Delaware County Master Gardners Association will host the ninth annual Green Thumb Gardners’ Fair on Saturday from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. at Olentangy Liberty High School.
The green thumbs are arriving! (photo by Sarah Williams and used with permission)
Two key note speakers will highilight the events. “Edible Landscaping” will be presented by Dr. Gary Gao,
OSU Extension educator for horticulture, at 10:30 a.m. At 1:30 p.m., Marvin Duren, landscape manager at Marvin’s Organic Gardens in Lebanon, will present “Unique Landscape Concepts for All Areas.”
Other topics to be covered will include:
- Preserving the Season
- Creating Fun with Floral Design
- Japanese Maples and Dwarf Conifers
- Planning your Vegetable Garden
- Seeds: A New Beginning
- Herbs by Nature
- Budget Friendly Water Gardens
- Brambles and Berries
- Generation Green
- New Annuals for 2009
There will be a raffle with over 45 items donated by merchants in the Delaware County area in addition to 12 different educational calsses from experts on a variety of horticultural topics. Reusable promotional bags distributed at the door to the first 300 attendees.
Admission is $7 and Olentangy Liberty High School is located at 3584 Home Road, at the intersection with Sawmill Parkway, in Powell.
