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By Mary Beth Breckenridge
Beacon Journal staff writer
POSTED: 03:44 p.m. EDT, Jun 12, 2009
Virginia Robinson's yard is about to get a new look.
Robinson of Akron won a front- or backyard makeover worth $10,000 in Keep Akron Beautiful's annual Dreamscape raffle. The winning ticket was drawn June 4 at Akron's Alexander Park.
She'll meet with designer Jeff Conn of Suncrest Gardens to create a design for her yard, which will be transformed in a landscaping blitz the week of Aug. 3.
Other raffle winners were James Walter of Copley Township, who won $150 worth of tree maintenance or stump grinding from Walent Tree Service; Michael McGlinchy of Akron, who will have $200 worth of mulch or compost installed by TerraScape Ltd.; and Albert Mittiga of Silver Lake, who won a $100 gift basket of gardening supplies from Graf Growers Garden Center.
Companies donate talent, materials and labor to the Dreamscape effort, which raised more than $22,850 for Keep Akron Beautiful's Flowerscape program. The program plants and maintains 40 gardens in downtown Akron.
Besides the companies already mentioned, the Dreamscape vendor partners are Dayton Nurseries Inc., KB Compost Services Inc., Paul's Greenhouse, Donzell's Flower and Garden Center, Hoffman's Garden Center, Akron Brick and Block, Belgard Sales, Cascade Lighting, Circle K, Gates Landscape Co., Hawkins Electric, Hitchcock Fleming & Associates Inc., Naragon Irrigation, Pam's Perennial Plant Farm, R.B. Stout Inc., R.G. Thomas Landscape & Design Inc., Star Printing Co. Inc., Wilson Plumbing & Heating Inc., W.L. Beck Printing-Design and YES Press Printing Co.
New flooring store
Lumber Liquidators has come to the Canton area.
The company opened a store last weekend at 6331 Promler Ave., Jackson Township. It's open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays.
Lumber Liquidators is a specialty retailer of hardwood flooring that uses a no-frills approach to keep prices down. Information on the company is at http://www.lumberliquidators.com.
Bird book
A retitled and reset edition of a classic Ohio birding book will be released Monday by the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center in Wooster Township.
The new version is titled Red Bird, Green Bird: How Birds Help Us Grow Healthy Gardens. The original from 1912 was Some Ohio Birds by Harry A. Gossard and Scott G. Harry.
The book details the ecological and economic impacts of 91 common bird species and describes their abundance in the early 20th century.
The book costs $14 ($12 plus $2 shipping). To order a copy, write to CommTech, OARDC, 1680 Madison Ave., Wooster, OH 44691. Make the check payable to OARDC.
It can also be ordered at http://www.lulu.com.
For information, call 330-263-3780 or e-mail ct-oardc@osu.edu.
Events, programs
•Open house and heirloom rose sale, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Garden of Roses of Legend and Romance, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, 1680 Madison Ave., Wooster Township. Opportunity to tour the 3-acre rose garden; roses for sale. Talk on low-maintenance roses at 10:30 a.m. Ask a Rosarian session at noon. Information: http://www.oardc.ohio-state.edu/rosegarden or 330-263-3612.
•Historic Home and Garden Tour, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, starting at Richfield Fellowship Hall, 3903 Broadview Road. Tour will visit three historical buildings and a garden. Sponsored by the Richfield Town Trust. $12. Plant swap during the tour on the Fellowship Hall grounds.
•Ask the Gardener, noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Cleveland Botanical Garden, 11030 East Blvd. Representatives of the Green Gardeners will answer questions. Garden admission: $7.50; children ages 3-12, $3; members and younger children, free. Information: 216-721-1600 or http://www.cbgarden.org.
•Plant sale, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, outside National City Bank, West Market Street and North Portage Path, Akron. Presented by the Highland Square Garden Club. Perennials, annuals, hostas, grasses, annual vines, herbs and vegetable plants for sale.
•Spring Garden Fair, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Quailcrest Farm, 2810 Armstrong Road, west of state Route 83 in Wayne County's Wayne Township. Garden-related art, food, music. $2 per car. Information: 330-345-6722 or http://www.quailcrest.com.
•Rose show, 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Parmatown Mall, 7899 W. Ridgewood Drive, Parma. Presented by the Western Reserve Rose Society. Free. Information: 330-220-2213 or webmaster@westernreserverosesociety.org.
•Men's Garden Club of Akron meeting, Monday evening, Memorial Pavilion, Goodyear Heights Metro Park, 2077 Newton St., Akron. Strawberry festival and potluck dinner. Grill starts at 5:30, dinner at 6:30. Bring meat to grill, a covered dish to share (no dessert), table service and a tablecloth. Information: http://www.acorn.net/mgcakron.
•Botanical Arts: Summer Scenes, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Tuesday through July 28, Cleveland Botanical Garden, 11030 East Blvd. Art class is open to people of all experience levels. Members, $130; others, $145. Registration: 216-721-1600 or http://www.cbgarden.org.
•Beekeeping Field Day, 3-8 p.m. Wednesday, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, 1680 Madison Ave., Wooster Township. Authorities will address topics including the queen, wintering nucs, colony increase and moving bees safely. $30, which includes dinner. Registration deadline is Monday. Reservations: 330-263-3684. Information: http://www.honeybeelab.com.
•Barn sale, Thursday through next Saturday, Maplewood Farm, 2357 Hudson-Aurora Road, Hudson. Sale of vintage furnishings, home goods, artwork and handmade items by ''Home Girl'' Gina Bishop, who specializes in mixing modern and vintage items. Hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. next Saturday. Information: ginabishop@windstream.net.
•Avon Heritage Duct Tape Festival, Friday through June 21, Veterans Memorial Park, 38975 Detroit Road, Avon. Duct tape sculptures, arts and crafts, rides, food, games and entertainment. Parade at 10 a.m. next Saturday. Festival hours: 4-11 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. next Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 21. Information: 866-818-1116 or http://www.AvonDuctTapeFestival.com.
•BotaniCool School for Little Buds: Bugging Around, 10:30 a.m. to noon next Saturday, Cleveland Botanical Garden, 11030 East Blvd. Children ages 3 to 5 will explore the world of bugs. Additional sessions July 18 and Aug. 15. Single-session fee: member and child, $7; nonmember and child, $10. Series fee: member and child, $15; nonmember and child, $24. Registration: 216-721-1600 or http://www.cbgarden.org.
•Botanical Arts: Mighty Macro Digital Photography Weekend Workshop, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. next Saturday and 1-4 p.m. June 21, Cleveland Botanical Garden, 11030 East Blvd. Learn techniques for capturing close-up images. Members, $135; nonmembers, $150. Lunch on Saturday and parking both days included. Registration: 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
Virginia Robinson's yard is about to get a new look.
Robinson of Akron won a front- or backyard makeover worth $10,000 in Keep Akron Beautiful's annual Dreamscape raffle. The winning ticket was drawn June 4 at Akron's Alexander Park.
She'll meet with designer Jeff Conn of Suncrest Gardens to create a design for her yard, which will be transformed in a landscaping blitz the week of Aug. 3.
Other raffle winners were James Walter of Copley Township, who won $150 worth of tree maintenance or stump grinding from Walent Tree Service; Michael McGlinchy of Akron, who will have $200 worth of mulch or compost installed by TerraScape Ltd.; and Albert Mittiga of Silver Lake, who won a $100 gift basket of gardening supplies from Graf Growers Garden Center.
Companies donate talent, materials and labor to the Dreamscape effort, which raised more than $22,850 for Keep Akron Beautiful's Flowerscape program. The program plants and maintains 40 gardens in downtown Akron.
Besides the companies already mentioned, the Dreamscape vendor partners are Dayton Nurseries Inc., KB Compost Services Inc., Paul's Greenhouse, Donzell's Flower and Garden Center, Hoffman's Garden Center, Akron Brick and Block, Belgard Sales, Cascade Lighting, Circle K, Gates Landscape Co., Hawkins Electric, Hitchcock Fleming & Associates Inc., Naragon Irrigation, Pam's Perennial Plant Farm, R.B. Stout Inc., R.G. Thomas Landscape & Design Inc., Star Printing Co. Inc., Wilson Plumbing & Heating Inc., W.L. Beck Printing-Design and YES Press Printing Co.
New flooring store
Lumber Liquidators has come to the Canton area.
The company opened a store last weekend at 6331 Promler Ave., Jackson Township. It's open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays.
Lumber Liquidators is a specialty retailer of hardwood flooring that uses a no-frills approach to keep prices down. Information on the company is at http://www.lumberliquidators.com.
Bird book
A retitled and reset edition of a classic Ohio birding book will be released Monday by the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center in Wooster Township.
The new version is titled Red Bird, Green Bird: How Birds Help Us Grow Healthy Gardens. The original from 1912 was Some Ohio Birds by Harry A. Gossard and Scott G. Harry.
The book details the ecological and economic impacts of 91 common bird species and describes their abundance in the early 20th century.
The book costs $14 ($12 plus $2 shipping). To order a copy, write to CommTech, OARDC, 1680 Madison Ave., Wooster, OH 44691. Make the check payable to OARDC.
It can also be ordered at http://www.lulu.com.
For information, call 330-263-3780 or e-mail ct-oardc@osu.edu.
Events, programs
•Open house and heirloom rose sale, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Garden of Roses of Legend and Romance, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, 1680 Madison Ave., Wooster Township. Opportunity to tour the 3-acre rose garden; roses for sale. Talk on low-maintenance roses at 10:30 a.m. Ask a Rosarian session at noon. Information: http://www.oardc.ohio-state.edu/rosegarden or 330-263-3612.
•Historic Home and Garden Tour, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, starting at Richfield Fellowship Hall, 3903 Broadview Road. Tour will visit three historical buildings and a garden. Sponsored by the Richfield Town Trust. $12. Plant swap during the tour on the Fellowship Hall grounds.
•Ask the Gardener, noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Cleveland Botanical Garden, 11030 East Blvd. Representatives of the Green Gardeners will answer questions. Garden admission: $7.50; children ages 3-12, $3; members and younger children, free. Information: 216-721-1600 or http://www.cbgarden.org.
•Plant sale, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, outside National City Bank, West Market Street and North Portage Path, Akron. Presented by the Highland Square Garden Club. Perennials, annuals, hostas, grasses, annual vines, herbs and vegetable plants for sale.
•Spring Garden Fair, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Quailcrest Farm, 2810 Armstrong Road, west of state Route 83 in Wayne County's Wayne Township. Garden-related art, food, music. $2 per car. Information: 330-345-6722 or http://www.quailcrest.com.
•Rose show, 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Parmatown Mall, 7899 W. Ridgewood Drive, Parma. Presented by the Western Reserve Rose Society. Free. Information: 330-220-2213 or webmaster@westernreserverosesociety.org.
•Men's Garden Club of Akron meeting, Monday evening, Memorial Pavilion, Goodyear Heights Metro Park, 2077 Newton St., Akron. Strawberry festival and potluck dinner. Grill starts at 5:30, dinner at 6:30. Bring meat to grill, a covered dish to share (no dessert), table service and a tablecloth. Information: http://www.acorn.net/mgcakron.
•Botanical Arts: Summer Scenes, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Tuesday through July 28, Cleveland Botanical Garden, 11030 East Blvd. Art class is open to people of all experience levels. Members, $130; others, $145. Registration: 216-721-1600 or http://www.cbgarden.org.
•Beekeeping Field Day, 3-8 p.m. Wednesday, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, 1680 Madison Ave., Wooster Township. Authorities will address topics including the queen, wintering nucs, colony increase and moving bees safely. $30, which includes dinner. Registration deadline is Monday. Reservations: 330-263-3684. Information: http://www.honeybeelab.com.
•Barn sale, Thursday through next Saturday, Maplewood Farm, 2357 Hudson-Aurora Road, Hudson. Sale of vintage furnishings, home goods, artwork and handmade items by ''Home Girl'' Gina Bishop, who specializes in mixing modern and vintage items. Hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. next Saturday. Information: ginabishop@windstream.net.
•Avon Heritage Duct Tape Festival, Friday through June 21, Veterans Memorial Park, 38975 Detroit Road, Avon. Duct tape sculptures, arts and crafts, rides, food, games and entertainment. Parade at 10 a.m. next Saturday. Festival hours: 4-11 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. next Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 21. Information: 866-818-1116 or http://www.AvonDuctTapeFestival.com.
•BotaniCool School for Little Buds: Bugging Around, 10:30 a.m. to noon next Saturday, Cleveland Botanical Garden, 11030 East Blvd. Children ages 3 to 5 will explore the world of bugs. Additional sessions July 18 and Aug. 15. Single-session fee: member and child, $7; nonmember and child, $10. Series fee: member and child, $15; nonmember and child, $24. Registration: 216-721-1600 or http://www.cbgarden.org.
•Botanical Arts: Mighty Macro Digital Photography Weekend Workshop, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. next Saturday and 1-4 p.m. June 21, Cleveland Botanical Garden, 11030 East Blvd. Learn techniques for capturing close-up images. Members, $135; nonmembers, $150. Lunch on Saturday and parking both days included. Registration: 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
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