Men’s Garden Club of Youngstown hosts 12th annual Winter Seminar

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

Men’s Garden Club of Youngs-town will host its 12th annual Winter Seminar from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 18 at Fellows Riverside Gardens, 123 McKinley Ave. The seminar, co-hosted by Mill Creek MetroParks, will feature three speakers: Paul Zammit, Jerry Fritz and Nancy Drobnick. They will discuss how to make gardens more attractive and appealing, and also will have their books available for purchase.

Zammit is the Nancy Eaton director of horticulture at the Toronto Botanical Gardens and will have two presentations at the seminar: “Elements of Great Gardens” and “365 Days of Gardening.” He is a regular speaker at garden clubs and horticultural shows in Canada and the United States.

Fritz, president of Jerry Fritz Garden Design, Inc. and Linden Hill Gardens in Ottsville, Pa., will be part of the afternoon program. He has a bachelor’s degree in ornamental horticulture and is a member of numerous professional organizations. He has appeared as a guest on Martha Stewart’s television garden show and has led international garden tours to Jamaica and England.

Drobnick is an herbalist, contributor to several garden publications and an award-winning designer of unique gardens and small structures. Her company, Miriam’s River House Designs, has been featured in the magazine Ohio Gardener. She also owns showcase gardens in Bentleyville, Ohio, for educational, healing and metaphysical design programs.

Registration for the event is required and tickets are $50. Registering after Feb. 7 will cost $60.

Participants may obtain the registration form online at www.mgcy.org/Pages/WinterSeminar.aspx and mail it to Men’s Garden Club of Youngstown, c/o Robert J. McGowan, P.O. Box 724, Canfield OH 44406. Checks should be made payable to Men’s Garden Club of Youngstown or MGCY. Call 330-518-6397 for information.