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Invasive Free Landscaping

Join staff members from Holden's horticulture and conservation team to learn how plants from your landscape may be negatively impacting the health of native forests. Discover which plants are invasive and how to manage them. The fun begins when you learn how you can be a part of the solution by choosing invasive-free landscape plants. Learn all about the beautiful shrubs and trees that can fulfil the same landscape requirements as their invasive counterparts. The cultural requirements of these plants will also be stressed so you can be sure to site the right plant to the right location in your landscape. Since this is the winter season plants that benefit wildlife and with winter interest will be highlighted. Tips for easy to propagate shrubs will also be covered. Most of the course will be indoors but dress for the weather as a short excursion to see plants of winter interest may take place depending on weather conditions.

A Botanical Expedition

Journey back to the Renaissance and explore the New World with Holden's President and CEO Clem Hamilton as your guide. Using Holden's Rare Book Collection, learn more about the rapid increase in tree knowledge that took place during the Renaissance and rediscover the botanical wonders found by the adventurous explorers of North America in the 17-19th centuries. Hamilton brings these discoveries to life using examples from Holden's historic collection of botanical illustrations.

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Beneficial Insects: Help Your Garden Grow

Can you tell the good bugs from the bad ones? If not, Denise Ellsworth, Summit County Extension agriculture and natural resources educator, will help you learn who the beneficial insects are and how to identify them. She will also share best management practices to use in your home garden environment to help ensure that the good guys win out over garden pests.

Start Your Garden Indoors!

Come start your own plants for your garden this summer.  We will learn about seeds and the proper way to plant them.  Discussion will focus on seed, soils, nutrients and environmental conditions. You will get hands-on experience and take home a flat of 7-10 different types of planted seeds to nurture into your own beautiful garden.

Fireside Series: Through the Photographer's Lens

A Photographer's Guide to Ohio

Ian Adams will provide a beautifully illustrated slide program on his new book, A Photographer’s Guide to Ohio, which includes descriptions of 158 of his favorite Ohio scenic vistas, natural areas and preserves, waterfalls, public gardens, historic barns and bridges, grist mills, landmark buildings and town murals. Tips on photographing each of these subjects will be included, and autographed copies of the book will be available for purchase after the program. Even if you are not a photographer, you will enjoy this photo tour of many of Ohio most beautiful and historic places.  A book signing of A Photographer's Guide to Ohio will be available after the program. Ian Adams is an environmental photographer specializing in natural, rural, historical and garden photography. Since 1985, more than 5,000 of his color photographs have been published in books, posters, calendars, magazines and other publications. Ian has published 17 photography books and conducted more than 150 photography workshops and seminars.  His books include The Holden Arboretum, Backroads of Ohio, Our First Family's Home: The Ohio Governor's Residence and Heritage Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden: Green For 150 Years and A Photographer's Guide to Ohio .

Capturing Monet's Garden in Giverny

"Never before had a painter so shaped his subjects in nature before painting them" and the result was so spectacular that 500,000 people now visit Monet's garden every year. Travel with Marilyn Dolence as she takes you on a tour of one of the world's most recognizable gardens. In addition, she will share some interesting photographic techniques that she learned during her photo tour of Monet's garden that simulate Monet's impressionistic style. This interesting program is for those who want to see his garden but also for those who would like to learn to "paint" with their point and shoot or SLR camera. Marilyn enjoys nature and scenic photography. She particularly likes shooting in B&W, infrared and macro. Recently she has been experimenting with x-ray photography. She had two of her photos accepted for the juried May Show at Lakeland Community College in 2010. She was the featured artist for the December concerts of City Music Cleveland. She has a show hanging at the Crazy Lake Art House in Greenfield, Ind.

Images from Wild Ohio

Join Meszaros as he interprets the best of our natural world through his stunning photographs that capture the natural history, wildlife and landscapes of nearly every habitat found within Ohio. A Cleveland native, Meszaros has been a dedicated nature photographer for more than twenty-five years. His photographs have appeared in many publications including Smithsonian and National Wildlife. Three books feature his photographs, Wild Ohio: The Best of Our Natural World, Creatures of Change, and his latest, Animals of Ohio's Ponds and Vernal Pools. A book signing and books for purchase will be available after the program.