Men's Garden Club's 9th seminar draws 140 to Davis Center

YOUNGSTOWN

Northern gardens are covered with snow, but gardeners still have planting on their minds.

About 140 people from northeast Ohio and western Pennsylvania attended the ninth annual Men’s Garden Club of Youngstown’s winter seminar Saturday to learn more about gardening.

“We feel that the winter is a great time to have a garden seminar because people have their tools put away and their gardens have been put to bed,” said Lynn Hoffman, chairman of the event. “So it’s a great time for gardeners to gather.”

The theme for this year’s seminar, at the Davis Center in Mill Creek MetroParks’ Fellows Riverside Gardens, was “Four Seasons of Color.”

Speakers from Cleveland, Philadelphia and Boston gave talks on container gardening, conifers and other topics.

Sharon Hodge, a master gardener from New Castle, Pa., has attended for three years.

“They always have an excellent program, and I always learn something new in terms of the new plants that are coming out or I learn about how to solve a problem in my landscape,” Hodge said. “I always want to come here because I learn so much all in one day.”

For more on the event, read Sunday's Vindicator or Vindy.com.