Research based gardening information specific to Central Oregon for learning about fruit trees and berries, insects, plant damage and disease, wildlife damage, soil testing and amendments, weeds, as well as a variety of resources for vegetable gardening

Looking to join a CSA, connect with local food producers, or find locally grown plants starts? Check out the Food and Farm Directory!

An indoor year-round farmers’ market that promotes local food and farmers for the health of our community. You will occasionally find our plant starts there (and those of others in our community) April - September.

Check them out for their pioneering new ideas to empower city dwellers to reap the rewards of urban food production. We highly recommend their podcast, Encyclopedia Botanica, as well as their comprehensive reference books!

As co-owner and co-operator of Four Season Farm, an experimental market farm in Harborside, Maine, Eliot Coleman has become a nationally recognized model for small-scale sustainable agriculture practices. Check out his books, The Winter Harvest Handbook and Four Season Harvest for information on how to extend your harvest season!

A Nova Scotian gardener and award-winning author of four fabulous books: The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener, Groundbreaking Food Gardens, Niki Jabbour’s Veggie Garden Remix, and Growing Under Cover. Check out her website and follow her on social media for great tips, too…

How to Grow More Vegetables is a go-to reference for bio-intensive food production.

This is a great book for learning all about the complex lives of plants!

Shane Smith and Marjorie Leggitt’s book is a great primer on growing food (and flowers) in a greenhouse or sunspace.