Ice Cream Social!

Saturday, June 21, 2008

4:00pm-8:30pm

Secrest Arboretum 

1680 Madison Avenue

Join us for a fun evening in the natural world...enjoy musicians, storytellers and artists. Feel free to bring your own picnic basket, lawn chairs or blankets...sale of ice cream is a community fundraiser.

The Secrest Arboretum at the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center...The Ohio State University, Wooster

Discover a landscape ecosystem that fits your lifestyle... offering research, educational, and aesthetic value, OARDC's Secrest Arboretum helps people to better understand and enjoy the world of plants. Over the past 100 years, Secrest has grown into an outdoor research laboratory and educational display garden that strengthens the relationship between people and plants with research-based knowledge. Today, it continues in its development to meet the rising needs and trends of the citizens of Ohio and beyond.

Pleasant vistas among open lawns and extensive plant collections, designed landscapes, educational exhibits and meeting places ... all of these components capture the Secrest experience.

Dr. H. Marc Cathey, President Emeritus, American Horticultural Society..."The quality of our environments and what people should be doing to ensure its continued viability for future generations should be the primary objectives of an arboretum" ...Secrest Arboretum is about showcasing plant selections for landscape solutions... helping you select appropriate plants for a sustainable landscape. At Secrest... beautiful themed gardens and planting communities illustrate the use of style, color and texture, but they are situated within plant habitats that have been created according to existing climate and soil conditions... creating a sustainable landscape.

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