Tickets are on sale for the Dreamscape Raffle, an opportunity to win a landscape makeover of your yard.
The annual raffle awards professionally designed and installed landscaping to someone in Summit County. It raises money for Keep Akron Beautiful’s Flowerscape public gardens.
Raffle tickets are $25 each or five for $100. They can be purchased at the Keep Akron Beautiful office and Donzell’s Flower and Garden Center, both in Akron; Dayton Nurseries in Norton; Suncrest Gardens in Boston Township; and Graf Growers Garden Center and Paul’s Greenhouse, both in Copley Township.
Tickets can also be purchased online at www.keepakronbeautiful.org.
The drawing will be June 5, and the landscaping work will be done in August.
Events, programs
• Knitting and Crocheting Circle meetings, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. today and March 15, Highland Library, 4160 Ridge Road, Granger Township, Medina County (330-278-4271 or 330-239-2674); 6 p.m. Thursday, Seville Library, 45 N. Center St. (330-769-2852).
• Orchid Mania, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, Cleveland Botanical Garden, 11030 East Blvd. Thousands of orchids on display, orchid information, room vignettes inspired by or accented with orchids. Ask the Orchid Doctor, 1-2 p.m. today. $11; children ages 3-12, $6; members and younger children, free. 216-721-1600 or www.cbgarden.org.
• Medina County Home and Garden Show, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. today and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Medina County Community Center, 735 W. Lafayette Road (U.S. 42), Medina. More than 120 vendors, stage presentations, plant sale at 5 p.m. Sunday. $5; seniors, $4; children 12 and younger, free. www.medinahomeandgardenshow.com.
• Interior design seminars, today and next Saturday, Pine Tree Barn, 4374 Shreve Road, Wooster Township. Leather: What, When, Where, Why and How, 10-11 a.m. today. Area Rugs: The Five Keys to Selecting the Right Rug for Your Room, 10-11 a.m. next Saturday. Walk-ins welcome for today’s program; reservations required for next Saturday’s program at 330-264-1014. Both programs free and include continental breakfast. www.pinetreebarn.com.
• Caring for Your Collections, Workshop I, 2-4 p.m. Tuesday, Shaker Historical Society, 16740 South Park Blvd., Shaker Heights. Members free, others $5. Registration: 216-921-1201 or wpetznick@shakershistory.org.
• Warm Up Akron meetings, 3:30 and 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Mogadore Branch Library, 144 S. Cleveland Ave. Members knit and crochet rectangles that are used to make afghans for needy people in the Akron area, and they’ll teach others the skills. 330-699-3252 or http://warmupakron.webs.com.
• Twinsburg Garden Club meeting, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Twinsburg Community Center, 10075 Ravenna Road. Program: Selecting the Best Vegetables for Your Garden by Rudy Moyer, Stark County master gardener. 330-697-7818, 216-310-7413 or www.twinsburg-garden-club.com.
• Gardening by Nature’s Calendar, 7 p.m. Thursday, Eastwood Preserve House, 4712 Streetsboro Road, Richfield Township. Presented by the Richfield Parks and Recreation Department in conjunction with the Summit County Master Gardeners. $5. Registration: 330-659-5818.
• Phytophthora Diseases of Trees, From White Oak Decline in Ohio to Sudden Oak Death in California, 7 p.m. Thursday, Reinberger Classroom, Holden Arboretum visitor center, 9500 Sperry Road, Kirtland. Talk by plant pathologist Pierluigi “Enrico” Bonello of Ohio State University. Part of the arboretum’s Scientist Lecture Series. Free, but registration is required at www.holdenarb.org/visit/speakers.asp or 440-602-3833.
• Cleveland Home + Remodeling Expo, Friday through March 16, Cleveland Convention Center, 300 Lakeside Ave. Vendor displays, room vignettes, Ultimate Garage, Outdoor Living Oasis. Appearances by Nicole Curtis of Rehab Addict, Friday and next Saturday; Ty Pennington, formerly of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, next Saturday; and Canadian television personality Ramsin Khachi, Friday and next Saturday. Show hours: noon to 9 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. next Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. March 16. Tickets $10 at the door or $8 in advance at www.homeandremodelingexpo.com, Discount Drug Mart stores or AAA locations. Seniors 65 and older, $8. Children 6 to 12, $5. Younger children, free. Military members and veterans with military ID admitted free next Saturday only.
• Rain Barrel Workshop, 10 a.m. next Saturday, Central Administration Building, 1755 Town Park Blvd., Green. Learn about the benefits of harvesting rain and watch a demonstration of a rain barrel installation. Free. Reservations: 330-896-5500.
• Early Spring Potting Workshop, 10 a.m. next Saturday, Graf Growers Garden Center, 1015 White Pond Drive, Copley Township. Create a porch pot filled with hellebores. Instruction and potting soil free; participants pay for materials. Registration: 330-836-2727 or karlie@grafgrowers.com.
• Gardening With Herbs, 1 p.m. next Saturday, Donzell’s Flower & Garden Center, 937 E. Waterloo Road, Akron. (11 a.m. session closed.) Program by Barb Oare of Quail Hollow Herb Society. Free, but reservations are requested at 330-724-0550, ext. 110. Details in the Events section of http://donzells-gales.com.
• Clara Wolcott Driscoll and the Tiffany Studios, 1 p.m. next Saturday, Seville Library, 45 N. Center St. Learn about the woman behind the famed Tiffany lamps. Free. Registration: 330-769-2852 or www.mcdl.info.
• Dormant Pruning Workshop, 8 a.m. to noon March 19, Secrest Arboretum, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, 1680 Madison Ave., Wooster Township. Workshop focuses on young trees and shrubs. $50. Class size limited. Mail-in registration form at http://secrest.osu.edu. Information: cochran.7@osu.edu or 330-464-2148.
• Breaking Ground! Growing a Family-Friendly Garden, 10 a.m. to noon March 22, lower level conference room, OSU Extension Medina office, 120 W. Washington St. $20. Details and mail-in registration form at http://medina.osu.edu (click on “Events”). Registration deadline is Friday.
Submit notices of classes, programs and events two weeks in advance to mbrecken@thebeaconjournal.com or Home and Garden News, Features Department, Akron Beacon Journal, P.O. Box 640, Akron, OH 44309-0640. Please include name and phone number. All events must be open to the public.
Mary Beth Breckenridge can be reached at 330-996-3756 or mbrecken@thebeaconjournal.com. You can also become a fan on Facebook at http://tinyurl.com/mbbreck, follow her on Twitter @MBBreckABJ and read her blog at www.ohio.com/blogs/mary-beth.