During this workshop, participants will be guided through the pest identification process and learn why proper identification is critical to successful pest management.

Join DEUFFC’s Policy Committee for their monthly virtual meeting!

Attend the morning volunteer event at Innersource Wellness Center and Regenerative Farm. During this volunteer event/workshop, participants will get hands-on experience working on an urban farm while they learn about regenerative farms systems, value added product, composting, and community partnerships.

Please join the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture on Thursday, July 17, 2025 for a day of discussions and tours, which will explore the flourishing ornamental horticulture industry in the Mid-Atlantic.

The event, sponsored by the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture and the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, will begin at 10:00 a.m. sharp in Longwood's beautiful new Fountain Room with a panel discussion among representatives of the PA, DE, NJ and MD Landscape and Nursery Associations.

Following the panel discussion, guests will enjoy one of the two following guided tours—Longwood's floriculture production greenhouse, where the magic begins; or the new West Conservatory, Bonsai Pavilion and the recreated Roberto Burle Marx Cascade Garden. Please reply at your earliest convenience to Robert Grenfell at roberthgrenfelljr@gmail.com and indicate which tour you prefer (the greenhouse tour will be capped at 50 guests).

After lunch in the Fountain Room, guests will travel to nearby North Creek Nurseries, an industry leading grower of perennials and native plants, for a guided tour by owner Steve Castorani. North Creek pioneered the production of Landscape Plugs and grows 250 million plants per year from seed, cuttings, division, and tissue culture.

There is no charge for this event but space is limited by organization to the first 100 registrants. Please address any questions you may have about this event to Robert.

Please join the United States Department of Agriculture, Internal Revenue Service and Small Business Administration for the “Tax Education Webinar for Agricultural Enterprises and Small Businesses”. They have partnered to bring tax related matters impacting small and mid-sized businesses, including agricultural enterprises (farms and ranches).

The virtual event is schedule for Tuesday, July 15, 2025, from 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, EDT. To register: https://www.zoomgov.com/.../WN_JOKBTQNTTQiAi8SKraxl6A...

If you have any questions, please contact Jacqueline Davis-Slay at Jacqueline.davis-slay@usda.gov.

Join us as to hear from various urban farmers and gardeners to hear about how they make connections and build connections with their local communities. 

Join us as to learn more about all the behind the scenes work that set up your farm operation for success. 

Video presentation by Doug Tallamy about planting native

Join DEUFFC’s Policy Committee for their monthly virtual meeting!

Green For the Greater Good is excited to announce that they will be partnering with the Latin American Community Center once more to offer a Social Soil event next month.  Mark your calendars and bring your friends and family! Their goal is to connect more people and neighborhoods to the new Rodney Reservoir park and community garden and to cultivate their community connections, their “social soil,” through food, conversation, resource sharing and stewardship activities. Stay tuned for more details. They invite community partners who might like to participate to reach out. 

The event will take place on June 14, 2025 from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM at the Latin American Community Center (301 N. Harrison St., Wilmington, DE)

Please note that there is also a Spanish language flyer available on their website: https://www.greenforthegreatergood.org/social-soil

During this workshop participants will get hands on experience working with small scale equipment from the staff at Penn Farms.

Join DEUFFC’s Policy Committee for their monthly virtual meeting!

Attend a workshop at Bellevue Farms to learn about different strategies to get the most out of small spaces and help our partner site get ready for the upcoming season.

During this session, we will be re-building/replacing raised beds at one of the location on Bright Spot Farms as well as Madi discussing key maintenance tips for growing in a container. This will be a hands-on workshop.

Join us as to hear from various local ag service providers to learn about different resources, programs, and opportunities are available for urban farmers and gardeners.

Join DEUFFC’s Policy Committee for their monthly virtual meeting!

Join IWC as they come together in community to honor and celebrate Mother Earth and the arrival of a vibrant new season!

Over the course of the morning participants will go on a tour of the farm to see the variety of strategies Bellevue Farms uses to create a thriving green space before getting their hands dirty and tackling some projects around the farm. Topics include learning about irrigation systems, season extension, and soil management.

Attend the morning volunteer event at Innersource Wellness Center and Regenerative Farm. During this volunteer event/workshop, participants will get hands-on experience working on an urban farm while they learn about regenerative farms systems, value added product, composting, and community partnerships.

The 2024 event has been cancelled.

Attend the workshop hosted by the Wilmington Kitchen Collective to learn about value-added products and how they can help boost small farm incomes.

This workshop focuses on beekeeping and value added products featuring local apiarist Steph Grant from Sassy Bee Honey.

Join us at Penn Farms to  learn about how their team prepares for going to a market.

Attend a webinar on licensing requirements for farmer’s markets hosted by the Delaware Department of Agriculture (DDA).

During this workshop participants will get hands on experience and tips for managing fruit trees from the staff at Penn Farms.