Join me on Sunday August 23, 2026 from 12-3 p.m. for the First Ever Pittsburgh Garlic Festival in support of the South Hills Interfaith Movement (SHIM) at Flora Park in Bethel Park (inside South Park). Flora Park is an amazing garden center and offers the best ice cream you’ve ever had at their creamery.
Bring your extra garden produce to donate to SHIM along with any shelf stable foods, personal hygiene items, diapers and pet food too. Cash donations will also be appreciated.
Anyone who donates receives a free Dramm hose nozzle.

Christy Wilhelmi is a prolific author and founder of Gardennerd who wrote a wonderful garden mystery book called Bolting to Seed. I enjoyed interviewing Christy and loved the book.

Recipe for Hope is a wonderful charity event that benefits Bonny Diver’s Hair Peace Charities which helps women with cancer.
There are lots of local celebrities there serving wonderful dishes. I’m making Roasted Garlic Ravioli in Fresh Spinach Cream Sauce. My friends David Highfield and Heather Abraham will be there along with a host of other media personalities.

It's always wonderful to see Heather Abraham and David Highfield at Pittsburgh Today Live.

We covered a lot of ground today, how to water the right way, deadheading and even how to start a garden in July.

Join me in November of 2026 to explore the Christmas markets of Germany, France and Switzerland.
These traditional outdoor festivals feature adorned stalls selling handmade, festive crafts, ornaments, and regional foods. It’s amazing!

I had a great talk with Linda Smith author of The Peach Thief, a book I loved. It’s set in the 1850’s and follows the adventures of Scilla Brown, a workhouse orphan in 1850s England posing as a boy to get a job in a wealthy earl's garden after being caught trying to steal a peach.