Category Archives: Garden

Annual Herb Luncheon

Saturday, September 5, 2009
Noon – $15.00
***SOLD OUT – THANK YOU***
Includes lunch and program
SWEET DREAMS with HERBS
local herbalist Cindy Patterson
will speak about herbs that promote
restful sleep and beautiful dreams.
All seating outdoors (weather permitting).
To reserve, please send a check
for the number of reservations times $15.00 to:
Spring Hill Woman’s Board
1401 Springhill Lane NE
Massillon, Ohio 44646

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Perennial Garden Rebirth is a Team Effort

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Spring Hill’s crew of garden volunteers are [...]

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Earth Day

“I remember a hundred lovely lakes, and recall the fragrant breath of pine and fir and cedar and poplar trees.  The trail has strung upon it, as upon a thread of silk, opalescent dawns and saffron sunsets.  It  has given me blessed release from care and worry and the troubled thing of our modern day.  [...]

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Winter Aconite

Thanks to Master Gardener Denise Ellsworth, this little flower is a mystery no longer. It is Winter Aconite, Eranthis hyemalis, and is apparently poisonous if consumed. And – according to this article in Britain’s Daily Mail, “there is a story that Cerberus, the fearsome watchdog of hell, spat out venomous saliva from which the aconite [...]

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Bye, bye stink trees

 . . . hello old stone stairs!

Restoring the old rose garden is a long-term project, but phase one has begun. Say goodbye to the invasive and “stinky” Tree-of-Heaven, and say hello (again) to the old sandstone stairs. Featuring “Chief” Layne on the chainsaw.

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