Townsend House Tour

Here is the picture tour......  words to follow at a later date!

Rain Barrel Workshop

Twenty five on the waiting list.  That will tell you how popular this workshop was.  Debbie Sickmiller, Ohio State University Extension Master Gardener Volunteer presented a hands on workshop of how to make your own rain barrel.  I have to admit, this workshop was a little unnerving.  It helped to have my good friend Elin D by my side.  We were given parts and the barrel and when I said hands on, I did mean exactly that. 

Step One - Don't be intimidated by the stack of big barrels.

Step Two - Put the hardware into the barrel.

Step Three - Ask for a little help if needed.

My barrel needs painted and a hole drilled in the top for the spout.  So it is still a work in progress and with a little help from my guy I can get it finished and start collecting rain drops!  So this is a to be continued episode ..... 

Kingwood Demonstrations at the Home and Garden Show

Kingwood Center presented demonstrations at the Home and Garden Show this weekend.  Two demonstrations were offered.  Starting Seeds and Succulent Container Gardening.  Bill Collins presented on Saturday and John Makley on Sunday.  Fun and informative as I learned something new at each demo. 



Bill Collins



John Makley

Here they are demonstrating how to transplant seedlings..

.. and below they are creating their masterpieces.

John Makley encouraging the audience to pick out plants used in the arrangement. New term learned at this demonstration was Thriller - Filler - Spiller.  Audience could choose from an array of succulents shown on the table to represent these three descriptions.  

tall are thillers



the rest are fillers



hanging are spillers



Completed container garden





Christmas Workshops

As I mentioned a few times already, I had attended the Kingwood workshop to make a Christmas wreath.  Kay Hostettler led the class and I had  good fortune to be able to sit next to and collaborate with Nancy P.  A picture of my partially assembled wreath.  We got to choose either a sugar or plain apple and gold or silver theme.

Another time, I was hostessing in the house and also was able to take some pictures of the Snowman Mug Workshop. This was a child/parent workshop.  Carol A started the workshop off with a great Russian Christmas story and some active songs.  She sure knows how to get the attention of a crowd of kids and parents alike.  Since my son has been grown a while, it reminded me of what seems now like long ago story times.  

Bill Collins directed the kids on how to get started.  I was in awe with some of their arrangements as a child's creativity puts mine to shame.  For some reason, nearly every kid there was able to create a better bow than I had in my workshop.  Oh well. 

Kingwood Happenings - Christmas Workshops and Events

Kingwood Center 's web site has been updated with all the December happenings.  Bonnie H. has done a fabulous job providing an informative page (detailed with pictures!)  I have signed up for the wreath making workshop on December 1st and plan on attending the caroling on December 9th well as other events like Interest in the Winter Garden on December 12th.  More Kingwood happenings can be found on the web site under Education then Programs.  Visit by clicking on the link above or go to http://www.kingwoodcenter.org/