Dayton "Dirt" - March 18, 2011

With only three days left until the Vernal (spring) Equinox, the “smell” of spring is in the air!

On March 19th, Michelle Riley, an accomplished landscape designer will be our speaker on the smell of not only spring but the remainder of the growing season as well. A great landscape involves all the senses and not just the sense of sight. One of the most overlooked is the sense of smell which when incorporated into a mostly visual appealing landscape heightens the pleasure interceptors in the brain that much more.

Most of us are familiar with hyacinths, fragrant viburnums, certain roses and of course lilacs that are frequently used for their delicious perfume fragrance. Michelle’s program will include these plants but cover a wider variety of items that you would be able to use to make any landscape more exciting.

Timing is everything as fragrance is not just a “spring thing” but with proper planning can be carried on throughout the season. Since Michelle’s experienced in a wide variety of plant material she will be able to easily “travel between” plant groups such as bulbs, trees, shrubs, vines, annual flowers and herbaceous perennials.

The nursery is all ready ramping up for the coming of spring in that our new greenhouse is in full swing as to production of potted flowers, perennials and hanging baskets that will be ready in a little over a month.

It’s a fast pace too outside the greenhouse as we’re beginning to receive major shipments of nursery stock soon to be followed by the emptying of our winter storage houses that are full of plants. I think everyone will like our new selection of flowers in the greenhouse and perennials as well. I don’t mean to leave out all the new trees and shrubs so that’s why Danny Gouge from Willoway Nurseries in Avon, Ohio will be giving a program on March 26th on new “stuff” in the tree and shrub realm beginning at 11 a.m..

See you then.

Tom