GCMGA Projects
Purple People Bridge - The GCMGA Signature Project
The GCMGA’s Purple People Bridge Landscape Team designs, installs and maintains gardens all along this pedestrian bridge, its approach ramps, and south plaza area. Each year garden groups and businesses are invited to participate in a planting contest on the Bridge Deck. Master Gardeners are working on the Bridge every week throughout the growing season. Spring planting and preparation is normally done in March, summer planting in May. Fall touches are added in September and all the gardens are put to bed for the winter in November. There are always opportunities for more Master Gardeners to join in the fun at the Bridge!
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Civic Garden Center
Address:
2715 Reading Road
Cincinnati, OH 45206
Contact:
Jan Simms, Volunteer Coordinator
(513) 221-0981
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Opportunities include: Teaching horticultural classes, planting and maintaining gardens (the Wednesday Dirt Crew), Horticulture Hotline (in cooperation with OSU Extension), Library management, Plant/Herb/Hosta Sale and other special events.
Campbell County Extension Lakeside Commons Gardens
Address:
3500 Alexandria Pike
Highland Heights, KY 41076
Contact:
David Koester, Doris Meece or Terri Turner
(859) 572-2600
Plant maintain and help with all aspects of these extensive gardens surrounding the Campbell County Extension offices.
Boone County Arboretum at Central Park
Address
Camp Ernst Road
Union, KY 41091
Contact:
Kristopher Stone
(859) 384-4999
and
Friends of Boone County Arboretum
Contact:
CLaura Kline
(859) 586-6101
Master Gardeners can assist with caring for highlight garden areas such as the butterfly garden or children’s garden, working with events and tours, as well as helping label and otherwise maintain nearly 3000 trees and shrubs in the 121 acre Arboretum. “Dig in the dirt” volunteer work days are scheduled spring through fall, the Adopt-A-Plot program has an open schedule, and other opportunities can be arranged.
Baker Hunt Foundation
Address:
620 Greenup Street
Covington, KY 41011
Contact:
Bud Thurman
Master Gardeners have revived and extended the gardens at this cultural foundation devoted to the arts. W.O.R.M.S. (children) and B.U.G.S. (senior adults) programs combine teaching good gardening practices to these special needs groups and link directly to art classes offered at Baker Hunt.
American Compost Society
Address:
223 Kearney Street
Cincinnati, OH 45216
Contact:
John Duke, President and Master Composter
(513) 821-9163
The mission of this group is to promote composting in the Greater Cincinnati community through demonstration and education programs as a way to promote good gardening practices and to improve the environment.
