FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
BOB ROTATORI - 216-635-3263 - or -
DAN CRANDALL - 216-635-3274
Heirloom plants are described as �open-pollinated
and grown in an earlier era.� Some heirlooms are hundreds of
years old, and others originated around the turn of the
20th century. Since heirloom plants are not
hybridized, they tend to be better tasting crops.
Purchase heirloom plants at Cleveland Metroparks
�Farm & Garden Day� event on Saturday, June 2 from 11 a.m. to 4
p.m. at Garfield Park Nature Center in Garfield Park Reservation in
Garfield Hts.
New this year, the Heirloom Plants, available for sale include:
orange, yellow, red, and green peppers, blue and red kale,
broccoli, beefsteak, cherry and celebrity tomatoes, red leaf and
romaine lettuce, Swiss chard, white bok choy, red leaf and lavewa
spinach, zucchini, yellow and spaghetti squash, cantaloupe, moon
and star watermelon, and more.
Event-goers can enjoy live farms animals, including cattle and a
petting area with horses, chickens, rabbits and goats.
Visitors can sample hand-churned butter and popcorn at the
tasting-stations, participate in the egg and sack races, view farm
equipment, and take the hay-wagon shuttles. Kids can enjoy
hands-on crafts, activities, games and jumping in huge mounds of
straw and throwing fistfuls in the air!
Plus, local vendors and exhibitors will be on-site, including
Cuyahoga County Solid Waste District, Crystal Moon Acres, Garfield
Heights Historical Society, Gaughn Bee Dancin', Handrosh Farms, OSU
Master Gardeners, and Spring Mist Farms.
�Farm & Garden Day� also features presentations and
demonstrations:
- Beekeeping Demonstration at 11:30 a.m. and 1:45 p.m.
- Composting Presentation at 12:15 and 2:30 p.m.
- Container Vegetable Gardening Presentation at 1 and 3:15
p.m.
Visitors can also enjoy horse-drawn wagon rides for $2/person,
too.
And, refreshments will be available for purchase.
Garfield Park Nature Center is located off the Broadway Avenue
entrance of Garfield Park Reservation in Garfield Heights - north
of the I-480/Broadway Avenue exit.
For more information, call 216-341-3152 or visit
clevelandmetroparks.com.
Celebrate farm living at �Farm & Garden Day� in Cleveland
Metroparks - part of your life, naturally!
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