Thursday, May 2, 2024, 6:00 p.m.
The Garden Club of Kent | Ode to Joy building
480 Ravenna Rd., Streetsboro
FREE pizza and beverages
RSVP: By Tuesday, April 30 to backyardpest@gmail.com
The Garden Club of Kent is hosting a mandatory pre-season meeting of our garden plot renters on Thursday, May 2 at 6:00 p.m. in the Ode to Joy building on our property.
Here is the rundown for the meeting:
Review of the "terms of use" for the 2024 season
All garden plot renters are asked to sign the 2024 "terms of use" agreement that outlines the rules and responsibilities of both our gardeners and the club. The document covers topics such as common courtesies, water usage, parking and garden plot maintenance expectations.
Presentation on organic weed and pest control with Rick Strebler, Steve Humel & Mackenzie Fuller
Most of our gardeners work organically, and we ask that all gardeners use environmentally friendly pest, weed and disease controls and fertilizers. We're trying to keep our gardens as organic as possible. With that in mind — and recognizing how challenging weed, pest and disease management can be — the presenters will talk about organic control strategies to use on our property.
Introducing our new produce donation program!
Come August, most of our gardeners are dealing with an overwhelming number of [fill in the vegetable blank]. Gardeners have asked the club to coordinate a produce donation program, and we're pleased to announce that it's happening. Mindy Gusz, community outreach nurse with University Hospitals Portage Medical Center, will make a short presentation about how the hospital will work with us to pick up weekly donations beginning in late July through the end of September. The bounty will be shared with families in need. All Garden Club of Kent members will be able to participate in this program.
Reconnect with your old gardening pals and meet new ones
It's been a minute since our gardeners last tended their plots. Join us to catch up with your old friends and meet our new gardeners. With the addition of 14 new plots ("over the hill") and new gardeners taking over unrenewed plots, we'll be welcoming about 30 new gardeners this year.
Hope to see you there!
The Garden Club of Kent
Each year, donated perennials are big sellers at The Garden Club of Kent's Annual Plant Sale, this year coming up on May 24-26, 2024. Now is the time to dig up this year’s batch. The ground is good for digging, so get out in your yard and dig!
If you have perennials you would like to donate, please contact backyardpest@gmail.com.
Please pot your perennials in one-quart or larger pots that do not have any printing or advertising on them (for example, Proven Winners or Monrovia).
We accept all kinds of perennials, but please note that hostas sell very well. (Orange ditch lilies — not so much.) If you’re donating ground-covers, please stick to the most desirable (i.e., most easily sold) varieties, such as Lily of the Valley, European ginger, sweet woodruff, periwinkle, pachysandra and all the pretty creepers — phlox, thyme, Jenny.
If you need pots for your perennials, feel free to take some from behind the hoop house on our property. Keep your potted perennials in a protected spot until mid-May, then bring them to the Ode to Joy for some final nurturing.
When you drop off your perennials: Be sure that they are potted and include documentation on the plant name and, if relevant, the color of bloom. Please leave your donations under the Ode to Joy overhang on the west side of the building. A committee member will take it from there.
WE NEED POTS, TOO! If you have empty plastic pots to donate, please place them in the bin behind the hoop house. Note that we do not need flats, cell packs or small pots; we need one-, three- and five-quart plastic pots.
The Garden Club of Kent
Grounds located at 480 Ravenna Rd., Streetsboro, Ohio 44241
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