OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION. News for Greene County Master Gardeners Greene County Extension June 2018 PRESIDENT S MESSAGE

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1 OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION The Greene Leaflet News for Greene County Master Gardeners Greene County Extension June 2018 PRESIDENT S MESSAGE President s Message Page 1 Calendar..Page 2 Continuing Ed Page 2 Announcements Page 3 Did You Know?...Page 3 Scholarship Winner Page 4 Contact Info...Page 6 Whatsoever whether great or small, ugly or handsome, sweet or stinking, everything in the universe in their own nature appears beautiful to me. - John Bartram, ( ) I hope everyone is enjoying the wet and warm weather lately. Many of our plants are growing fast and looking beautiful. Mr. Sun is our friend but as Brenda-Sandman-Stover presented in the training session after the last meeting, we need to respect Mr. Sun and protect ourselves from his harmful rays. She showed many ugly examples of skin cancer that can result from overexposure. So, if the sun s up, cover up. Use that sunscreen, wear light clothing and sunglasses, and cover your ears with a hat. Go to your dermatologist to get checked if you see something suspicious. Enjoy the sun with caution. I recently found an article from AARP ( that expounds on why I and probably you enjoy gardening. Granted this article is geared for us older folks but offers good insight. The title is 5 Secret Health Benefits of Gardening, Working in Dirt (soil) Boosts Mood, Lowers Dementia Risk. The five health benefits subparagraphs are: Helps Combat Loneliness; Enjoyable Aerobic Exercise; Exposure to Vitamin D; Mood-Boosting Benefits; and Decreased Dementia Risk. Let me summarize some of these benefits. We all enjoy the socialization and engaging with friends. Pulling weeds, reaching for tools, twisting and bending as you plant or harvest works muscles we forgot we had and helps with strength, stamina, and flexibility. Exposure to sunlight helps achieve an adequate vitamin D level, which increases your calcium level. Gardening reduces stress by lowering the stress hormone cortisol as found in a study in the Netherlands. A research study of 2,800 people over the age of 60 for 16 years concluded that physical activity, particularly gardening, could reduce the incidence of dementia in future years. I m not a medical professional by any means, but gardening offers a variety of health benefits in addition to providing nutritious veggies and fruits for your dinner table and beautiful flowers to decorate it. Enjoy and happy gardening! The Greene Leaflet 1 Greene County Master Gardeners

2 CALENDAR June 5: World Environment Day June 7: Board Meeting June 12: Carry-In supper Business Meeting; see announcements June 14: Flag Day June 17: Father s Day June 30: Greene County Weeds of a Different view July 5: Board Meeting July 10: Business Meeting July 27-28: Native Plant Symposium at Bergamo July 29 August 4: Greene County Fair August 9: Board Meeting August 14: Business Meeting September 3: Labor Day Sept. 6: Board Meeting Sept. 11: Business Meeting October 4: Board Meeting October 8: Columbus Day October 9: Business Meeting CONTINUING EDUCATION Tuesday, June 5 It s a Greene Co. Master Gardener Get-Together! Patterson Homestead Tour and Lunch See page 4 for details June 13, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.: Tracy DiSabato-Aust on The Well-Designed Mixed Garden and The Art of Pruning Perennials. Location: Walnut Grove Country Club, 5050 Linden Ave., Dayton, OH Fee: $35 for Master Gardeners and $50 for General public includes lunch. Deadline to register is May 23. Contact Kim Hupman, OSU Extension, Montgomery County Program Coordinator at , ext. 114 or hupman.5@osu.edu This counts as 3.5 CE credits. June 19, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.: Morrow County Hydrangea School. OSU Extension Morrow County, 5362 US Hwy 42, Mt. Gilead Ohio Cost is $30, includes a plant for more information call Carri Jagger at or Jagger.6@osu.edu June 30, 1 p.m. to 4:30 pm.: Weeds of a Different View hosted by GCMG. Location: Extension Office Buckeye Room. Fee is $30 for non Master Gardeners and $25 for Master Gardeners. On line registration will be available and registration deadline is June27 For more information, contact Joyce Wailes at bahr4@att.net or Janette Braun at twinbraun@gmail.com. *July 7, 10 a.m to 11:30 a.m.: Easy Succulent Container. Cox Arboretum MetroPark, 6733 Springboro Pike, Miamisburg, OH Cost is $15. Go to Five Rivers Metro Parks at and use program number Y147. Registration is required. July 9, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Diagnostic Workshop. Place: Miami County Dispatch Center, 210 Marybill Dr. Troy, OH Cost is $35 payable to OSU Extension. Send payment to: 201 W. Main St., Troy, OH For more information, contact Amanda Bennett at or bennett709@osu.edu. September 15, 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.: Fall Gardening Challenge. Cox Arboretum MetroPark, 6733 Springboro Pike, Miamisburg, OH Cost is $10. Go to and use program number Y150. Registration is required. * For all Five Rivers MetroParks Registration is at PARK or go on line at METROPARKS.ORG The Greene Leaflet 2 Greene County Master Gardeners

3 Did you Know.. That John Bartram ( ) is considered the father of American Botany? In fact, George III paid Bartram 50 pounds per year as the King s Botanist for North America. His intense interest in Native American flora lead him on many quests to collect Native plant species. He propagated his collection on his eight acre Pennsylvanian farm. Bartram s botanical hobby soon leads to a thriving business. Bartram was instrumental in sending seeds and live plants to Europe, a growing market for American native plants. His seeds and plants went to the royal collection at Kew Gardens. Bartram sent magnolias, mountain laurels, azaleas, and rhododendrons to Europe through London agent, Peter Collinson. Bartram invented special boxes Bartram Boxes - in which he packed seeds and live plants in moss or sand. The boxes measured 3x2.5 feet and were designed to survive a sea voyage. Bartram is also credited with publishing the first seed and plant catalogue (1783). Some of his most notable customers include George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin with whom he co-founded the American Philosophical Society in Jefferson especially relied on Bartram to fill Monticello with trees and shrubs. Bartram s family garden eventually grew to a 102-acre botanical garden considered the first botanical garden in the United States. Bartram propagated over 4,000 native and exotic plants, and by 1830 there were 10 greenhouses on the property. In 1850, the property was sold to Andrew Eastwick, who hoped to preserve the gardens, but the gardens became neglected upon Eatwick s death in Eastwick s former gardener and a member of the Philadelphia City Council, Thomas Meehan, successfully added the garden to the city s park system in The Bartram home became a National Historic Landmark in ANNOUNCEMENTS The Owen s Place Garden Group is hosting the June 12 business meeting. This is a carry-in meeting, so please bring a dish to share. Bring your own chair and drink. Water will be provided. We will meet in the gazebo in front of Owen s Place (Rotary Park in Beavercreek). A tour of the garden will follow the meal. Please direct questions to Janette Brawn at twinbraun@gmail.com The GCMG organization is a tax-exempt organization. Please use the tax-exempt form found on the VMS (click on Newsletters and Documents and then MG forms and documents. It s the last one on the list.) When purchasing materials for your garden projects. Save the date: June 30, 2018 Seminar: Weeds in a Different Light Topics and presenters: Weeds and Herbs their unique history - Carol Mundy Edible Native plants- Debra Knapke Exploring Edible Medicinal Plants in The Backyard - Rebecca Wood Greene County Fair is July 29 through August 4. Call for more information. Save the Date: September 28 and 29, State Master Gardener Conference at Sharonville Convention Center, Hamilton County. More information coming soon. Sources: Wikipedia.org, Bartramsgarden.org/abut/history/horticulture The Greene Leaflet 3 Greene County Master Gardeners

4 It s a Greene Co. Master Gardener Get-Together! Patterson Homestead Tour and Lunch Afterward Tuesday June 5, 2018 LOCATION FOR TOUR: Patterson Homestead Dayton OH Brown Street LOCATION FOR LUNCH: Hickory Barb-B-Q Dayton OH 1082 Brown Street ITINERARY: 10:00 am Arrive at Patterson Homestead 10:15 am - Tour begins provided by Dayton History Volunteers 10:15 am 11:15 am Tour of Patterson Homestead 11:15 am 11:45 am Tour of Kitchen Heirloom Garden 11:45 am 12:00 pm Depart Site for Lunch 12:00 pm 12: 15 pm Arrive at Old Hickory BBQ FEE FOR THE TOUR: $5.00 payable on-site day of the tour to Janette Braun or Libby Domingue RSVP BY MONDAY MAY 14: To Libby Domingue domingue73@roadrunner.com CONTINUING EDUCATION/ADVANCED TRAINING: ½ Hour Authorized for Tour of Kitchen Garden PARKING: At Patterson Homestead on-site there s room for about 30 cars RESTROOMS: At Patterson Homestead on-site 2018 MASTER GARDENER SCHOLARSHIP WINNER The 2018 winner of our MG $1,000 Scholarship is Miss Emalyn Dant, a senior in the Nature Resource Technology Program at the Greene County Career Center. Emalyn has been active in 4-H and FFA and lives with her family on Wilberforce- Clifton Road, Xenia. She has been accepted at Clark State Community College beginning this fall and will major in Landscape Design. Following completion of this 2-year program, she plans to continue her studies at The Ohio State University, earning a BS in Landscape Architect. Congratulations Emalyn! Photo by Terry Reiff 4

5 OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION Greene County Agriculture and Natural Resources June 2018 Continuing Education Events Available to Master Gardener Volunteers Events near Greene/Montgomery/Clark/Fayette/Clinton/Warren/Miami & Madison Counties Distance Event Location (City/Co.) Date (Miles) CE Hours Vegetable Garden Management Springfield/Clark Tue, Jun Well Designed Garden/Pruning Perennials Dayton/Montgomery Wed, Jun MGV Diagnostic Workshop Troy/Miami Mon, Jul Pest Management in the Vegetable Garden Springfield/Clark Mon, Jul Canning The Harvest: Water Bath/Pressure** Troy/Miami Tue, Jun Exploring Beyond Canning** Troy/Miami Tue, Jul th Ann Midwest Native Plant Conference ## Beavercreek/Greene Jul * On Your Menu: Fresh Vegetables** Troy/Miami Tue, Aug Events Statewide Event Location (City/Co.) Date Distance CE Hours (Miles) Succulents Painesville/Lake Sat, Jun Garden Art Painesville/Lake Sat, Jul Secrest Herbaceous Plant School Wooster/Wayne Wed, Jun Hydrangea School Mt Gilead/Morrow Tue, Jun MGV Diagnostic Workshop Ravenna/Portage Wed, Jul MGV Diagnostic Workshop Ottawa/Putnam Fri, Jul Native Plants Painesville/Lake Sat, Aug * Due to event length, CE hours will vary based on individual's attendance ** Miami County "Garden to Table Series" (AM and PM Sessions)(10AM & 6PM) ## Event registration full and closed. See Kim to sign-up to staff our recruitment booth. *** Disclaimer - this is not a complete listing of continuing education opportunities available to Master Gardener Volunteers. For more information on OSU hosted events visit county.osu.edu. *** OSU EXTENSION GREENE COUNTY greene.osu.edu

6 OSU Extension Greene County 100 Fairgrounds Road Xenia, OH Extension Educator, Agriculture and Natural Resources: Trevor Corboy, Program Assistant, Horticulture: Kim Hupman, Phone: Office Hours: Monday Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Greeneline Horticulture Helpline Contact Information: Phone: (937) ext Next Newsletter Deadline: June 22nd We welcome all suggestions, thoughts, calendar dates for this newsletter. Please your comments, articles, photos, and dates to: The Greene Leaflet Editor Christine Nelson-McComb at Greene County Master Gardener 2016 Officers: President Garry Abfalter (937) Past President Steve and Karen Reed ( and ) Vice President Dan Denham (937) Secretary Christine McComb (937) Treasurer Connie O Brien (937) Ex Officio Board Member: Kim Hupman, Horticulture Program Assistant (937) Ext. 128 Board Members At Large: Vickie Carter (937) Kathy Gall (937) Debby Haines (937) George McGowan (937)