2025: Visit the Buckeye Garden in the village at the Toledo Botanical Garden. We will share updates about the four raised beds here and share garden resources for you to use in your own garden below. 

UPDATES on 2025 GARDEN: 

Planted spring 2025: lettuce, radish, chives, tomatoes, basil, cucumbers, beans, peppers

MORE details COMING SOON!

Vegetable Gardening Information

Know when to expect Ohio produce? The What's in Season? chart from Ohio Farm Bureau to show what produce is ready for harvest across the spring, summer and fall months. 

Basic information on some of the produce that grows in Northwest Ohio: 

• Chard
  • Growing information from University of Illinois Extension
  • SNAP-Ed Nutrition Newsletter: Dark Leafy Greens
• Cucumbers
  • Growing information from University of Illinois Extension
  • Nutrition facts, storage and use suggestions
• Eggplant
  • Information and recipes from University of Maine Extension
  • Eggplant preparation video from Purdue University Extension
• Herbs
  • Simple Pesto using Herbs from the Garden- video from OSU Extension
  • Freezing, Drying and Using Herbs- presentation from OSU Extension
  • Fresh Herbs: A Picture of Healthy Eating from University of Nebraska Extension/Rutgers Cooperative Extension
  • Make Your Garden Grow sign, harvest basil
• Peas
  • Make Your Garden Grow sign, peas
• Tomatoes
  • Growing tomatoes in the Home Garden from OSU Extension
  • SNAP-Ed Nutrition Newsletter: Tomatoes

  • Food Preservation: Salsa—From Garden to Table from OSU Extension

  • Make Your Harvest Grow sign, harvest cherry tomatoes

• Zucchini
  • Celebrate August, Sneak a Zucchini on Your Neighbor's Porch

 

Interested in learning more about vegetable gardening?

• OSU Extension, Lucas County Vegetable Gardening Resources
• Fresh, Safe Garden Produce
• Donate Extra Garden Produce

Interested in learning a few new ways to cook up local produce?

Here some fun, low-cost, healthy recipes that include what we're growing:

• Spring Vegetable Saute
• Cuban Salad
• Avocado Breakfast Bruschetta
• Green Beans with Tomatoes and Basil

Check out photos here: https://lucas.osu.edu/image-galleries/make-your-garden-grow