Healthy: Spring/Summer 2023

DUBLIN GROWS GREENER: SPRING GARDENING TIPS

Spring officially starts on March 20, but that doesn’t mean you have to wait to get your hands dirty! Check out these helpful, quick tips from the City of Dublin’s Horticulture team. Share your gardening successes with us this year using #DublinGrowsGreener. We always love to see your beautiful spaces! Springtime To-Do List - Cutback perennials and grasses, as well as prune any shrubs that may need shaping up - Divide perennials and grasses - Apply a pre-emergent weed control like preen

- Fertilize flowers, shrubs, and trees - Apply a 2-3 inch layer of mulch

10 Great native perennials for a pollinator garden. 1. Coneflower 2. Black Eyed Susan 3. Milkweed 4. Aster 5. Golden Rod 6. Beard Tongue 7. Ironweed 8. Joe Pye Weed 9. Lobelia 10. Gay Feather

Are you looking for more helpful gardening tips like these from your fellow neighborhood horticulturists? Follow the City of Dublin on Instagram for tips on how to keep your garden in great shape all year. This spring, the City’s Horticulture and Forestry teams want to share their planting pointers, mulching advice and watering knowledge that will give you a green thumb in no time! Whether you are an expert gardener or a novice, you won’t want to miss this Dublin Grows Greener series.

FRACTALS: PATTERNS IN NATURE

Fractals are repeating patterns that produce a feeling of well-being. The Fractals: Patterns in Nature gallery exhibition encompasses the work of Ohio artists Jonah Jacobs, Andrea Myers and Karen Snouffer, artwork created by Dublin City Schools students and photographs taken by community members. The exhibition is the culmination of a two-year project developed in collaboration with Noor Murteza, a doctoral student in the Arts Administration, Education, and Policy program at The Ohio State University. Gallery viewing is open March 7 through Jun. 2. Workshops by the artists will also be offered. The Dublin Arts Council gallery is on the main level of the Dublin Arts Center, 7125 Riverside Drive, in Dublin, Ohio. Gallery hours are Tuesday – Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the second Saturday of each month. Admission and on-site parking are free of charge. Appointments are not necessary. Information: dublinarts.org and 614.889.7444

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