Now that the worst of the cold weather (fingers crossed) is history, it’s time to turn your thoughts to everything outdoors, including the garden.
West Park Community Garden and Puritas Nursery are ready to help residents learn how to freshen up and personalize their landscape at a free seminar on landscaping beginning at 1:30 p.m. April 21 at Puritas Nursery, 19201 Puritas Ave., in Cleveland’s West Park neighborhood.
Attendees should bring the following information: size of proposed garden (length, width), direction the area faces (north, south, east, west), light (sun, partial sun, shade), condition of the soil (clay, loamy), plant material on site and how much time you will have to devote to the space. Pictures of the proposed site are recommended and should display the relationship between the site and the house, windows, other landscaping, lawn, etc.
Barb O’Patry, an Ohio State University Master Gardener, will discuss a variety of topics on landscape design 1:30-2 p.m., then seminar participants can meet with an expert 2-3 p.m. to discuss their landscape projects and receive suggestions on enhancing their landscaping. Each participant will leave with a design for his or her landscape project and complimentary refreshments will be served.
Immediately after sessions with the expert, about 3 p.m., there will be a nursery tour with Dale Heyink, owner of Puritas Nursery, who will highlight which plants grow well in this area. He also will answer questions on plants and landscaping. Seminar participants will receive a 10 percent discount on all purchases made that day at the nursery.
ON STAGE — Mary Welch of St. Brendan Parish in North Olmsted sends word that the junior high drama department at St. Brendan School will present “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” at 7 p.m. April 19 and 20 at Fairview High School Auditorium, 4507 W. 213th St., Fairview Park.
John FitzGerald is the director and Kristen Mooney is faculty moderator. The cast includes 23 sixth- through eighth-graders and a chorus of fifth-graders (including my two nieces, Kathryn and Elizabeth Rajnicek). Tickets are available at the door for $5 (adults), $3 (students) and free for children 2 and younger. Family maximum is $20.
Break a leg, thespians!
AND THE WINNER IS — Congratulations to Helen Davis. Tom Davis, president of Fairview Park Community Council, tells me that Helen was selected as the 2013 Citizen of the Year by five of the most recent citizen of the year winners.
Helen will be honored at the annual banquet, which begins at 6:30 p.m. May 1 at Fairview Park Senior Center, 20769 Lorain Road (behind City Hall). Limited tickets are available at $25 each on a first-come, first-served basis, starting today at City Hall, the Senior Center or by calling Roberta Sunkle, 440-333-9339.
Individuals or businesses interested in donating raffle prizes for the dinner should call Judy Nicoloff, 440-331-0987, Sunkle, or Tom Davis, 440-333-8721, to arrange for donation pickups.
SPEAKING OF COTY — North Olmsted Community Council will have its Citizen of the Year banquet at 6:30 p.m. April 25 at North Olmsted Party Center, 29271 Lorain Road. This year’s winner will be announced that night.
Tom and Nadine Dubowski, who handle event publicity, said tickets, at $18, can be purchased by sending a request with your name, address and the number of tickets needed, along with a check payable to NOCC to P.O. Box 135, North Olmsted, OH 44070.
AT THE LIBRARY — The West Park Branch of Cleveland Public Library will host author Marty Gitlin at 2 p.m. April 20. Gitlin, a freelance author and sports writer from North Olmsted, will discuss his book, “The Great American Cereal Book.”
The book, which has gained international attention, includes every type of cereal ever produced — about 800 — from 1863 to modern times. Gitlin said this year is the 150th anniversary of breakfast cereals.
EARTH DAY — Celebrate Earth Day with a hike 3-4 p.m. April 22 in the Rocky River Reservation of the Cleveland Metroparks.
Meet under the Brookpark Road Bridge off Valley Parkway, between Brookway Lane and Puritas Avenue. Call 440-734-6660 for information.
NIGHT AT THE RACES — St. Joseph Academy Athletic Boosters will have a night at the races 6 p.m. to midnight April 20 at the Academy Center, 3470 Rocky River Drive, West Park.
Cindy Burry says tickets are $20 per person and horses can be purchased for $20 each. To reserve tickets, call Patti, 216-548-4485, or send an email message to sja1890.org/boosters.
SUPPORT SANE — April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner program at Fairview Hospital is seeking donations of new packages of underwear and socks for patients.
SANE programs care for hundreds of patients who arrive at the hospital because of sexual violence or violence at home. Clothing is taken as part of the evidence collection process and replacement clothing is provided free by SANE.
Undergarments can be dropped off at the hospital emergency department. For more information, call Fairview Hospital’s SANE program at 216-476-7278.
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