The Tidewater Oyster Gardener Association (TOGA) will presents Gardening Chesapeake Bay Oysters in Virginia from 2-4:30 p.m. Sunday, April 19, at Deltaville Maritime Museum, 287 Jackson Creek Road, Deltaville.
TOGA will present a comprehensive workshop on growing oysters, reported Carl Zulick. Speakers will lay out the ecological background of the bay and its watershed, biological facts, history of oysters and basics of siting, permitting, establishing and maintaining an oyster garden in various cages and float devices.
Health and safety will be discussed with pertinent regulations pertaining to temporary, seasonal and permanent closures to harvesting and consumption, said Zulick.
TOGA members and Master Oyster Gardeners will discuss and demonstrate the various choices of oyster aquaculture devices for different types of sites on creeks, rivers and bayfront gardens.
A $10 donation to the museum is suggested.
