Schedule
of Events
at Secrest
10:30 a.m. Hostas: A Gift for the Garden. How and
where to grow
hostas, including new cultivars. Led by Craig Rutt.
11 a.m. "Meet the All-Americans" (All-American plant
selections). ATI.
11:30 a.m. Diagnostic Walk. How to diagnose and manage plant pests
and diseases. Jim Chatfield.
Noon. "There's a Fly in My Plant!" (carnivorous pants). ATI.
12:30 p.m. Insect Walk. See and learn about the bugs in your
garden-the good (beneficials), the bad (pests), the ugly and the
beautiful. Dan Herms.
1 p.m. "Be a Conehead" (conifer cones). ATI.
1:30 p.m Deciduous Trees: Terrific Trees That You Should Know. Walk
with Jim Chatfield and see what makes them great.
2 p.m. "Happy Grass" (lawn improvement). ATI.
2:30 p.m. Butterflies: The Ultimate Garden Accent. How to identify
butterflies and attract them to your garden. Roger Downer.
3 p.m. "Long Live Perennials!" (perennial care). ATI.
3:30 p.m. Foundation Plants. How and what to plant around the base of
your home. Walk with Gene Pouly.
4 p.m. "Beyond Scarborough Fair" (herb gardening). ATI.
4:30 p.m. Weed Walk. What makes a weed a weed? How do you identify
weeds? Which ones hurt our gardens, and which ones can we tolerate?
Find out! John Cardina.
5 p.m. "Is There a Doctor in the Garden?" (plant diseases). ATI.
5:30 p.m. Bird Walk. Meet the Arboretum's feathered friends - its
resident summer birds. Among them: Cardinals, catbirds, waxwings and
wrens. Cordell Smith.
Throughout the Day
Dawn Redwoods. Learn more about-and see-Secrest's "living fossils."
Shade and Ornamental Trees. What they look like and how to choose and use
them.
Ecological Landscaping. Discover a "holistic" approach that makes
maintenance easier, nurtures native plants, and benefits people,
wildlife and aesthetics.
Prairie Plants. Native grasses and wildflowers for beauty and low
maintenance. Learn more about them, and buy some, too!
BioLab for Children. Hands-on science! Water-powered pop-bottle
rockets, Insect Zoo, edible play-dough and more.
Specialty Plant Sale. For sale: Dawn redwood, umbrella
magnolia, Ohio
buckeye, prairie plants, white fir, red bud, goldenraintree,
longstalk holly, oakleaf hydrangea. Four-inch and one-gallon pots.
$5-10. Cash or check only.
Outdoor Bread Oven. Free samples!
Miniature Garden Railway.
Christmas tree
exhibit
Guided Wagon Tours. Through Secrest Arboretum to ATI (and back) (and
vice-versa).
Food. Sandwiches, ice cream and beverages sold by the Hartzler Family
Dairy.
Saturday, July 20, 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Running all day: Guided Wagon Tours, board wagons in Region A
10:30 a.m. Bird Walk (same as June 19, 5:30
p.m.).
11 a.m. Dedication of Jack Miller Broadleaved Evergreen Garden.
11:30 a.m. Butterflies: The Ultimate Garden Accent (same as June 19,
2:30 p.m.).
Noon. "Contain Yourself!" (container gardening). ATI.
12:30 p.m. Pruning and Pinching. The proper way to rejuvenate your
plants. Ken Cochran.
1 p.m. "Thank You Very Mulch" (landscape uses for mulch). ATI.
1:30 p.m. Weed Walk (same as June 19, 4:30 p.m.)
2 p.m. "Bananas in Your Bed" (tropical plants for Ohio landscapes). ATI.
2:30 p.m. Broadleaved Evergreens for Your Landscape. How, where and
why to grow rhododendrons, azaleas and other atypical "evergreens."
Ken Cochran.
3 p.m. "Long Live Perennials." ATI.
3:30 p.m. Siting Plants. A key to a healthy, green landscape: "The
right plant in the right place." Here's how to achieve it. Ken
Cochran.
4 p.m. "Stars and Stripes" (how to mow
patterns in ballfields). ATI.
4:30 p.m. Tree Choices. Small, medium or large? How to choose what
tree to plant based, among other things, on the space you have
available. Gene Pouly.
5:30 p.m. Foundation Plants (same as June 19, 3:30 p.m.).
8 p.m. Night Insect Walk. They only come out at night! See what
flies, flits and crawls in the dark. Always a popular event.
Throughout the Day
Dawn Redwoods. Learn more about-and see-Secrest's "living fossils."
Shade and Ornamental Trees. What they look like and how to choose and use
them.
Ecological Landscaping. Discover a "holistic" approach that makes
maintenance easier, nurtures native plants, and benefits people,
wildlife and aesthetics.
Prairie Plants. Native grasses and wildflowers for beauty and low
maintenance. Learn more about them, and buy some, too!
BioLab for Children. Hands-on science! Water-powered pop-bottle
rockets, Insect Zoo, edible play-dough and more.
Specialty Plant Sale. For sale: Dawn redwood, umbrella
magnolia, Ohio
buckeye, prairie plants, white fir, red bud, goldenraintree,
longstalk holly, oakleaf hydrangea. Four-inch and one-gallon pots.
$5-10. Cash or check only.
Outdoor Bread Oven. Free samples!
Miniature Garden Railway.
Christmas tree
exhibit
"A Parade of Ponds." A guided
tour of area water gardens.
Guided Wagon Tours. Through Secrest Arboretum to ATI (and back) (and
vice-versa).
Food. Sandwiches, ice cream and beverages sold by the Hartzler Family
Dairy.
About Secrest Arboretum
Secrest Arboretum is a major research arboretum and is considered unique by
many plant enthusiasts. Located on 85 acres of rolling land, the arboretum
offers both the flora researcher and the plant enthusiast more than 2,000
species, varieties and cultivars of trees and shrubs for evaluation and
viewing.
The arboretum is named for Edmund Secrest, the first state forester and a
former director of the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station. Plantings of
trees and shrubs have been made continuously since 1909 with trees from
Ohio, the nation and around the world.
The arboretum grounds, as well as all of OARDC's Wooster campus, are open
to the public seven days a week, dawn to dusk. Maps and brochures are
available at locations on campus and in the arboretum. Note: Except for
special events like the Wooster Garden Festival, there are no restroom
facilities in the arboretum. Restrooms are at the OARDC Visitor Center in
the Research Services Building, but the building isn't open on weekends.
Hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information,
call (330) 263-3761.
To Volunteer
You're invited to join the Secrest Arboretum Volunteers, who work to
improve the arboretum's plants and programs. You can help as much or as
little as you wish, doing any activity of your choosing. You can tend a
flower bed ... take photographs ... help out at Plant Discovery Day (plant
sale and auction on the first Saturday in May) or at the Wooster Garden
Festival ... plant plants ... pull weeds ... bake bread (in the outdoor
oven at the garden festival) ... write for a newsletter (Green Times,
published by the Volunteers) ... prune, water or fertilize ... you name it!
If you have a suggestion as to how you'd like to help, call Ken Cochran at
(330) 263-3761. He'd be happy to hear from you-and happy for your help.
