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By Mary Beth Breckenridge
Beacon Journal home writer
Published on Saturday, Feb 23, 2008
The folks at Cleveland Botanical Garden are sharing their expertise electronically through a new blog, the Garden Variety (http://www.cbgarden.org/blog).
Recent posts included information about container gardening spider mites, soil pH and gardening with kids.
Cleveland Botanical Garden believes the site is the first professionally designed and regularly updated blog by a major botanical garden.
Manor workshops
You can learn both old- and new-world construction techniques at one-day workshops being offered at Stone Gate Manor, a replica of a 14th-century Gothic manor house in Carroll County.
Topics are rustic English stone masonry, brick and block laying, roofing, siding and plumbing. The workshops will be offered at various times throughout the spring, summer and fall.
In addition, six-week stained-glass classes are offered. The classes meet for two hours a week.
For information, call 330-868-2834 or visit http://www.stonegatemanor.org.
Stone Gate Manor was built by owners who used mostly salvaged materials and stone and lumber from the property. It's at 10117 Mantle Road N.E., Augusta Township.
This just in
News from around the beat:
• Four Akron-area garden centers have been named to a listing of leaders in the industry.
Today's Garden Center magazine's Revolutionary 100 includes Boyert's Greenhouse and Farm in Medina County's Montville Township, Donzell's Flower and Garden Center in Akron, Suncrest Gardens in Boston Township and Petitti Garden Centers, a Northeast Ohio chain with a store in Tallmadge.
The ranking honors independent garden centers that have implemented innovative and profitable business management practices and serve as role models in their industry.
• Dover's Warther Cutlery is featured on Gourmet magazine's Web site, http://www.gourmet.com.
A story about the family-run knife shop tells how Ernest ''Mooney'' Warther started making knives because he couldn't find tools that could handle his carving passion, and how his descendants are carrying on the craft.
The article's title is A Cut Above — coincidentally, the same headline that appeared on a story about Warther Cutlery that ran in this section in June.
Events, programs
• Beginning Pottery, 7-9 p.m. Mondays, Feb. 25-March 24, Yost Pottery, 1643 Massillon Road, Akron. Class covers fundamentals of hand-building pottery. $135. Registration: 330-734-0763.
• Warm Up Akron meetings, 3:30 and 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Akron-Summit County Public Library, Mogadore branch, 144 S. Cleveland Ave. Members knit and crochet rectangles that are used to make afghans for needy people in the Akron area. Information: 330-699-3252 or http://www.geocities.com/warmupakron.
• Western Reserve Rose Society meeting, 7 p.m. Tuesday, meeting room, Cuyahoga County Public Library, Middleburg Heights branch, 15600 E. Bagley Road. Program: Roses Games Night. Information: 330-220-2213, or send e-mail to webmaster@westernreserverosesociety.org.
• Lifting Winter's Gloom — Landscape Lighting, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Visitor Center, Seiberling Nature Realm, 1828 Smith Road, Akron. Second in the Master Gardeners of Summit County's Dreaming of Spring series. Free. Information: 330-864-2536.
• Cost Benefits of LEED, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Professional Education and Conference Center, Kent State University Stark campus, 6000 Frank Ave. N.W., Jackson Township. Seminar will focus on environmentally friendly building and the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification program. Speaker: Paul Shahriari, U.S. Green Building Council. Seminar presented by the Knoch Corp., a builder in North Canton. $125, including meals. Registration: http://www.knochcorp.com or 330-244-1440.
• Akron Home & Flower Show, opens Friday and continues through March 2, John S. Knight Center, 77 E. Mill St. Indoor gardens, speakers, demonstrations, vendors. Appearances by Gary Sullivan of the radio show At Home With Gary Sullivan, 5:30 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. next Saturday, and Chip Wade of HGTV's Designed to Sell, 3:30 and 6:30 p.m. next Saturday and 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. March 2. Show hours: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and next Saturday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. March 2. $7; children 12 and younger, free with adult. Discount coupon available at the show's Web site, http://www.akronhomeandflowershow.com, and Petitti Garden Centers. Free parking at all city of Akron lots starting at 6 p.m. Friday. Information: 330-869-6800.
• The Wonderful World of Herbs, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. next Saturday, Dayton Nurseries, 3459 Cleveland-Massillon Road, Norton. Speaker: Jan Becker, Becker Cottage Gardens. $10; garden club members, $8. Tickets: 330-825-3320 or info@daytonnursery.com.
• Leafings sculpture exhibit, through Friday, Akron Woman's City Club, 732 W. Exchange St. Exhibit and sale of leaf sculptures for the home and garden, created by artist Lahoma Clearwater. Gallery open during business hours (9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and usually 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. one Sunday a month, unless special functions are scheduled). Information: lahomac2002@yahoo.com.
• Orchid Mania, through March 9, Cleveland Botanical Garden, 11030 East Blvd. Theme: The Seductive Orchid. Vignettes illustrating the role of orchids in perfume, cosmetics, food and more; Orchids and More exhibit of artwork by Andrij Maday. This week's programs: Orchid Vendor Weekend, today and Sunday; Ask the Orchid Doctor, 1-3 p.m. today; Orchid and Butterfly Symmetry Paintings, 1-3 p.m. today and Sunday. Show hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays (open to 9 p.m. Wednesdays), noon to 5 p.m. Sundays. $7.50; children ages 3-12, $3; members and younger children, free. 60 and older pay $5.50 on Tuesdays. Information: 216-721-1600 or http://www.cbgarden.org.
Mail notices of classes, programs and events two weeks in advance to: Home and Garden News, Features Department, Akron Beacon Journal, P.O. Box 640, Akron OH 44309-0640. Please include your name and telephone number. All events must be open to the public.
Mary Beth Breckenridge can be reached at 330-996-3756 or mbrecken@thebeaconjournal.com.
The folks at Cleveland Botanical Garden are sharing their expertise electronically through a new blog, the Garden Variety (http://www.cbgarden.org/blog).
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