Our membership campaign JUST opened September 22, 2017!

Last year, our annual campaign aided garden development after the wedding season and into this year's new growing season. YOUR individual donations allowed us to: Build and complete phase one of the newly installed Children's Garden; Purchase materials and backpacks for 12 field trips (of which we do not charge the schools!); and Bring in arachnid/reptile/worm "experts" at the Children's Summer Nature Camp! And these are just a few of the ways your donor dollars were put to amazing use!

As a special thank you for donating this campaign year, our donor members, friends, and patrons are cordially invited to attend our Fall Donor Gala in the rose garden on Sunday, October 22nd from 2-4pm.

Please join us for live entertainment, food, refreshments, and special guests that will be sure to please!

Thank YOU in advance for your generous support.

Email your mailing address if you would like to be on our mailing list!

Don't miss our 2nd Annual Family Trail and Treat Night at the gardens, this October 25th from 4:30-5:30! Dress the kids in their favorite costume and bring a bag to collect treats. We will have costumed volunteers throughout the paths passing out candy and giving away a few educational tidbits about the gardens. **This is a garden fundraiser: $1 per person to enter the gates. We hope to see you at Clary's! There will be facepainting and other games by donation too!

While onsite, vote for your favorite Scarecrow! Take a selfie with your favorite and post it back to the Clary Gardens Facebook Page. We can't wait to see this fun creations - Don't miss it! 🍁

Clary Gardens is sponsoring it's 2nd Annual "Scarecrow Walking Trail" that will be open FREE to the public the entire month of October 2017! We are hoping to establish some spirited 'competition' between local agencies, families, school groups, and area businesses. Download the 2017 Clary Scarecrow Registration (posted on our Facebook Page). This contest is an annual garden fundraiser and requires a $10-25 tax-deductible donation to Clary Gardens to participate (all proceeds going toward capital garden improvements). **Participants must call to schedule scarecrow placement ahead of time - To be eligible: Scarecrows must be set-up in the garden as early as 9/26 at 8am and placement deadline is 9/28 by 4pm. Get your creative juices flowing and let's have some good old-fashioned fun!

Here is the 2016 1st place Scarecrow winner created by Raven's Glenn Winery and Restaurant:

BUTTERFLY/HUMMINGBIRD MIX

POLLINATOR WILDFLOWER MEADOW

DANDELION

If you've taken a walk in the woods recently, you've no doubt seen the AMAZING variety of Ohio woodland wildflowers. Here's a few of our favorites you can find on the woodland trail at Clary Gardens:

BLOODROOT

FERN FRONDS

^^^DUTCHMAN'S BREECHES^^^

and ^^^RUE ANEMONE^^^

Interested in learning more about wildflowers and helping to plant some exciting native species in our area? Join us at the tan garden house (top left) at Clary Gardens THIS Thursday, May 4, 2017, at 5:30pm for the first meeting of the *NEW* WILDFLOWER INTEREST GROUP. Now that we've had the chance to view some growing naturally throughout the woodland property, we are interested in sharing our plan to increase the number and diversity in multiple future wildflower exhibits: throughout the woodlands and a naturalized meadow of wildflowers above the newly installed children's garden - this will also help supply nourishment to the local honeybee populations!

The purpose of the Wildflower Interest Group will be to have educational discussions around wildflowers and their preferred environments. Studies will include identification of wildflowers as well as developing the Coshocton area with more wildflowers through transplanting and new plantings. Interest groups like this one are designed to share information about specific topics. Areas of Clary Gardens will be used as "working labs" to put our knowledge into action. We hope to teach and learn from one another to help not only Clary Gardens but also using this knowledge to help your own properties grow and prosper.

Interested in learning more? Come to the Introductory Meeting this Thursday to learn more - No RSVP required. Open to all ages! Call Clary Gardens at 740-622-6524 with questions. Clary Gardens is located at 588 West Chestnut Street in Coshocton and is open 365 days a year, during daylight hours, and FREE to the public.

One of our favorite times of year is upon us - and if we can get past those hungry young deer, we may just have our best display yet!! Check out some of our favorite tulip beds from years' past...

Which color is your favorite?! What color will they be THIS year?? We will soon find out...