Oyster Gardening

Pickering Creek Educators are excited to introduce you to our new crew of unsung heroes, the Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea Virginica). Oyster gardening provides important nursery habitat as well as filtering the waters of the Chesapeake Bay and tributaries; oyster reefs are a vital part of conserving the Chesapeake Bay. We invite you to come learn about our new spat growing program, the challenges these bivalve face, and the research methods we use to analyze the success of our oyster nurseries.
https://pickeringcreek.org/programs/upcoming-programs/