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The Lloyd Library is open from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.

Have you heard the term “permaculture” and wondered about it?  Join permaculture designer and educator Chris Smyth for an introduction to permaculture design, science and history, and how to apply it at home.

Free and open to the public. Sold Out. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Take a guided walking tour of the Walnut Hills community garden network to see how residents have addressed living in a food desert. Visit a foraging orchard, a school garden, a church garden, a therapy garden and a cut flower garden. See how the gardeners employ environmental stewardship to make their growing spaces sustainable. Starts at Concord Garden. 

Free and open to the public.

Honor gardeners, past and present, while exploring rare books and photos on exhibit.  Participants are invited to share photos of their favorite “Gardeners Who Inspire” with an option to display them in the Lloyd’s gallery and on the Lloyd’s social media. Presentations by Carriage House Farm and Turner Farm. Enjoy locally sourced tidbits and craft shrub cocktails.

How to Participate:

• Post pictures of gardeners who inspire you on Instagram, tagging @LloydLibrary #gardenerswhoinspire #LloydLibrary anytime between now and June 1
• Submit digital photographs to contact@lloydlibrary.org by May 30
• Bring prints to hang on “clothes line” in the gallery on June 1
• Bring framed prints and scrapbooks to display on tables on June 1

 

Prizes–Garden Themed Gifts from Lloyd Shop:

• Instagram post with most likes, tagged with @LloydLibrary #gardenerswhoinspire or #LloydLibrary
• Drawing from participants who submit digital photos via email to the Lloyd
• Hourly drawing at June 1 reception for those who bring prints, framed photos or scrapbooks to share

Free and open to the public.

 

It doesn’t take land or a big container to start a garden.  Kaia Goodwin of Abundance Box presents this workshop, where participants will learn about companion planting and empowerment through urban gardening as they plant and take home their own boxed garden. 

Doors open at 9:30 a.m.

Join Domonique Peebles (Brick Gardens), Suzy DeYoung (La Soupe) and Alice Chalmers (Ohio Valley Food Connection) as they discuss creative strategies to address food insecurity through food rescue, efficient distribution of locally-grown produce and innovative growing methods. Listen to the panel discuss these topics on WVXU.

Free and open to the public. 

Sold out. Doors open at 6:30 pm.

Journey through the wonderful world of peppers (Capsicum) tracing the history and what we know about this fascinating group of plants. Dr. Hardy Eshbaugh, emeritus professor of Botany at Miami University, has researched peppers for more than 50 years, traveling extensively throughout Latin America. In addition to teaching at Miami, he taught field courses in the Bahamas, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, and the Peruvian Amazon.

Doors open at 6:30 pm.

Since ancient times, gardens have nourished and sustained families and communities. Gardens can resolve critical food needs, promote healthy living, unleash creativity and inspire. Explore the world of gardens as the Lloyd Library and Museum, in partnership with the Civic Garden Center and Walnut Hills Redevelopment Foundation, present the exhibition Garden to Table: Traditions and Innovation.

Experience a revitalizing walk through the pine trees of Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum as Director of Horticulture, Dave Gressley, takes you through the towering trees,soothing lakes and winding roads of this National Historic Landmark. Meet at the Main Office inside the main gate. Map and Directions.

For more information contact Dave Gressley at 513-853-4954 or email dgressley@springgrove.org.