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The Annual Meeting of the Ohio City Gardeners was Sunday, June 8, 2008 at 12:30 PM. at the
Cleveland Botanical Garden in University Circle.
Having recently become affiliate members of the Botanical Gardens we were able to have a guided tour of the grounds and both greenhouses. The outdoor Waterfall gardens were absolutely amazing. If you have not seen them you definately have to take the time out and visit the Botanical Gardens.
www.cbgarden.org
The greenhouses were currently featuring the Landscapes of Madagascar and a Costa Rican Rainforest and butterfly garden.
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The Ohio City Gardeners were excited to bring you a tour at the Gwinn Estate located on the shores of Lake Erie in Bratenhal, Ohio. Completed in 1912, Gwinn Estate consists of the opulent mansion and gardens of Cleveland iron-ore magnate William Gwinn Mather. Designed by nationally renowned landscape architects Warren H. Manning (who also designed Stan Hywet Gardens) and Charles A. Platt, Gwinn is considered to be one of the best-preserved estates of the Country Place Era. This is truly a unique opportunity to see this beautiful estate as Gwinn is open only to nonprofits groups.
When: Saturday, August 11, 2007.
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The Ohio City Gardeners held ther 2007 Annual Meeting at the home and gardens of Fred Bess and Jeff Converse.
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On June 24, 2007 the Gardeners met at the home of Fred Bess and Jeff Converse in Brunswick for their Annual Meeting. The property consists of a mix of bog gardens and rare specimen gardens. Fred is an avid botanist and strives for unique qualities in the plants that he chooses. He has even been written about in the Wall Street Journal.
Picnic lunches were the order of the day followed by the Annual Meeting. Afterward a tour of the grounds took a few hours. The Ohio City Gardeners were able to see first hand the growing habits of cranberries, poison sumac, butterfly weed and many rare plants such as native pachysandra. The list can go on and on.
Along with Fred's passion for plants he makes jelly out of many of his rare specimens. A possible tasting may be in the works for the fall after harvest.
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Sunday , April 22, 2007
Ohio City Gardener's field trip to the City of Cleveland Rockefeller Greenhouse ( 750 E. 88th Street). We took a self-guided tour of the Greenhouse as well as the unique surrounding grounds which include a traditional formal garden with impressive hardscape, a talking garden, a peace garden, a Japanese garden and a Latin-American garden. The Greenhouse had their Annual Spring Bulb Show on display, other attractions inside the Greenhouse include:
- Tropical fruits and palms including citrus trees and banana plants.
- A variety of ferns and a sunken carpet of baby tears.
- The southwestern desert setting of the cactus house.
- Exotic orchids and bromeliads displayed in bloom.
For more information (and an impressive photo gallery) on the Rockefeller Greenhouse please visit: http://www.rockefellergreenhouse.org/ Hope to see you there!
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The Ohio City Gardeners held there 2006 Annual meeting at the Holden Arboretum. It was a glorious day and we had a wonderful tour of the grounds after the Annual Meeting.
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A fabulous naturist took us through the arboretum. She was very good at pointing out the unusual and also native plants.
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