Monthly Bird Walk
with Susan Wasmund
First Monday of the month, 9-11 a.m.
The air is filled with bird songs as our winged friends celebrate spring.
Walk with Susan and learn to identify birds and become familiar with their ways.
Register for the bird walk here.
Gentle Woods Walk and Plant Identifcation
May 13, 1-3 p.m.
Develop a relationship with the native plants around you by learning their names, their identifying traits, and the ecological relationships that make them unique. Participants will join MTSO staff for a gentle walk through our beautiful campus woodlands while learning methods for plant identification along the way. We will focus, in particular, on the native ephemeral wildflowers that grow throughout MTSO’s woodlands during the spring.
Facilitated by Adam Willis, AmeriCorps Conservation Specialist at MTSO, and Gwyneth Hagerty, AmeriCorps Agroecology Practitioner and Educator at MTSO Seminary Hill Farm. Register here for the walk.
Crop Planning & Growing Equity Workshop
May 27, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
This session will provide practical, field-tested strategies to help you plan your crops efficiently, strengthen your market position, and build a more equitable and resilient farm business.
Participants will gain knowledge in:
• Developing a crop plan aligned with production capacity and market demand
• Succession planting and season extension strategies
• Yield forecasting and revenue planning
• Risk management and diversification
• Identifying and addressing equity barriers in small-scale agriculture
Register here for the workshop.
Gentle Prairie Walk and Plant Identification
June 10, 1-3 p.m.
Develop a relationship with the native plants around you by learning their names, their identifying traits, and the ecological relationships that make them unique. Participants will join MTSO staff for a gentle walk through our lovely woodlands and prairies while learning methods for plant identification along the way. We will focus, in particular, on the types of native wildflowers and warm-season grasses that make up MTSO’s prairies.
Register here for the Gentle Prairie Walk.
Garlic Harvest Celebration
July 18, 1-3 p.m.
Join us in the field as we harvest the longest crop of the year, after nine months of growing. Attendees will learn about growing and timely harvest of garlic, sample varieties, and explore its rich botanical history and uses. There is no fee for this program; donations accepted.
Register here for the Garlic Harvest Celebration.
Moth Encounters
July 24, 10 p.m. to midnight
Entomologists estimate that moths outnumber butterflies 14 to 1 in species richness. Translated to real numbers, there are only around 760 butterflies species compared to the roughly 10,500 moth species in North America. Of these 10,500, around 3,000 moth species are known to occur in the state of Ohio. Join us for a night of mothing at the MTSO campus.
Learn about the differences between moths and butterflies, their fascinating lifecycles, and their importance to local ecology. Participants will be taught the basics of moth identification and will get a chance to observe wild moths at blacklight stations set up throughout campus. Facilitated by Adam Willis, AmeriCorps Conservation Specialist at MTSO.
Register here for Moth Encounters.
Save the Date for Sunset on the Farm
September 10
Spend an evening at the greenhouse celebrating good food, music and the many faces of MTSO’s Seminary Hill Farm and Land Stewardship Initiative.