Saving Money by Growing Organically

Garden columnist and radio host Doug Oster will visit the Peters Township Public Library on Saturday, May 2 at 9:30 a.m. to discuss “Saving Money by Growing Organically.” Oster will teach tips and tricks for gardeners on a budget. His lecture will covers seed starting, composting and explain the simple things gardeners can do to save money and have their best gardens ever. Oster is co-author of Grow Organic : over 250 tips and ideas for growing flowers, veggies, lawns and more.

Register for the program at the library's circulation desk or call 724-941-9430.

Oster is the co-host of KDKA radio’s Sunday morning program The Organic Gardeners and is the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Backyard Gardener. His column is distributed regionally by the Associated Press and nationally by Scripps Howard News Service. He also works as writer, producer and on air talent for WQED-TV's OnQ program contributing stories related to gardening. Doug fills the same role at WYEP-FM's Allegheny Front program. He appears on KDKA-TV's Pittsburgh Today during their gardening segments. Doug's "Grow Your Own" gardening/cooking column is syndicated nationally through the Los Angeles Times News Service. He is also founder of Cultivating Success, a garden program for adoptive and foster children.

Copies of Doug's books Grow Organic ($18.95) and A Gardener's Journal ($15.95) will be available for purchase and signing. Purchase both copies for $33.00! Cash or checks made payable to Doug Oster.