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SAVE THE DATE: DCMGA Annual Plant Sale - July 19 and 20
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DCMGA News and Events ...
DCMGA News and Events ...
Litchfield Open Garden Tour
Terri and Randy Litchfield are again opening their garden to friends near and far on Saturday, July 5, 2025 from 9am to 4pm.
Pot Recycling Day
DCMGA will again host a garden plant pot recycling day on June 21, 2025 from 9:30am-12:00pm at the Stratford Ecological Center, 3083 Liberty Rd, Delaware, OH 43015. Don't miss your opportunity to clean out your potting shed/garage/barn -- bring your empty plastic garden plant pots to Stratford Ecological Center for recycling.
Therapeutic Gardening
June 2025
Our friends at The Avalon of Lewis Center had a fabulous morning learning about Rosemary, Basil and Thyme with our DCMG herb specialist Susan Liechty. Smelling the herbs was great, but tasting the fabulous herbal treats was the best! Our herbal extravaganza included Lemon Thyme muffins, rosemary watermelon popsicles, strawberry basil lemonade and strawberry cookies. After all, “Life is short, eat dessert first!”
Don't miss touring these MGs' gardens!
Don't miss touring these MGs' gardens!
June 2025
Sunday, June 22
Craig Heckman’s English Garden
2- 4 p.m. Education at 3 p.m.
Address: 5299 Schuette Drive, Powell, Ohio
Ample parking available along street. Handicapped parking space available. Come join us for garden highlights including: a patio garden, vegetable garden, rock garden, wall garden and water feature.
It will be a delightful afternoon!
Water and light refreshments will be provided. Shade will provide an escape, if needed, from the warm temperatures.
Open to current DCMGA members only.
Sunday, June 29
Larry Hohman’s Country Garden
2-4 p.m. Education at 3 p.m.
Address: 2559 Horseshoe Road, Delaware, Ohio
Ample parking space available. Handicapped parking space available. Larry Hohman and the Garden Team have been hard at work and are very excited for you all to join us for his upcoming tour on June 29 .
Larry’s garden has a country charm you will find endearing. He grows more than 100 varieties of day lilies ! His garden also includes: a dry stone river bed, flowering black elderberry, Hosta, native plants, iris, columbine, echinacea, landscape art and a variety of trees and shrubs including hornbeam, ninebark, chokeberry, a unique pine umbrella tree and tiger eyes sumac.
Don’t miss this great country setting and bountiful garden landscape! You won’t want to miss it!
Water and light refreshments will be provided. Shade will provide an escape, if needed, from the warm temperatures.
Open to current DCMGA members only.
Educational Series
Educational Series
Upcoming Education Events
Upcoming Education Events
All programs in this series will be held starting at 6:15 pm at the Byxbe Campus,1610 State Rte 521, Delaware, OH 43015, and will last for one hour.
July 8, 2025 (Open to General Public)
Produce Preservation. Megan Taylor, FCS/4-H Educator - Union County, will share various techniques to prevent spoilage, extend shelf life, and maintain quality of fresh produce
August 12 (Open to General Public)
Invasive Plants. Carrie Brown, ANR Educator - Fairfield County, will introduce us to non-native plants in Ohio’s natural habitats with discussions on spread, control and alternative plants.
September 9 (MG Members Only)
Natives Program for 2026. Terri Litchfield will introduce the 2026 Expert Level training on natives.
October 14 (Open to General Public)
TBD
Previous Educational Events
April 8 ( MG Members Only)
GAP Training (Good Agricultural Practices). This training aims to educate growers and gardeners on best management practices to minimize food safety risks and address pre- and post-harvest practices.
May 13, 2025 (Open to General Public)
Drought: How do I repair my lawn after last year’s drought? Dr. Tyler Carr, Asst. Professor of Turfgrass Science, The Ohio State University. Dr. Carr will take us through what inputs you need to safeguard against future drought situations?
Follow-Up Information from Dr. Carr
Get Yourself Ready
Get Yourself Ready
It's Tick Season!
May 2025
The ticks are out there and looking for us and our pets! As of today, I have had 7 ticks crawling (not attached) on me! Should you find an attached tick, you can request that the tick be tested for pathogens through OSU (see side panel). The fee for this is $49.99 per tick.
If you'd like to watch the Zoom recording titled Protecting You, Your Family, and Your Animals from Ticks, provided by OSU,
click here This webinar gives you much-needed, detailed information on how to identify the different tick varieties, what pathogens they can transmit to humans and animals, and how to reduce the risk of being bitten by a tick.
Terri Litchfield has provided a home-made tick repellent that she finds effective (please check for any allergies you or others may have to the ingredients before using). This also works on dogs and horses.
DIRECTIONS
Pour into a glass bottle with sprayer attachment:
1 tablespoon vodka or witch hazel
40 drops of rose geranium essential oil
Add:
1/3 cup distilled water
Shake, shake and then shake again.
Spray on your clothes and/or skin; reapply when smell begins to dissipate.
For a large spray bottle, use 3 ounces of vodka or witch hazel, 2 1/2 tablespoons rose geranium oil, and 2 cups distilled water.
We Need You
We Need You
Looking for Volunteers
Looking for Volunteers
SignUp Genius is NOW LIVE. MG Volunteers, if you haven't received a notification about individual sign ups, make sure you look at the Member Only Page for all the available volunteer opportunities and slots that need filled and look often...it's being updated weekly. Plant Sale link has been added. Click Here.
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DCMGA Annual Plant Sale - July 19 and 20
DCMGA Annual Plant Sale - July 19 and 20
The 2025 Plant Sale will be held on Saturday, July 19 (9am to 4pm), and Sunday, July 20 (9am to 3pm), in the Delaware County Fair's Swine Barn.
The Plant Sale is supported by generous donations of perennials, annuals, vegetables, herbs, trees and shrubs from our local nurseries, as well as our own Master Gardener Volunteers' gardens. We also receive donations from local businesses for our raffle and gently-used gardening items from our Master Gardener Volunteers for our Garden Treasures area.
2025 Wildflower Walk at Shale Hollow a Success!
2025 Wildflower Walk at Shale Hollow a Success!
May 2025
The Master Gardeners’ wildflower walks are held in one of the Preservation Parks In April to celebrate Ohio's Native Plant Month. This is the fifth year we have coordinated with the park system. Shale Hollow was chosen for the park this year. Donna and Steve Reynolds and Nora Hiland organized the event and led the training. In the past 4 years we gave four guided tours; this year we gave five. The walks take about one hour.
Donna researched and organized information about the wildflowers and located free publications for the volunteers. Steve, Donna, Nora and Preservation Park employee Liz Neroni do the first search for the wildflowers and put out the signs. Nora coordinates with Preservation Parks on dates for the tours and contacts SourcePoint. All three organizations advertise the guided tours.
Volunteers who attended this year's training were Gretta Kumph, Trudy Brinley, Sharon Riskedahl, Charlotte Niceswanger, Regina Lach, Mia Shea-Torres, Terri Litchfield, Pam Foster, Kathy and Keven Kelly, Mary Kay Rohrkemper, Sandy Lauer, and Sandy Schaadt. We spent about 1 1/2 hours showing where the wild flowers were and gave written and verbal information on them.
Wildflower walks were given on the following days:
Date time participants volunteer guides
Fri., April 4 1:30pm 10 Regina Lach, Sandy Lauer
Sat., Apr. 5 1:30pm 2 (rain) Sharon Riskedahhl, Gretta Kumpf, Trudy Brinley
Fri., Apr. 18 10am 5 Sandy Lauer, Susan Alexander,Mia Shea-Torres, Kathy and Kevin Kelly
Mon. Apr. 21 10am 10 Charlotte Niceswanger, Mia Shea-Torres, Susan Alexander
7 were homeschoolers (elementary through high school)
Sat., Apr. 26 10am 10 Charlotte Niceswanger, Mia Shea-Torres, Terri Litchfield, Trudy Brinley
Preservation Parks has told us that they like this program because people can self-guide or attend a guided tour. They are willing to make more signs for future Native Plant months.
Charlotte Niceswanger was the photographer.
From Our Friends at Scioto Gardens
From Our Friends at Scioto Gardens
April 2025
Here's a special calendar from Scioto Gardens, which every gardener will want to know about.
Scioto Gardens is located at 2870 Curve Road, Delaware.
Warning about Seeds Sent by Mail
Warning about Seeds Sent by Mail
April 2025
Please read this important article from Buckeye Yard and Garden onLine about a scam that is sending unsolicited seed packets that appear in your mailbox (not your email box):
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