sales take place 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
The juried show invites members as well as non-members to enter, and ribbons will be awarded. Entries will be accepted 5-8 p.m. June 6 and 8-10 a.m. the morning of the show. Get information, talk with Master Gardeners, buy new or recently introduced plants and meet other gardeners. For more information, call Jim Kalka, Hosta VP, at 724-933-3382.
The Pittsburgh Rose Society and The Garden Club of McKeesport will present “Rose Day at Renzie Park” from 1-4 p.m. June 14.
This one-day event will include tours of the rose garden, various workshops and a panel discussion by consulting rosarians dealing with rose problems. Refreshments provided.
In 2010, the Renziehausen Park Rose Garden was voted one of the top 10 public rose gardens in the country.
For more information, visit www.pghrosesociety.org.
The Peters Township Farmers Market takes place from 3-7 p.m. Wednesdays at St. David’s Episcopal Church, Venetia.
Twenty vendors will sell everything from fresh produce to baked goods, honey, eggs, jams and jellies, salsas and prepared foods. Local farms Simmons and Kern will have stands. Freedom Farms will also be present along with a few artisans, too. A vendor list will be available at peterstownshipfarmersmarket.org.
Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens presents Farmers at Phipps 2:30-6:30 p.m. every Wednesday, through the last week of October. Now in its sixth year, this vibrant farmers’ market on the public garden’s historic and sustainably managed front lawn brings together community members, and organic and Certified Naturally Grown (CNG) food producers for one of the freshest local shopping experiences to be found around town.
Vendors include Apoidea Apiary, Blackberry Meadows Farm, Brenckle’s Organic Farm and Greenhouse, Café Phipps, Clarion River Organics, Friendship Farms, Olive & Marlow, Pancake Tree Farm, Pastamore, Sonshine Family Farm and Una Biologicals. For details, visit phipps.conservatory.org.
Beginning June 6, fresh produce of all kinds will be available at Jacksons Restaurant Rotisserie Bar parking lot. The restaurant has partnered with Conover Organic Farm to provide a weekly fresh produce stand on Fridays from 3:30-6:30 p.m. In addition to produce shopping, Jacksons will be featuring live entertainment and happy hour specials at the bar, highlighting Conover Farm produce.
Conover Farm offers a CSA, delivering crops weekly to Jacksons for people who have pre-paid for an entire season in the spring to receive fresh picked organic produce in the summer and fall. In addition to hosting a farm stand, the Jacksons parking lot serves as a CSA drop point for Southpointe and surrounding communities.
“We have always stressed the importance of local and sustainable eating at Jacksons; we’ve had our own garden here since we opened,” says Paul S. Bazzano, vice president of operations. “So now, offering fresh and organic local produce from Conover Farm, we are taking the initiative a step further and becoming a resource to the community while sharing our passion for local products. We will also be using Conover products on our summer and fall menus.”
For details, visit experiencejacksons.com or www.conoverfarm.com.