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By Mary Beth Breckenridge
Beacon Journal home writer
Published on Saturday, Mar 22, 2008
The nation's 94-year-old Cooperative Extension System is reaching out to the public via its Web site, http://www.extension.org.
The site is designed to provide quick access to information on diverse topics, including personal finance, parenting, gardening, lawn care, farming and wildlife damage management. The information comes from more than 100 land-grant colleges and universities and thousands of county extension offices across the country.
Plant-your-own classes
Paul's Greenhouse, 1993 Wright Road, Copley Township, is offering plant-your-own container gardening classes this spring.
Participants bring their own containers and may plant up to five per class. They get guidance from the greenhouse staff but pay only for soil and plants.
Classes are offered from 10 a.m. to noon and 2 to 4 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays from April 14 to 26, and 6 to 8 p.m. April 15 and 24. To register, call 330-864-3417.
Sweepstakes, contests
Contests to note:
• The Maids Home Services is giving away prizes, including a year's worth of free housecleaning and a vacation package to anywhere in the continental United States, in its Nobody Outcleans the Maids Instant Win Sweepstakes. Enter daily at http://www.maids.com. The contest ends May 31.
• DIY Network will award an outdoor makeover to the winner of America's Most Desperate Landscape Search. Submit photos and videos of landscapes in need of renovation at http://www.diynetwork.com. The winning makeover will be documented and featured in an episode of the series Desperate Landscapes. Deadline is April 21.
• Youth gardening programs that focus on nutrition education will be recognized in Gardener's Supply Co.'s eighth annual Healthy Sprouts Awards. Twenty programs will receive Gardener's Supply gift cards ($500 for each of the top five programs; $200 for each of the other 15), as well as garden curriculum packages. An application form and information are at http://www.kidsgardening.com/healthysprouts.asp.
Events, programs
• Warm Up Akron meetings, 3:30 and 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Mogadore Library, 144 S. Cleveland Ave. Members knit and crochet rectangles that are used to make afghans for needy people in the Akron area, and they'll teach others the skills. Information: 330-699-3252 or http://www.geocities.com/warmupakron.
• Western Reserve Rose Society meeting, 7 p.m. Tuesday, meeting room, Middleburg Heights Branch of Cuyahoga County Public Library, 15600 E. Bagley Road. Spring rose care panel discussion. Information: 330-220-2213 or webmaster@westernreserverosesociety.org.
• Pruning seminar, 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Stotler's Orchard, 4597 Laubert Road, Randolph Township. Seminar will comprise instruction and pruning work in the orchard. Dress for the weather. Free. Information: 330-947-3373 or http://www.stotlersorchard.com.
• Designing the Mixed Perennial Bed, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.Wednesday, Cleveland Botanical Garden, 11030 East Blvd. Scott C. Scarfone, a landscape architect and author, will present the second in the garden's Winter Lecture Series. Members, $20; nonmembers, $27 (includes wine, cheese and parking). Registration: 216-721-1600 or http://www.cbgarden.org.
• For the Birds, 9 a.m. next Saturday, Hoffman's Garden Center, 1021 E. Caston Road, Green. Learn how to attract and feed birds. Free, but reservations are required. Registration: 330-896-9811 or 800-870-4479. Information: http://www.hoffmansgardencenter.com.
• Spring Pond Opening, 10:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. next Saturday, Hoffman's Garden Center, 1021 E. Caston Road, Green. Get tips for starting up a pond's ecosystem and maintaining a healthy pond. Free, but reservations are required. Registration: 330-896-9811 or 800-870-4479. Information: http://www.hoffmansgardencenter.com.
• Pond Construction, 12:30 p.m. next Saturday, Hoffman's Garden Center, 1021 E. Caston Road, Green. Free, but reservations are required. Registration: 330-896-9811 or 800-870-4479. Information: http://www.hoffmansgardencenter.com.
• Lawn Care With Scotts, 11 a.m. next Saturday, Donzell's Flower & Garden Center, 937 E. Waterloo Road, Akron. Speaker: Scotts representative Tom Stawicki. Free, but reservations are requested. Registration: 330-724-0550, Ext. 110.
• BotaniCool School for Little Buds: ABCs and 123s of the Garden, 10 to 11 a.m. Saturdays, March 29, April 12 and May 17. Children ages 3-5 will use the garden to explore letters and numbers. Cost: member and child, $7 per session or $15 for the series; nonmember and child, $10 per session or $24 for the series. Registration: 216-721-1600 or http://www.cbgarden.org.
• Bugged Out!, through March 30, Cleveland Botanical Garden, 11030 East Blvd. Programs by bug experts, bug enthusiasts and entertainers; daily mealworm races. Programs: The Bugman, featuring John Hurt of Butterflies and Things in Spencer, 1 to 2 p.m. today (free with admission); Anasi and the Moss-Covered Rock, presented by Cleveland Public Library's Imagine Puppet Troupe, 12:30, 1:30 and 2:30 p.m. today (free with admission); Bug Storigami, storytelling and origami, 11 a.m. to noon next Saturday (member families $20; nonmembers families $27; advance registration required); Bug Terrarium Family Workshop, 1 to 2 p.m. next Saturday (member families $20, nonmember families $27, advance registration required). Garden hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and both Saturdays (open till 9 p.m. Wednesday), noon to 5 p.m. both Sundays. Admission: $7.50; children ages 3-12, $3; members and younger children, free. Information and program registration: 216-721-1600 or http://www.cbgarden.org.
• Progress Through Preservation meeting, 7:30 p.m. March 31, Akron Woman's City Club, 732 W. Exchange St. Architect Rebecca Rogers will talk about landscapes for historical buildings. Optional dinner at 6:15 p.m., $20; meeting without dinner, $5. For a dinner reservation, mail a check payable to Progress Through Preservation to PTP, 465 S. Portage Path, Akron, OH 44320. Note your entree choice on the memo line (chicken marsala or potato-encrusted scrod). Dinner reservations are due Friday. Information: 330-374-3787 or ptp@att.net.
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 nation's 94-year-old Cooperative Extension System is reaching out to the public via its Web site, http://www.extension.org.
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