OAGC Gardeners’ Day Out
Ohio’s Most Beautiful Mile
Lakeside Chautauqua, August 17-20, 2023
For 150 years, Lakeside Chautauqua has welcomed families to the shores of Lake Erie to take part in an experience dedicated to nurturing mind, body and spirit. Lakeside is a historic community in northwest Ohio that offers an abundance of spiritual opportunities, educational lectures, cultural arts performances and recreational activities year-round for both families and groups of all sizes. For more information on the Lakeside community, check out their website at https://lakesideohio.com.
The itinerary for out Gardeners’ Day Out will include guided and self-guided tours of the gardens of Lakeside, gardening related programs, a keynote lecture by Doug Tallamy, music, the Northwestern Gladiolus Society Show and plenty of free time to enjoy all that Lakeside Chautauqua has to offer.
Hotel reservations may be made separately at the Hotel Lakeside online https://lakesideohio.com/stay/hotel-lakeside/ or by calling 419-798-4461 ext. 230. Use group code OAGC23 for room rate of $123.72/night (includes taxes)
One registration per registrant including children. No registrations accepted after July 25, 2023
NO REFUNDS AFTER JULY 26, 2023
Questions contact Jill Bader at tel. 513-417-2643 or email oagc2ndvp@gmail.com
Itinerary:
Thursday, August 17
10:30-11:30 Arrival at Lakeside Chautuaqua. Sign in and pick up Welcome Packet.
11:30-1:30 Lunch on your own
1:30-2:30 Get Growing! Presentation: “Garden Thrills at Cedar Point Amusement Park”
3:00-4:30Self-guided Garden Tour along Ohio’s Most Beautiful Mile
4:30-7:30 Free Time! Go swimming, eat ice cream, play shuffleboard, shop, explore, or relax on the lakefront deck.
4:30-5:30 Free Shuffleboard Lessons
7:30 Keynote speaker – Doug Tallamy at Hoover Auditorium
Tallamy is Professor and Chair of the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware and co-founder of Homegrown National Park. Chief among his research goals is to better understand the many ways insects interact with plants and how these interactions determine the diversity of animal communities.
Friday, August 18
8:30-10:00 Breakfast and Farmers’ Market
10:00- 11:00 Guided Tree Tour and/or Historical Society Focused Tour
11:00-12:45 Lunch on your own
12:45-1:45 Guided Tree Tour and/or Historical Society Focused Tour
2:15-3:15 Northwest Ohio Gladiolus Society Program
3:15-7:00 Free Time! Go swimming, eat ice cream, play shuffleboard, shop, explore, or relax on the lakefront deck.
4:30-5:30 Free Shuffleboard Lessons
7:30 BritBeat concert at Hoover Auditorium
Saturday, August 19
3:00-5:00 Northwestern Ohio Gladiolus Society Show at Wesley Lodge
7:30 Lonestar concert at Hoover Auditorium
Sunday, August 20
1:00-4:00 Northwestern Ohio Gladiolus Society Show at Wesley Lodge
