diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 35b3f37..a582dcf 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # This file is automatically @generated by Cargo.
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
-version = 3
+version = 4
 
 [[package]]
 name = "addr2line"
@@ -577,6 +577,7 @@ version = "2.2.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ccf1bedf64cdb9643204a36dd15b19a6ce8e7aa7f7b105868e9f1fad5ffa7d12"
 dependencies = [
+ "chrono",
  "diesel_derives",
  "libsqlite3-sys",
  "r2d2",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index da3b0c2..3308327 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ axum = { version = "0.8.0", features = ["macros"] }
 axum-extra = { version = "0.10.0", features = ["cookie"] }
 chrono = { version = "0.4.39", features = ["serde"] }
 clap = { version = "4.5.26", features = ["derive", "env"] }
-diesel = { version = "2.2.6", features = ["sqlite", "returning_clauses_for_sqlite_3_35", "r2d2"] }
+diesel = { version = "2.2.6", features = ["sqlite", "returning_clauses_for_sqlite_3_35", "r2d2", "chrono"] }
 r2d2 = "0.8.10"
 r2d2_sqlite = "0.25.0"
 rand = "0.8.5"
diff --git a/diesel.toml b/diesel.toml
index 66f122f..bb1d1f7 100644
--- a/diesel.toml
+++ b/diesel.toml
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ file = "src/db/schema.rs"
 custom_type_derives = ["diesel::query_builder::QueryId", "Clone"]
 
 [migrations_directory]
-dir = "/home/jef/dev/calathea/migrations"
+dir = "migrations"
diff --git a/migrations/2025-01-13-115505_create_events/up.sql b/migrations/2025-01-13-115505_create_events/up.sql
index b4db1e3..cc9c0c5 100644
--- a/migrations/2025-01-13-115505_create_events/up.sql
+++ b/migrations/2025-01-13-115505_create_events/up.sql
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ create table events (
         references plants (id)
         on delete cascade,
     event_type text not null,
-    date text not null,
+    date date not null,
     description text not null
 );
diff --git a/src/db/models/event.rs b/src/db/models/event.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b6084f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/db/models/event.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+use chrono::NaiveDate;
+use diesel::{
+    deserialize::FromSql,
+    prelude::*,
+    serialize::ToSql,
+    sql_types::Text,
+    sqlite::{Sqlite, SqliteValue},
+    AsExpression, FromSqlRow,
+};
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+use std::{fmt, str::FromStr};
+
+use crate::db::schema::*;
+
+#[derive(FromSqlRow, Debug, AsExpression, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[diesel(sql_type = Text)]
+pub enum EventType {
+    Watering,
+}
+
+impl fmt::Display for EventType {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        let s = match self {
+            Self::Watering => "Watering",
+        };
+
+        write!(f, "{}", s)
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct ParseEventTypeErr(String);
+
+impl fmt::Display for ParseEventTypeErr {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "invalid event type '{}'", self.0)
+    }
+}
+
+impl std::error::Error for ParseEventTypeErr {}
+
+impl FromStr for EventType {
+    type Err = ParseEventTypeErr;
+
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+        match s {
+            "Watering" => Ok(Self::Watering),
+            _ => Err(ParseEventTypeErr(s.to_string())),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl FromSql<Text, Sqlite> for EventType {
+    fn from_sql(bytes: SqliteValue) -> diesel::deserialize::Result<Self> {
+        let s = <String as FromSql<Text, Sqlite>>::from_sql(bytes)?;
+
+        Ok(s.as_str().parse()?)
+    }
+}
+
+impl ToSql<Text, Sqlite> for EventType {
+    fn to_sql<'b>(
+        &'b self,
+        out: &mut diesel::serialize::Output<'b, '_, Sqlite>,
+    ) -> diesel::serialize::Result {
+        out.set_value(self.to_string());
+
+        Ok(diesel::serialize::IsNull::No)
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Queryable, Selectable)]
+#[diesel(table_name = events)]
+#[diesel(check_for_backend(diesel::sqlite::Sqlite))]
+pub struct Event {
+    id: i64,
+    plant_id: i64,
+    event_type: EventType,
+    date: NaiveDate,
+    description: String,
+}
+
+#[derive(Deserialize, Insertable)]
+#[diesel(table_name = events)]
+#[diesel(check_for_backend(diesel::sqlite::Sqlite))]
+pub struct NewEvent {
+    plant_id: i64,
+    event_type: EventType,
+    date: NaiveDate,
+    description: String,
+}
+
+impl NewEvent {
+    pub fn insert(self, conn: &mut SqliteConnection) -> QueryResult<Event> {
+        diesel::insert_into(events::table)
+            .values(self)
+            .returning(Event::as_returning())
+            .get_result(conn)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/db/models/mod.rs b/src/db/models/mod.rs
index fa539ed..443bd6a 100644
--- a/src/db/models/mod.rs
+++ b/src/db/models/mod.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+mod event;
 mod plant;
 mod session;
 mod user;
diff --git a/src/db/schema.rs b/src/db/schema.rs
index 7bd1846..664720e 100644
--- a/src/db/schema.rs
+++ b/src/db/schema.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ diesel::table! {
         id -> BigInt,
         plant_id -> BigInt,
         event_type -> Text,
-        date -> Text,
+        date -> Date,
         description -> Text,
     }
 }
@@ -47,10 +47,4 @@ diesel::joinable!(comments -> plants (plant_id));
 diesel::joinable!(events -> plants (plant_id));
 diesel::joinable!(sessions -> users (user_id));
 
-diesel::allow_tables_to_appear_in_same_query!(
-    comments,
-    events,
-    plants,
-    sessions,
-    users,
-);
+diesel::allow_tables_to_appear_in_same_query!(comments, events, plants, sessions, users,);