Dear BYGLive! Co-Horts:

This a reminder that the second monthly S.W. Ohio BYGLive! Diagnostic Walk-About for 2010 will be held Monday, May 10, at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, 3400 Vine St., Cincinnati, 45220 (park and enter through the NEW Vine Street entrance; see driving directions below).


Don't miss this hands-on training for Green Industry professionals.  We will start at 12:00 pm., and walk-about with our hosts Steve Foltz (Director of Horticulture) and Brian Jorg (Manager of Horticulture) looking at plants, plant pests and diseases, animals, and other points of considerable interest until 3:00 pm.  Points of particular interest will be viewing the storm water mitigation installations (rain gardens, rooftop garden, permeable pavers, etc.).  The Zoo’s goal is to achieve zero storm water runoff from the grounds.

 

ISA Certified Arborist CEU's will be available, AND this training event counts for ONLA Ohio Certified Nursery Technician credits.

 

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS:  please print this notice and bring it with you to show the Zoo staff at the entrance gate.

See you on Monday, May 10, at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden!

J.B.

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1) FOR YOUR CALENDER:  Dates and Locations for the 2010 Southwest Ohio BYGLive! Diagnostic Walk-About Professional Training Series:
 
Standard Walk-Abouts:
June 14
:  Stanley M. Rowe Arboretum, 4600 Muchmore Rd., Indian Hill, 45243
July 12:  Glenwood Gardens [Hamilton County Park District], 10623 Springfield Pike, Woodlawn, 45215
August 9:  Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum, 4521 Spring Grove Ave., Cincinnati, 45232
September 13:  Boone County Arboretum, 9190 Camp Ernst Road, Union, Kentucky 41091

Special BYGLive!
October 4:
13th Annual Buckeye-Bluegrass BYGLive in Lexington, KY.


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2)  DRIVING DIRECTIONS to Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, 3400 Vine St., Cincinnati, 45220 [the NEW Vine Street parking area and Zoo entrance: we will meet just inside the new entrance after crossing the Vine Street entrance bridge]:
 
From I-74

- Go East to I-75 North
- Take I-75 North to Mitchell Avenue exit #6
- Turn right onto Mitchell Avenue
- Turn right onto Vine Street
- Continue south on Vine Street for approx. 2 miles from Mitchell
- Zoo entrance is on your right hand side

 

From I-75 Northbound (From Kentucky, Downtown Cincinnati, etc)

- Take Mitchell Avenue exit #6
- Turn right onto Mitchell Avenue
- Turn right onto Vine Street
- Continue south on Vine Street for approx. 2 miles from Mitchell
- Zoo entrance is on your right hand side

 

From I-75 Southbound (From Dayton, Fairfield, Norwood, etc)

- Take Mitchell Avenue exit #6
- Turn left onto Mitchell Avenue
- Turn right onto Vine Street
- Continue south on Vine Street for approx. 2 miles from Mitchell
- Zoo entrance is on your right hand side
- The Auto Entrance is on the right

 

From I-71 Northbound (From Kentucky, Downtown Cincinnati, etc)

- Take the Dana Avenue exit
- At exit ramp light, turn left onto Duck Creek
- At 2nd light, turn left onto Dana Avenue
- Turn left onto Victory Parkway
- At 2nd street on right, turn right onto Rockdale Avenue
- Follow Rockdale as it changes names to Forest Avenue
- Turn left onto Dury Avenue, and go past the OLD Zoo entrance

- Turn right on Erkenbrecher

- Turn right on Vine Street, then an immediate left into the Zoo entrance

 

From I-71 Southbound (From Columbus, Mason, etc)

- Take the Dana Avenue exit
- Turn right onto Dana Avenue
- Turn left onto Victory Parkway
- At 2nd street on right, turn right onto Rockdale Avenue
- Follow Rockdale as it changes names to Forest AvenueTurn left onto Dury Avenue

- Go past the OLD Zoo entrance

- Turn right on Erkenbrecher

- Turn right on Vine Street, then an immediate left into the Zoo entrance

 


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"Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence."  -- Abigail Adams, 1780

 

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Joe Boggs

Assistant Professor, Ohio State University Extension
Commercial Horticulture Educator, OSU Extension, Hamilton County
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Hamilton County
Suite 315
110 Boggs Lane
Cincinnati, OH  45246-3145
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Phone:  513-946-8993
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