The Garden Club of Kent Monthly Dinner Meeting
Monday, Nov. 25, 2024 • 6:30 pm Dinner
United Methodist Church, 1435 E. Main St., Kent
"Native Orchids of Ohio" is the subject of Tom Sampliner’s presentation at The Garden Club of Kent's monthly members’ dinner meeting on Monday, Nov. 25. Dinner is at 6:30 p.m., and Tom will speak at 7:30 p.m.
Ohio is home to over 40 species of wild orchids. They bloom from as early as late April and, in warm years, as late as Halloween. They occur in diverse habitats, ranging from specialized wetlands such as fen, bog and swamp to dry upland, forest and prairie. Some are common, others rare. One is an alien from Europe. Some lack chlorophyll. All are terrestrial and require fungi for a complex mycoheterotrophic relationship between tree, mushroom and orchid.
Tom is an avid self-taught naturalist. He has turned a lifelong
hobby into a post-retirement career as a nature writer, photographer, lecturer and part-time instructor at a local community college in a seniors program. His articles and images appear on Facebook pages and in journals for various nature and flower groups such as the Native Orchid Conference. He is the past president and journal editor for The Native Plant Society of Northeast Ohio and the Indoor Gardening Society. He volunteers for Cleveland Botanical Gardens and speaks to many orchid societies across North America. Tom always welcomes an opportunity to go out into the field with the orchid-curious to see native orchids in situ.
On the Dinner Menu TBA
Cost & Reservations The dinner is $16 per person, cash or check only. Deadline to reserve is Thursday, Nov. 21. Club members will receive a call from their club callers to ask for their RSVPs. For information, email BackyardPest@gmail.com.
Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Free and open to the public!
The Garden Club of Kent 480 Ravenna Rd., Streetsboro
Karen Smith, Garden Club of Kent member and gardener on the club’s property, is organizing a free native plant and seed swap and winter sowing workshop on Sunday, Nov. 3 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The event will be held in the Ode to Joy building on the club’s property, located at 480 Ravenna Rd. in Streetsboro, Ohio.
Winter sowing is for perennial native plants that require a period of cold stratification for their seeds to germinate. Bring a clean empty milk jug, razor blade type knife, twisty-ties and/or duct tape. A limited amount of seed starting soil will be available for $1 per pint.
The event is free and open to any native plant enthusiast who wants to come to Kent, Ohio. All plants and seeds must be native to our eco-region (Northeast Ohio). Participants will not charge or be charged for seeds and plants. Reservations not required. Questions should be directed to backyardpest@gmail.com
To prepare for the event, Karen recommends the following:
· Start collecting your seeds now. Clean seeds are appreciated.
· Label all plants and seeds with scientific name and common name(s).
· Bring basic information about their requirements: light, water, soil, height, bloom time, etc.
· Bring your own containers for taking home – envelopes, pill bottles, jars, bags, etc.
· Roots, corms, tubers, etc. welcome. Please dig, clean and divide into portions.
· All plants and seeds must be native to our ecoregion (Northeast Ohio).
Websites to research plant information:
https://www.wildflower.org (Lady Bird Johnson)
https://www.ohionativeplantmonth.org
https://www.nwf.org/nativeplantfinder/plants By zip code
https://www.audubon.org/native-plants
https://plants.sc.egov.usda.gov/home
https://www.gardenia.net (Garden design - not all are native to Ohio)
Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024 at 1:00 p.m.
The Garden Club of Kent
480 Ravenna Rd., Streetsboro
RESERVE YOUR SPOT!
Email BackyardPest@gmail.com
The Garden Club of Kent welcomes Linda Boardman, owner of Acorn & Evergreen Floral Studio in Kent, to lead a fun-filled holiday wreath-making workshop. You’ll leave with a beautiful, fragrant and unique 20- to 24-inch wreath!
(The wreath you take home would cost you way more if you bought it in a store!)
WORKSHOP COST: $55
Included:
• All wreath-making tools and step-by-step instruction
• Live greenery including Noble Fir, Carolina Sapphire Juniper,
Cedar, Eucalyptus and Princess Pine
• Ribbon (bring your own other decorative items if you like)
OPTION: For a $15 workshop fee, we will provide wreath-making tools and step-by-step instruction and you bring your own greenery, ribbon and decorative items.
The Garden Club of Kent
Grounds located at 480 Ravenna Rd., Streetsboro, Ohio 44241
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