Sacred GroundsTM Toledo Rain Garden Open House

August 4, 2020

5PM – 8PM

For more information on rain gardens and planting natives visit https://www.raingardeninitiative.org/ https://wildonesoakopenings.org/ https://toledolakeerie.clearchoicescleanwater.org/

https://www.facebook.com/sacredgrounds/

Garden Location Map

Church in Toledo -Westside Community - 6109 W. Bancroft Street, Toledo, OH 43615

First Unitarian Church of Toledo - 3205 Glendale Ave, Toledo, OH 43614

Monroe Street United Methodist Church - 3613 Monroe Street, Toledo, Ohio 43606

Glass City Church of Christ (Virtual Option Only) - 901 Hoag Street, Toledo, OH 43607 Home of Hal & Ginny Mann (Virtual Option Only) – Perrysburg, OH

The virtual option for Glass City Church of Christ is a video tour available at https://www.tlcraingardeninitiative.org/sgt_aug_2020.html. A video tour of the Monroe Street United Methodist Church rain gardens is also included. The virtual option for the Mann gardens is a Zoom live-stream tour at 6:00 pm. (Zoom room will open at 5:45 pm.) Register to receive the secure link at https://nwf-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PproHTxMQlKXGIdV51KxwQ.

1

2

3

4

5

2

3

4 5 1

1

1

2

3

4

5

2

The Gardens Church in Toledo-Westside Community (CIT-WC)

Rain Garden Location: 6109 Bancroft, Toledo, OH 43615 (Parking Instructions: Parking lot is behind the church building, reached by a driveway just west of the church sign, which reads “Westside Community Church.”)

Date of Installation: July 2019

Size of Rain Garden: 150 SF +/-

Drainage Area of Rain Garden: 300 SF +/-

Purpose(s) of Rain Garden: Provide more attractive landscape at the church, attract pollinator insects with native plants, and improve quality of groundwater

Featured Native Plants: Stiff Goldenrod, Lanceleaf Coreopsis, Wild Bergamot, Foxglove Penstemon, Hairy Mountain Mint, Dotted Horsemint, Cardinal Flower, Little Blue-Stem

Additional Garden Information Other Types of Gardens (if applicable): Fern garden, redbud gardens, Indian pipe gardens, hazelnut & witch hazel garden, pollinator garden, prairie garden, woodland gardens

Combined Area of Native Plant Gardens: About an acre

Other Purposes and Special Features of Gardens: : (1) Attract native wildlife with food, shelter, and nesting sites, (2) Provide a pleasant and attractive environment for people to visit and walk through. Additional Native Plants Included: (list attached)

Notes: There are trails totaling about a mile past our gardens, through our woods, and around our prairie. To learn more or arrange a visit, contact Don Godfrey at Donald.Godfrey@utoledo.edu.

1

3

Plants in the Church in Toledo-Westside Community Nature Park and Grounds*

Trees

Shrubs

Vines

Wildflowers

American Arborvitae

Blueberry

Asian bittersweet

Aster - New England

Ash-White

Buttonbush

Black Raspberry

Blackeyed Susan

Aspen - Quaking

Coralberry

Blackberry

Blazing Star - Rough

Birch - River

Dogwood - Red Osier

Poison Ivy

Bloodroot

Catalpa - Northern

Elderberry - Red

Summer Grape

Blue Lobelia

Cherry - Black

Hazelnut

Virginia Creeper

Boneset

Chokecherry

Witchhazel

Browneyed Susan

Cottonwood

Cardinal Flower

Crabapple

Catnip

Dogwood - Flowering

Columbine

Dogwood - Gray

Coreopsis - Lanceleaf

Dogwood - Silky

Culver's Root

Eastern Redbud

Sedges

Ferns

Dogbane

Elm - American

Dotted Horsemint

Elm - Slippery

Common Spikerush

Christmas Fern

Fiddlesticks

Hawthorn - Bitmore

Sensitive Fern

Fleabane - Daisy

Holly - American

Golden Tickseed

Hophornbeam

Goldenrod - Canada

Katsura

Goldenrod - Stiff

Linden - American

Hoary Mountain Mint

Linden - Littleleaf

Horseweed

Maple - Amur

Ironplant

Maple - Box elder

Jack-in-the-Pulpit

Maple - Red

Saprophytes

Joe Pye Weed

Maple - Silver

Little Blue Stem Grass

Maple - Sugar

Indian Pipe

Mayapple

Mulberry - Red

Milkweed - Butterfly

Oak - Bur

Milkweed - Common

Oak - Pin

Milkweed - Swamp

Oak - Red

Nodding Wild Onion

Paw Paw

Partridge Pea

Pear - Callery

Penstemon - Smooth

Pine - Austrian

Non-native - Invasive

Rattlesnake Master

Pine - Eastern White

Robin's Plantain

Pussy Willow

Asian Bittersweet

Strawberry - Mock

Serviceberry

Autumn Olive tree

Strawberry - Wild

Spruce - Colorado

Buckthorn - Common

Trillium - Great White

Spruce - Norway

Buckthorn - Glossy

Violet - Common Blue

Sumac - Staghorn

Burdock

Virginia Mountain Mint

Sweetgum

Garlic Mustard

Wild Bergamot

Sycamore

Honeysuckle

Wild Geranium

Tuliptree

Multiflora Rose

Yarrow - Common (White)

Walnut - Black

Willow - Black

New plants 2020

Chokecherry

Coralberry

Golden Alexanders

Goldenrod - Bluestem

Iris - Blueflag

Revised 5/29/2020

Paw Paw

Spring Beauty

* - Click on plant name for plant information

Sunflower - Early

Virginia Bluebells

4

First Unitarian Church of Toledo

Rain Garden Location: 3205 Glendale Ave, Toledo, 43614 (Parking Instructions: A large parking lot is available off Glendale adjacent to and behind the church.)

Date of Installation: Late Summer 2018

Size of Rain Garden: 225 SF +/-

Drainage Area of Rain Garden: 12,366 SF +/-

Purpose(s) of Rain Garden: To collect rain run-off from the parking lot and to support pollinators with the native plants

Featured Native Plants: Right now (mid-July) the Wild Bergamot is beautiful and full of bees. Other plants will add color and interest as the season progresses.

Additional Garden Information Other Types of Gardens (if applicable): We have a butterfly garden at the end of our vegetable garden with mostly native plants. The garden along the sidewalk to the main entrance to the church has natives mixed in among the peonies and hostas.

Combined Area of Native Plant Gardens: In addition to the rain garden (225 SF with all natives), 207.6 SF with some natives and 130.6 SF with mostly natives.

Other Purposes and Special Features of Gardens: The rain garden is built around a storm drain to take up some of the run-off from the parking lot. We also have a mason bee house and a bat house on the church grounds.

Additional Native Plants Included: Ironweed, Boneset, Virginia Mountain Mint, New England Aster, Cardinal Flower, Turtlehead, Black Eyed Susan, Little Blue Stem, Swamp Milkweed, Dense Blazing Star, Foxglove Beardstongue, Obedient Plant, Cup Plant, and newly planted this year, Blue Flag Iris and Blue Lobelia.

Notes: We have planted a number of native trees over the past few years: Paw Paw, Button Bush, Red Osier Dogwood, Serviceberry, Black Chokecherry and Elderberry. To learn more or arrange a visit, contact Karen Porter at kporter414@aol.com.

2

5

Monroe Street United Methodist Church

Rain Garden Location: 3613 Monroe St, Toledo, OH 43606 (Parking Instructions: Park behind the church in the large parking lot with entrances off Rosedale Ave or South Cove Blvd and Evans St. A church member waiting on the sidewalk will direct you.)

Link to Virtual Option: Video Tour https://www.tlcraingardeninitiative.org/sgt_aug_2020.html

Date of Installation: Smaller Rain Garden – May 2007 (replanted in 2017) Larger Rain Garden – June to September 2018

Size of Rain Garden: Smaller Rain Garden – 330 SF Larger Rain Garden – 1200 SF

Drainage Area of Rain Garden: Smaller Rain Garden – 1000 SF (roof from 1 downspout) Larger Rain Garden – 3730 SF (roof from 3 downspouts)

Purpose(s) of Rain Gardens: The gardens capture stormwater from a large area of the church’s roof and part of the sidewalk, reducing the polluted runoff reaching the Ottawa River. Both gardens provide wildlife habitat and the larger, a safe place to explore and observe it away from the street. They also reduce the lawn!

Featured Native Plants: New England Aster, Swamp Milkweed, Virginia and Hoary Mountain Mint, Wild Bergamot, Tall Coreopsis, Great Blue Lobelia, Cardinal Flower, Blue Vervain, Culver’s Root, Jacob’s Ladder, Purple Coneflower, Black-Eyed Susan, Stiff Goldenrod, Dense Blazing Star, Butterfly Milkweed, Blue Flag Iris, Little Blue Stem Switch Grass, Fox Sedge

Additional Garden Information Other Types of Gardens: Community and Pollinator Garden

Combined Area of Native Plant Gardens: 1630 SF

Other Purposes and Special Features of Gardens: Community Garden with 25 raised beds provides space for neighbors to grow vegetables for their families and church members to grow fresh produce for The Bridge food pantry. Pollinator Garden shaped like a giant butterfly supports two hives of honey bees and lots of native pollinators for the vegetable garden. All gardens are used for education through Freedom School and other youth programs.

Additional Native Plants Included: Wild Columbine, Ohio Spiderwort, Lanceleaf Coreopsis, Foxglove Beardstongue, Sky Blue Aster, Grey-Headed Coneflower, Wild Geranium, Ironweed, Purple Love Grass, Prairie Dropseed

3

To learn more or arrange a visit, contact

Marilyn DuFour at dufourm@toledo.oh.gov.

6

Glass City Church of Christ

Rain Garden Location: 901 Hoag St, Toledo, OH 43607 Link to Virtual option: Video Tour https://www.tlcraingardeninitiative.org/sgt_aug_2020.html

Date of Installation: November 2018 and June 2019 Size of Rain Garden: 600 SF +/- Rain Garden Drainage Area: 2000 SF +/- Purpose of Garden: The garden collects rain water from three downspouts and a basement sump and minimizes street flooding while providing a pollinator habitat. Special Features: The garden beautifies the neighborhood and is designed to reduce continuous discharge from the sump pump and the areas needing to be mowed. Featured Native Plants: Blue Flag Iris, Foxglove Beardtongue, Purple Coneflower, Black-Eyed Susan, Great Blue Lobelia, Denise Blazingstar, Swamp Milkweed, Spotted Joe Pye, Red Osier Dogwood

4

7

Hal and Ginny Mann

Residential Rain Garden and Beyond

Rain Garden Location: Perrysburg, OH Date of Installation: August 2014 Link to Virtual Option: Live-stream Tour at 6:00 pm https://nwf-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PproHTxMQlKXGIdV51KxwQ

Size of Garden: Approximately 100 SF Rain Garden Drainage Area: driveway-935 SF Purpose of Garden: The garden filters rainwater and runoff from the driveway and manages stormwater from the same area. Featured Native Plants: Featured Native Plants: ever evolving but, Nodding Onion, Golden Alexanders, Dense Blazing Star, Blue Flag Iris, Obedient Plant, Swamp Milkweed, New England Aster, Wild Bergamot, Blue Vervain, Virginia Mountain Mint, Foxglove Beardtongue, Butterfly Milkweed Additional Garden Information Other Types of Gardens: A combined area of Native Plant Gardens; greater than 2,000 sq feet. Other Purposes and Special Features of Gardens: Converted the entire landscape to be in harmony with Caring for God’s Creation. Wildlife Habitat, Pollinator support, Biodiversity, experiment with different design concepts, native landscaping within suburban neighborhood of manicured lawns, propagate native plants to give away, eliminate all chemical usage, native gardening in shade and clay. Additional Native Plants Included: Over 100 different species, but some of special interest during this tour: Rattlesnake Master, Jacob’s Ladder, Wild Ginger, St. John’s Wort, Bluestem Goldenrod, Zig-zag Goldenrod, Large-leaf Aster, American Hydrangea, Doll’s Eyes, Common blue Violets, Gray-headed Coneflower, Little Bluestem, sedges. Notes: In 2012, started converting entire landscape to native plants.

5

8

Guest Gardener Spotlight

Hal Mann, Hal and Ginny Residential Rain Garden and Beyond

Hal makes his living as a day trader. He’s been a professional photographer,

realtor, mutual fund salesman, CPA, and partner and financial officer of a small

manufacturing company. Now, while working full time, he volunteers over 300 hours a year

to various conservation, church, and community programs. He is a Master Gardener and

Ohio Certified Volunteer Naturalist. In 2010 he started learning about native plants and

their benefits. In 2012 Hal decided to convert his home landscaping to all native plants and

has become a passionate advocate for using native plants, writing a blog about his

experience. He served on the Steering Committee of the Green Ribbon Initiative and was

president of the Wild Ones Oak Openings Region Chapter for six years. He is editor of their

monthly newsletter. Hal serves on the Stewardship committee of Black Swamp

Conservancy, and the Wild Ones National Monarch Butterfly Conservation Program. He is a

founding team member of the Sacred Grounds Toledo program and on the Toledo Catholic

Diocese Laudato Si’ Task Force. Hal lives with his wife, Ginny, in Perrysburg, Ohio.

9

Thank you for coming!

Don’t forget to like us on Facebook and visit us at

https://www.tlcraingardeninitiative.org/sacred -grounds.html for

additional information on Sacred GroundsTM Toledo and upcoming

workshop information.

Sacred Grounds Bringing Nature Home Webinar

Tuesday, August 18, 2020

6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

Been thinking about adding a wildlife garden to your outdoor space? Join

Sacred Grounds Toledo and the National Wildlife Federation for this webinar and

Q & A session to learn how. Discover the benefits of gardening with native

plants and the fundamentals of planning and preparing for a native plant garden

using whatever space you have available. The first 40 participants who

register for and attend the webinar will receive a plant voucher valued at

$50 to be used at Poppin Up Natives, a local native plant nursery.

Register for the webinar in advance at https://nwf-

org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_--aku4agSmuhzafCPgZASA. We look

forward to sharing an evening with you.