Garden Fling

The cure for winter-itis awaits you at Garden Fling!  This day of “all things garden” is jam packed with the remedy for your spring fever.  Garden Fling is Saturday, April 1, 2017 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Kenton Ridge High School, 4444 Middle-Urbana Road, Springfield, OH.  Doors and vendors open at 8:30 a.m.  Garden programs begin at 9:00 a.m.

You can choose to attend one or several garden related classes during the day.  This year’s Keynote Speaker is Laura Deeter, Ph.D., The Ohio State University.  She will present Know Maintenance-Perennials at 10:15 a.m. and Modern Landscape Design for the Modern Garden at 12:30 p.m.  Other presentations include Springing into Beekeeping, Working with Succulents, How to Grow Dahlias, Common Sense-Coyotes and Managing Wildlife on the Home Front, Landscape Design, Adding Garden Structures to Your Yard, and Basic Vegetable Gardening Plans.  Pamela Bennett, Ohio State University Extension Educator, will present What’s Happening at Snyder Park at 1:45 p.m.

This “come and go as you please” event includes a full day of shopping at the Garden Bazaar and offers many opportunities for you to escape the winter doldrums and jump-start spring.

Admission is payable at the door.  No pre-registration.  The event is sponsored by Master Gardeners of Clark County and Ohio State University Extension.

The Schedule for Garden Fling is at http://go.osu.edu/letsgarden or call 937.521.3860 for more information.