The Evergreen Earth Care Festival, 2026

Small Gardening for You and Your Children

Welcome Video (Coming Soon)

Join us! Noon to 4 p.m. April 25th

An interactive introduction to gardening for children with parents who may not have grown flowers or vegetables before. (Also, plenty of information if you’re an experienced gardener. Fine to come, browse, and learn even if you don’t have children.)

Location: Evergreen Great Lawn

9994 Zig Zag Lane, Montgomery

1. Learn about soil, sunlight & water needs for plants

2. Plant a radish seed to take home (see it grow in a week)

3. Transplant a pansy flower to take home

4. Transplant a Swiss Chard vegetable to take home (like lettuce but more nutritious)

5. Learn how to water a plant. (Roots need to breathe, too!)

6. Extra cup of soil and empty potting container to go.

7. Farm transport to Grocery Store vs Home Garden to Kitchen Table

1. Crafts

2. Option for Face Painting

3. Visit Animals (Rabbits, Goats, and Chickens)

4. Free Ice Cream and fruit drinks

1. Components of soil for growing, soil testing

2. Water, light, and fertilizer needs of plants, lawns

3. Pollinator gardens and Pollinators

4. Wildlife deterrence

5. Container gardening and inexpensive raised gardens

6. Composting (Gorman Heritage Farm table)

7. Backyard garden development (Jason Kamp table)

viii. Yard Gardening (Jason Kamp)

ix. Lawn care

i. Free Ice Cream and fruit drinks hosted by Boy Scout Troop 258 (donations accepted)

ii. Bake sale pastries

i. Tree seedlings with planting information (Ohio Valley Forestry Foundation)

  1. 15 White pine tree seedlings (green all year)
  2. 25 White oak tree seedlings (great source of acorns for wildlife)
  3. 10 Dogwood Roughleaf (white flowers in May, Purple foilage in autumn)

ii. Seed packets (donated by Society of St Andrews)

Hand tool raffle (donated by McCabe Do it center)

  1. Evergreen Presbyterian Church and Earth Care Team: Earth Care Justice
  2. Montgomery Environmental Advisory Committee
  3. NEEDS Society of St Andrews – free seed giveaway
  4. Hamilton County Conservation District
  5. Gorman Heritage Farm Garden - Composting
  6. Hamilton County Master Gardener Volunteer program and training course
  7. Faith Communities Go Green
  8. Christ the King Lutheran Monarch Festival
  9. Fairy Tail Farm Rabbitry
  10. Resources table - Additional Gardening Events
    1. Civic Garden Center Brochures
    2. “Ask an Expert” Ohio State University Extension Service - contact information

i. Bean Native Nursery (native plants)

ii. Backyard Farm to Fork - gardening consulting service

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