Go Green at the 19th Orchard
in Bloom
Candance Lasco
After the chill, the high
winds, the ice, I can’t think of a better way to embrace spring than to spend a
weekend at the annual Orchard in Bloom. In addition to fragrant blooms and well known
speakers, you will find gardening ideas, environmental tips, artists and
activities for the entire family. This year a farmer’s market with vendors from
Broad Ripple, Zionsville and
With an emphasis on going
“green,” exhibits will feature organic, recycling and green lifestyle choices.
From tickets to posters to napkins reuse, recycle, and reduce will be evident
throughout the event. Check out tips on how to make your garden environmentally
friendly. In preparation for the show, Orchard students also utilized the green
them. Fourth-graders fashioned coasters, garden totes, kneeling pads and plant
markers that incorporated a reused item while kindergarteners made a craft from
recycled crayon pieces.
The speaker line up this
year is exciting and varied. Sara Snow, the host of Get Fresh with Sara Snow
and Living
Fresh on the Discovery Health channel will lecture. Enhance your menu
by attending her demonstration on cooking with fresh produce at 10 a.m. Friday,
May 2.
Speaking on May 2 and 3rd is Joe Gardener, host of Fresh
From the Garden on the DIY network and GardenSMART on PBS. An exciting leader in
the field of gardening he has just published a new book entitled The
Green Gardener's Guide. Some of
you may remember his 2007 release, Over the Fence with joe gardener. The
syndicated
newspaper columnist of The Gardener Within, is sure to have numerous tips
to enhance your home garden. Learn more about him at www.joegardener.com
Expect Orchard in Bloom
favorites as well. No matter the size of your green space, you can find large
and small-scale landscaping ideas. Stroll the innovative creations by local
landscapers in the Garden Pavilions
Landscape tents. Microgardens is
likely to have imaginative scale garden choices that will fit in the smallest corner
of your yard. Rooms In Bloom will provide decorating concepts for patio and
garden and FloralScapes will showcase
floral designs inspired by Indianapolis Museum of Art paintings. For home or outdoors, try the Gardener’s Market or fine arts’ tent Making your landscape unique is easy if you pick
up a piece in the garden sculpture area.
The event would not be
possible without volunteers and sponsors. Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp, Advanced
Master Gardener and editor of Indiana Living Green, a new magazine devoted to
living in harmony with the Environment is this year’s honorary chair. Sharp
also is director of the Garden Writers Association and co-author of the Indiana
Gardener’s Guide. Sponsored by the National Bank of
In addition to the main
event, a special preview party, Before the Bloom, will be held from 6-8:30 p.m.
May 1, at
Orchard in Bloom event
times are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 2-3 and noon to 5 p.m. May 4. Admission is $10 in advance, $12 day of event,
and discounts are available for groups of 10 or more. Advance tickets are
available at all central Indiana Marsh Supermarkets, all National Bank of
Free parking and a shuttle service
will be available at Second Presbyterian Church,
For more information, call Ginger
Bienvenour at (317) 257-6279 or
visit www.orchardinbloom.org
<http://www.orchardinbloom.org/
as well as for podcasts featuring green
gardening tips.