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1. Fall Update

   collaborations. Please share ideas you have. Annual Meeting —The Annual Meeting of Friends of Secrest Arboretum ... or not. –Bob Everett, President, Friends of Secrest Arboretum ... Garden Fair —The fifth annual Garden Fair was a big success. We set a record for the plant sale (a ...

2. Whistling Duck Update

   Duck, BBWD, on a pond near Secrest Arboretum.  To the delight of many, the ducks returned this spring ... The Summer 2025 Secrest newsletter reported the sighting of the rare, Black-Bellied Whistling ... and nesting protection. As a result, the remaining  ducks moved to the Barnes Preserve nearby. Since ...

3. Behind the Scenes ~ FSA Winterberry Sale

   effort combine to ensure its success. The story begins in the 1950’s, with Secrest Curator Ollie Diller’s ... passion for winterberry hollies and the resulting Secrest winterberry collection. In late fall and winter ... the berry branches lit up the landscape, and were cut and enjoyed in the arboretum. In the early ...

4. Spring & Summer 2026: New Life for Old Gardens

   garden, vanished. I often say that the best thing about Secrest Arboretum is that we are open to everyone, ... late spring, the Secrest Team was ready to make hay by the time May arrived. Our first order of ... Garden. First planted in 2006, the roughly 1,600 square foot bed had become overcrowded by ...

5. Zabelia tyaihyoni, Korean abelia

   source of the remaining plants in cultivation. The Arnold Arboretum obtained seed through Index Seminum ... you plant it, expect it to reach 8-10’ tall and 6-8’ wide. In the Secrest collection you can find the ... Drive and the Million Flower Pathway. Zabelia tyaihyoni was selected as a 2026 Secrest Select plant due ...

6. ArboBlitz 2026

   Arboretum & Learning Gardens. You do not need to know how to plant trees to participate-  we will teach ... Help create a legacy at The Ohio State University! Join the fun and plant 20 trees on campus in ... event. Please recruit your friends and family to join too - everyone who plants a tree will receive ...

7. 2026 Master Gardener Volunteer State Conference

   longhorned beetle (ALB) since the beetle was discovered in Ohio in 2011 garnering over $100,000 in funding ... the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, which was planted in 1987. Long-term research on grass hardiness ... plants, and community science. Recording Breakout Session 3 Native trees and shrubs in their autumn attire ...

8. Putting the Nursery to Bed

   facility is where we grow and house plants for our sales and those to be added to the arboretum collection. ... But before the nursery slows down, there is a flurry of activity preparing plants for Autumn Discovery ... Day (our annual fall plant sale, October 3). Each plant must be inventoried and tagged with pricing ...

9. Secrest Garden Fair Wrap-up

   our Secrest gardening community, we offered 1028 plants for sale—a huge increase from last year! ... guided tours of the beautiful Secrest Arboretum. Thank you to everyone who attended, volunteered, and ... What a beautiful day! What a special event! What a tremendous community!  THANK YOU!  The Secrest ...

10. Edmund Secrest—The Man Behind the Name

    items Edmund Secrest left for us to enjoy. In a September 21, 1921, handwritten letter thanking ... game.” On a more serious note, Secrest wrote a September 17, 1923, typed letter to Director Williams of ... “Grandpa” for a birthday gift of money and cigars, Secrest describes his recent activities, “Have been ...

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