Botanical Mornings


April 23, 2015 at 12:00a.m.

Botanical Mornings

When: Friday, 10 a.m.

What: Explore the budding spring in the gardens with Lynn Zocolo.

Where: Fellows Riverside Gardens, 123 McKinley Ave., Youngstown.

Cost: $5

Details: Register/pay by calling 330-740-7116.

Daffodil weekend

When: Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.

What: See over 200 species and cultivars on display; take a stroll through Daffodil Meadow; participate in the Daffodil Show.

Where: Fellows Riverside Gardens, 123 McKinley Ave., Youngstown.

Show details: Friday, entries accepted 3–5 p.m.; Saturday, entries accepted 8–10 a.m., Judging, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Show, 1–5 p.m.; Sunday, Show: 9 a.m.–5 p.m.

First Detector Training

When: Monday, 12:30-3:30 p.m.

What: First detectors are part of the National Plant Diagnostic Network and the Ohio Plant Diagnostic Network. Training promotes awareness and detection of new or emerging plant pest threats to Ohio’s rural, urban, agricultural and natural systems.

Where: Mill Creek MetroParks Farm, Canfield.

Cost: $5

Details: Register by calling 330-533-5538 or visiting go.osu.edu/detectives.

Audubon Society/ Mahoning Valley

When: Tuesday, 7–8 p.m.

What: Bill Snyder, Stephanie Hughes with OSU Extension will present “Knowing, Identifying and Controlling Invasive Plants.”

Where: MetroParks Farm, 7574 Columbiana-Canfield Road, Canfield.

Cost: Free

Spring Walk

When: Next Thursday, 5:30 p.m.

What: Spring walk with William Cullina.

Details: Weather permitting, registration requested.

Where: Fellows Riverside Gardens.

Cost: Free

Details: Call 330-740-7116 to register

Woodland Wildflowers

When: Next Thursday, 7 p.m.

What: Guest speaker, William Cullina, executive director of Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, will have a presentation on woodland wildflowers. Captivating, mysterious, loved and misunderstood, there are no plants more beautiful than lady-slippers, oconee bells, trilliums, bloodroot and hepatica, yet these slow-growing plants are far too rare in gardens.

Where: Fellows Riverside Gardens

Cost: $15, FFRG members, $12.

Details: Call 330-740-7116 to register.