GWA Region III Cleveland meeting

**j* e* m* s* <h*@sbcglobal.net>**

Please consider joining Region III members and other garden writers 
for the biennial Cleveland Flower Show, a tour of a private garden, 
visits to large, well-known nurseries and plants.
jems

Visit the Cleveland Flower Show, the Holden Arboretum, Lake County 
Nursery, Klyn Nurseries and a special tour of a private garden. 
 Registration begins at 11:30 a.m. on May 24 at the Cleveland 
Botanical Garden, where we'll have lunch, visit with CBG experts and 
tour the flower show, which is patterned after the Royal 
Horticultural Society's Chelsea Flower Show.  Later that afternoon, 
we'll go on to the Holden Arboretum, where we'll have dinner and a 
tour. The next morning, we'll visit a private garden arranged by 
Eliot Paine, then head to Klyn Nurseries. Last stop is Lake County 
Nursery for lunch, a tour with Maria Zampini and plant samples to 
take home.

DATE:         May 24-25, 2007
TIME:         (May 24) 11:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.
                   (May 25) 8:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

COST:                                Before May 1         May 1-May 11
Members & Spouses:          $20/person         $25/person
Non-Members:                  $25/person         $30/person

All registrations must be received by May 11.  Participation is by 
advanced registration only.  All participants are responsible for 
their own transportation between events.  If you have any questions 
please contact Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp, hoosiergardener@sbcglobal.net, 
317.251.3261.

Please visit the GWA website for a schedule, tour information, 
directions, hotel information or to register online!

http://www.gardenwriters.org/Meetings/Region3.html
Region III Meeting
May 24 and 25, 2007

What you'll see:

Cleveland Botanical Garden and biennial Flower Show
	The centerpiece is always the spectacular, all-new gardens 
created especially for the show by the area's top landscaping talent. 
"Rhythm & Hues" is the theme for 2007, which celebrates the timeless 
marriage of the garden and music. Gardens will be inspired by 
classical, jazz and blue grass music.
	Originally modeled after the Royal Horticultural Society's 
famed Chelsea Flower Show, the Cleveland show is the only outdoor 
flower event honored with major show status by the National Garden 
Clubs Inc., and Garden Club of America. We'll have lunch, orientation 
about the CBG and tour the flower show. (Host: Peter Vertes, CBG)

Holden Arboretum
	Founded in 1931 on 100 acres, the Holden Arboretum has grown 
to 3,500 acres resplendent with more than 20,000 accessioned plants 
representing 2, 199 species, 25 ponds, six major gardens and more 
than 20 miles of hiking trails.
	Known for collections of magnolias, conifers, crabapples, nut 
trees, specimen trees, viburnums and the Arthur S. Holden Sr., hedge 
lilac. Well have dinner at the Holden. (Host: Mary Glauser, Holden)

Private garden, Kirtland Hills, Ohio
	This well-designed and carefully maintained garden is a plant 
lover's dream.  Visitors will be guided through diverse plantings, 
many with four-season interest. We'll stroll along winding paths 
around two ponds and under a canopy of unusual trees. The garden is 
known for rhododendrons, magnolias, primrose and many other 
spring-blooming perennials, which grace the hillsides.
	Photography allowed; however, no published photos or articles 
on the garden or identification of the owner name and address without 
advance written permission. (Hosts: Eliot Paine and Bill Hendricks)

Klyn Nurseries

	When Klyn Nurseries was founded in Mentor, Ohio, by Gerard 
Klyn in 1921 the primary crop was roses, which remained a part of 
production and sales until 1972. (Today there is no commercial 
production of tea roses in Ohio.) Gerard Klyn passed away in 1966, 
and the Mentor properties were sold. The 256-acre Perry County 
location is what remains of the original nursery. Today Klyn 
Nurseries produces more than 500 acres of crops in the field and 40 
acres of containers. The inventory has increased to more than 1,600 
varieties of plants, with 80- to 90 percent propagated internally.
	Well-known plantsman Bill Hendricks will guide a wagon-tour 
that gets a first-hand view of Klyn's production of perennials, 
grasses and container trees, where you'll see many rare and unusual 
species. From there we will visit the nearby bamboo garden, passing 
two irrigation ponds that are used to breed koi and goldfish for the 
landscape trade. (Host: Bill Hendricks)

Lake County Nursery
	One of Ohio's largest nurseries has more than 800 acres on 20 
farms and more than 1,000 different plants in production.  Known 
nationally and internationally for new plant introductions, LCN holds 
more than 100 trademarks and plant patents.  Many of their new plant 
introductions are featured in a variety of uses in the nursery's 2 
_-acre, Mary Elizabeth Garden, adjacent to the office. 
	The garden offers sneak peeks at future introductions and 
varieties under test and evaluation. There's also an evergreen 
collection from plantsmen Pete Girard and Joe Stupka, and a garden of 
ornamental grasses. After seeing what's new, we'll take a look back 
with some rare historical displays. Celebrating 60 years in the 
nursery business, host Jim Zampini is a wealth of plant knowledge. 
We'll have lunch at Lake County Nursery and pick up plants to take 
home and try in our gardens. (Host: Maria Zampini)

-- 
Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp
Garden writer, author, photographer
Region III Director Garden Writers Association
Phone: (317) 251.3261
Fax: (317) 251.8545
E-mail: hoosiergardener@sbcglobal.net
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