The next Blooms to Bounty event will be held September 4, 2025 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. at the Bravo Room in Hobart Arena, 252 Adams St, Troy, OH 45373.
Cost: $55 for public; $50 for Master Gardener Volunteers
Registration includes morning coffee & pastries, lunch and course materials. Seminar provides up to five hours of continuing education for Master Gardener Volunteers.
Schedule
8:30 Registration opens; light breakfast available
9:00 Preparing your Garden for Winter, Tim McDermott
10:10 Planting Bulbs for Spring Splash, Paul Koloszar
11:20 Adding Winter Interest to your Garden, Paul Snyder
12:30 Lunch
1:15 Growing Mushrooms, Erika Lyon
2:30 The Glory of Autumn, Bob Iiames
3:30 Wrap-up and door prizes
Speaker Bios and Presentation Descriptions
Preparing your Garden for winter
There are lots of things to do and lots of choices to make at the end of the major part of the gardening season. You may need some clean up, you may want to expand your garden, or you may want to keep on growing. Ohio is a four-season growing state, and that includes Fall and Winter! Let's talk about all the choices you have as we enter Fall and think about what we are going to do with our garden this Winter to make next years harvest the best ever.
Speaker: Tim McDermott, OSU Extension-Franklin County. Dr. Tim McDermott joined Extension in 2017 as an Agriculture and Natural Resources Educator after 20 years in private practice veterinary medicine and surgery. His area of specialization is Local Food Production Systems. A priority outreach of his work involves creating urban farming experiential outdoor raised bed and indoor controlled environment agriculture learning laboratories at Franklin County school districts for the purpose of engaging students and teachers in STEM-based agricultural workforce development. His partners include several schools and local companies.
Planting Fall Bulbs for Spring Splash
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Speaker: Paul Kolozar, Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens. Paul grew up in northern Indiana and has a degree in Public Horticulture from Purdue University. He worked at the Indianapolis Museum of Art (now branded as Newfields), did a five-year stint as stay-at-home dad, got back to horticulture at the Civic Garden Center of Cincinnati, surveyed trees for Asian Longhorn Beetle with the Davey Resource Group, and planted a few trees at Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum before arriving at Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden. Now he tends plant records more than plants. If you have any plant questions, he can usually remember the relevant plant names within 15 to 30 minutes after the need to know them has passed.
Adding Winter Interest to your Garden
This talk will cover how to choose woody plants that have four season interest, particularly winter interest to keep your landscaping visually appealing all year long.
Speaker: Paul Snyder, Seacrest Arboretum. Paul Snyder is Operations Manager at Secrest Arboretum, where he oversees garden maintenance, plant production, education, plant records, and the volunteer program which includes the Secrest Master Gardeners. He’s been with OSU at Secrest since 2010, having initially shared a position between the arboretum and the Department of Entomology. Paul holds a Bachelor of Horticulture degree from Kent State University and Master of Theology degree from Malone University. He is a husband and father of four, sourdough baker, and pastor/church planter.
Growing Mushrooms
Learn about the identification and ecology of various species of macrofungi that thrive in Ohio. This class will also review foraging tips for mushroom hunters.
Speaker: Erika Lyon, OSU Extension-Harrison & Jefferson Counties. Erika Lyon is an Extension Educator for the Jefferson and Harrison Agriculture and Natural Resources programs at the Ohio State University. She attended University of Maine for the Ecology and Environmental Sciences graduate program to study mycology and plant pathology. And came to work for Ohio State University Extension in May 2016, where she often gives talks and answers questions about fungi and plant disease.
The Glory of Autumn
So...What does your garden look like after your annuals and perennials start to fade? Does it look a little drab and unexciting? Fall can be a glorious time in the garden as long as you've done a little homework and planning. In this presentation, we will explore and learn about plant selections that will bring a lot of color and interest to your autumn landscape. From late blooming perennials to shrubs and trees that put on fabulous fall colors.
Speaker: Bob Iiames - Bob Iiames is the former groundskeeper at the 173-acre Lange Estate in Ludlow Falls, Ohio. He is the director of the Central Region of the American Conifer Society, past president of the Miami Valley Hosta Society, and a member of the Ohio Valley North American Rock Garden Society. As you might imagine, his favorite pastime is gardening. His passion is dwarf and unusual conifers and currently he has more than 400. The gardens showcase more than 400 hostas, 250 daylilies, rock garden plants, and many other rare and unusual perennials. He hosts Bob’s Garden Fair, a sale of rare and unusual conifers, trees, perennials and handmade garden art, each year on the Saturday of Labor Day weekend. Bob has provided continuing education for Master Gardeners from Ohio’s Miami, Montgomery, and Greene Counties; Hendricks County, Indiana; Penn State Master Gardeners and Michigan State Master Gardeners, as well as Miami Valley Green Industry Professionals. He has spoken to numerous garden clubs, plant societies, the Great Lakes Region Hardy Plant Society, the Federation of Garden Clubs, Ohio Association of Garden Clubs and local garden centers. He lives in Englewood with his wife Karen.