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Plant Sales:
MayFair Plant Sale at Wegerzyn:
This fundraiser and educational event opens the gardening season and the weekend
begins on Friday evening with a members-only preview, offering Foundation members
first pick of the wide variety of hard-to-find annuals and perennials, herbs, gourmet
vegetables and ornamental grasses.
Wildflower Sale at Cox:
Browse the selection of native wildflowers and get advice from the Wildflower Group
on which plants are well-suited for your garden. All of the wildflowers offered
in this sale are ethically propagated or rescued from construction zones by the
volunteer Wildflower Group at Cox Arboretum MetroPark. Native trees and shrubs will
also be available at this year's sale. Foundation members are invited to preview
from 10-11 a.m.
EarthWise Celebration
The fourth week of April is a big one at Cox Arboretum MetroPark. Festivities are
planned to celebrate Earth Day and Arbor Day, two holidays with roots in environmentalism.
Environmentalism and sustainability are growing themes in gardening, nature, horticulture,
and educational programs offered at the arboretum, not only because of their importance
to the MetroParks mission, but also because of public interest in the topics.
The staff has planned a weeklong celebration where area residents can combine their
loves for gardening and the planet. The celebration is targeted at adults of all
ages and mobility. It will offer a wide range of speakers and educational sessions
in the arboretum’s education center, as well as a trip to the Cincinnati Flower
Show, tours of the spring color within the arboretum, and even a Wildflower Sale.
For children, there will be the Adopt-a-Park, Arbor Day Adventure, and garden tours.
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