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By Mary Beth Breckenridge
Beacon Journal
Published on Saturday, Jul 19, 2008
Volunteers are sought to install a rain garden next Saturday at the Lakemore Municipal Building, 1400 Main St.
Rain gardens are designed to control storm water by collecting it just long enough to allow it to percolate into the soil, where it is cleaned naturally. The Lakemore rain garden will serve as a demonstration project to educate residents.
Participants in the installation will also hear a presentation by the Summit Soil & Water Conservation District on the benefits of rain gardens.
Work will start at 8 a.m. To volunteer, call David Jenkins, 330-733-6125.
Horticulture program
Applications are being accepted for the Portage County Master Gardener Program.
Master gardeners are volunteers trained in various aspects of horticulture.
Classes will meet from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesdays from Aug. 27 to mid-December at the Ohio State University Extension's Portage County office, 6970 State Route 88, Ravenna. Instructors are extension educators, state extension specialists, OSU professors, researchers and horticulture professionals.
To request an application, call the extension office, 330-296-6432.
Guide identifies trees
A new guide from the Arbor Day Foundation promises to make it easier to identify trees.
The new version of the foundation's What Tree Is That? includes full-color illustrations of trees' distinctive characteristics. The guide employs a step-by-step approach that explains what to look for, such as the shape of the leaves, the differences in the leaf stems and twig structures, and the details of buds and bark.
An online version of What Tree Is That? is at http://www.arborday.org. Printed copies may be ordered on the Web site for $5 each, or send your name, address and $5 for each guide to What Tree Is That?, Arbor Day Foundation, Nebraska City, NE 68410.
Events, programs
• Night Insect Walk, 8:30 to 10:30 tonight, Secrest Arboretum, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, 1680 Madison Ave., Wooster Township. Free. Bring a flashlight. Information: 330-263-3761 or http://secrest.osu.edu.
• Parade of Ponds, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Self-guided tour of water gardens, many of them built by the homeowners. Tickets: $10, available at Hoffman's Garden Center, 1021 E. Caston Road, Green, or Graf Growers Garden Center, 1015 White Pond Drive, Akron. Proceeds benefit the Akron Children's Hospital burn center. Information: 330-896-9811, 800-870-4479 or http://www.hoffmansgardencenter.com.
• Daylily Madness Weekends, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and Sunday, Daylilies and More, 8290 State Route 83, one mile north of Lodi. Thousands of daylilies in bloom. Information: 330-948-2470 or http://www.dayliliesandmore.com.
• Men's Garden Club of Akron meeting, Monday evening, St. George Fellowship Centre, 3204 Ridgewood Road, Copley Township. Social hour starts at 5:30; dinner at 6:30. Program: All About Dahlias. Cost: $13. Reservations: 330-825-5315 or 330-673-3553. Information: http://www.acorn.net/mgcakron.
• 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, Cuyahoga County Public Library, Middleburg Heights branch, 15600 E. Bagley Road. Program: Products for Growing Roses. Information: 330-220-2213 or webmaster@westernreserverosesociety.org.
• Quilting lectures, 2 p.m. Tuesday, Stow-Munroe Falls Public Library, 3512 Darrow Road, Stow, and 7 p.m. Wednesday, Kent Free Library, 312 W. Main St. Lectures and book signings by fiber artist Leigh E. McDonald, author of Adventures in Circles: Quilt Designs from Start to Finish. Free. Registration: Stow program, 330-688-3295; Kent program, 330-673-4414.
• Quilting workshop, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, Katie Brooke Quilt Shop, 241 S. Water St., Kent. Workshop by fiber artist Leigh E. McDonald. Fee: $50 plus the cost of the book. Registration: 330-677-1156.
• Replace or Repair? Ask a Contractor, 9 to 10:30 a.m. next Saturday, Carriage House Auditorium, Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens, 714 N. Portage Path, Akron. Workshop and related tour. $25. Registration: 330-315-3227 or mheppner@stanhywet.org. Information: http://www.stanhywet.org (click on ''Education,'' then ''Adult Programs,'' then ''Historic House Workshop Series'').
• Open house, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. next Saturday, Ohio Prairie Nursery, 11961 Alpha Road, Hiram Township, Portage County. See examples of native plants used in the landscape, and learn about prairie ecosystems, rain gardens and habitat gardens. Rain garden installation at noon. Information: 866-569-3380.
• Good Gardening Series: Creating Kitchen Container Gardens, 1:30 to 3 p.m. next Saturday, Cleveland Botanical Garden, 11030 East Blvd. Members, $28; nonmembers, $35. Registration: 216-721-1600 or http://www.cbgarden.org.
• YWCA Garden Tour, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 27, Medina County. Tour of eight gardens. Tickets: $20, available at the YWCA, 4046 Medina Road, Medina Township, and Boyert's Greenhouse and Farm, 7171 Wooster Pike (state Route 3), Montville Township. Tickets purchased by next Saturday include a boxed lunch. Proceeds benefit the YWCA of Medina County. Information: 330-722-2020.
• Progress Through Preservation annual picnic, 6 p.m. July 28, Ledges Shelter, Virginia Kendall Park, Truxell Road south of Peninsula. Bring a covered dish to share and a serving utensil, both clearly marked with your name. Reservations due Friday at 330-374-3787 or ptpakron@att.net.
• Great Garden Adventure, through Oct. 31, Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens, 714 N. Portage Path, Akron. Imagination Stations throughout the grounds help visitors reconnect with nature and learn about natural phenomena. Displays of flower sculptures made by ''junkyard artist'' P.R. Miller and whimsical bugs and butterflies made by area students. Hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays-Sundays. Closed Mondays except Labor Day. Various admission options are available, with adult prices ranging from $8-$25. Today is a Family Friendly Day, when actors will enhance a self-guided Manor House tour. Information: 330-836-5533 or http://www.stanhywet.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.
Volunteers are sought to install a rain garden next Saturday at the Lakemore Municipal Building, 1400 Main St.
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