This week for In Doug’s Garden by Davey Tree I’m showing how to heat up the soil for tomato and pepper planting, keeping azaleas off the menu for deer, visiting one of my favorite Pittsburgh hidden treasures, the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. Davey’s Rob Kruljac has to break some bad news to me about a favorite shrub. I’m also helping a new gardener with ideas for perennial planting.

Tour the Pittsburgh Botanic Garden with Doug and get free rare tomato seedlings Thursday 5/16 10:30 a.m.

Join me at Soergels Garden Center in Wexford for the 21st Annual Doug Oster Plant Swap and Gardening Hullabaloo on June 2, 2024 from 1 p.m. until 2 p.m.

I had a lot of fun on Pittsburgh Today Live with David Highfield and Heather Abraham as we talked about planting things for mom, which come back every year, creating special garden memories.

Season three of In Doug's Garden by Davey Tree shows a brand new format. We're on the road, showcasing some of Pittsburgh's hidden treasures. This week we're visiting the Audubon Center for Native Plants, where Roxanne Swan explains the importance of natives and talks about her favorite deer resistant native plants. Doug is succession planting more lettuce and has an interesting art project entitled Blue Ocean Waves, he's also answering questions about daffodil foliage and introducing you to a wonderful, deer resistant blooming shrub.

Join me on a trip of a lifetime to Iceland this November.