Date/Time
Date(s) - 05/09/2013
4:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Location
TBG Greenhouses

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Members get the perk of attending our Spring Plant Sale a day before it’s open to the public! As a member, you’ll also receive 10% off all plant sale and gift shop purchases! Members can get an in-depth tour of our Crosby Lake & Stream Restoration Project at 5:30 or 6:30 pm.

Come celebrate Spring and kick-off the planting season by adding some color to your garden! Bring mom for Mother’s Day! We will have over 5,000 plants for sale, plus additional herbs from the Maumee Valley Herb Society and heirloom vegetable seedlings offered by Toledo GROWs! We’ll have HUGE offerings of hosta, iris, brunnera, astilbe, heuchera and peony!

Tons of Stuff!

• perennials
• hanging baskets
• oak openings natives
• vegetables & herbs
• expert advice
• workshops
• kids’ activities
• music & food
• art for sale

FREE Workshops

SATURDAY, MAY 11
10:30 AM | Exciting New Perennials for 2013
Barb Balgoyen | Walter’s Gardens
New introductions and tried-and-true cultivars.

11:30 AM | All About Orchids
Dennis Seffernick | Greater Toledo Orchid Society
Growing and caring for orchids and learn about native ladies’ slipper orchids!

1:00 PM | Healing With Food: From Farm to Plate
Drew Ruiz | Executive Chef, Toledo Museum of Art
Learn about the science of restoring essential vitamins  and minerals to your system through healthy eating choices.

2:00 PM | Grow With the Flow: Building a Raingarden
Cheryl Rice | Rain Garden Initiative
Learn about the benefits of rain gardens and how to plan and install your own rain garden.

SUNDAY, MAY 12
11:30 AM | Grow With the Flow: Building a Raingarden
Jay Brewster | Rain Garden Initiative
Learn about the benefits of rain gardens and how to plan and install your own rain garden.

 

1:00 PM | For the Birds: Gardening for Birds With Native PlantsBunny Rosnagel | Naturalist, Metroparks of Toledo
Learn how to create a garden and augment your existing landscape to provide food and habitat for our feathered friends!

2:00 PM | Butterfly Gardens
Candace Sarikonda | Conservation Specialist,
Monarch Watch, Member of Wild Ones’ National Monarch Committee
Learn to garden for native butterflies and moths with native plants.

Crosby Lake Tours

Walking tours of our Crosby Stream & Lake
Restoration will be given every half-hour
on Friday, Saturday & Sunday!
(Members can attend an in-depth tour
on Thursday, May 9 at 5:30 or 6:30 pm).

 

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