Artists, crafters, growers and fun scheduled for Secrest Garden Fair

More than 50 artists and crafters will be featured in the third annual Secrest Garden Fair.

The free event is scheduled for Saturday from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. at Secrest Arboretum, 2122 Williams Road. Admission and parking are free.

Activities for kids, a plant sale and local food trucks will add to the fun. There will also be free workshops and a raffle of items donated by artists and crafters.

Master Gardener volunteers will lead tours of the arboretum grounds, giving insider information about the expansive 110-acre outdoor laboratory and landscape garden and the more than 2,500 varieties of perennials, shrubs and trees growing there. Tours begin at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

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Three free workshops are scheduled:

• “How to Garden for Mason Bees” will be presented by Lee Horrisberger at 10 a.m. She will explore the bees’ life phases and how building a bee house could help to benefit your backyards and gardens.

• “A New Focus For Your Lawn” will be presented by Gary Horrisberger at noon. He will discuss the latest lawn research for customizing a management plan for your lawn including strategies for reducing rainwater runoff and making it available to support a healthier lawn.

• “Echinacea for Ohio” will be be presented by Paul Snyder at 2 p.m. This presentation explores the results of the years-long echinacea trial at Secrest Arboretum. Participants will learn how to grow coneflowers, which plants perform best in the landscape and which selections are beneficial to pollinators.

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