Join me on Sunday August 30, 2026, 1 p.m. at Soergels Garden Center for a Free Fig Pop Up event.
Fig grower Alan Savinell is bringing lots of figs to taste and will explain how to grow them successfully in Western Pennsylvania.
Savinell harvests thousands of figs each season.
We’ll have fun sharing stories of loving and growing figs.
He has a special fig tree that was grown by his grandfather.

Planting daffodils now will lead to a beautiful spring garden. They are deer resistant and announce the arrival of spring.

Nothing is deer proof, but these shrubs and plants have not been bothered by the deer.

Saving seeds is fun and easy. It will save you money and you can share your seeds with gardening friends too.

I’m excited to see Italy again, it’s my favorite place in the world.
Join me for a nine day trip through Northern Italy from April 8-16, 2027.
We’ll visit Venice, Verona, Treviso, Asolo, Bassano del Grappa and the Dolomites mountain chain.

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.