Participants browse the tradeshow at the 20th Annual Southwest Ohio Perennial School in 2014, pictured above. This year’s event will be held April 9 at the Clermont County Fairgrounds’ 4-H Hall. Registration is open. Please visit clermont.osu.edu to download a registration form or call 732-7070 for more information.
Ohio State University Extension Clermont County will host the 21st Annual Southwest Ohio Perennial School on April 9 at 8 a.m. at the Clermont County Fairground’s 4-H Hall, 1000 Locust Street, Owensville.

The event will feature educational presentations with a tradeshow, staffed by regional vendors and gardening organizations.

Presentations include “Perennials for Pollinators” by Denise Ellsworth of OSU Extension; “Ponds and Aquatic Plants” by Eugene Braig of OSU Extension; “Ash Tree Replacements for Southwest Ohio” by Wendi Van Buren of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources; and “Perennial Garden: Rhubarb and Asparagus” by Gigi Neal of OSU Extension.

Visit http://clermont.osu.edu/program-areas/agriculture-and-natural-resources/sw-ohio-perennial-school to download a registration form.

Registration is $40 on or before March 31; registration will be $45 after March 31.

Fee includes program, continental breakfast, buffet lunch, refreshments, handouts and door prize tickets.

Clermont Extension is a non-formal education branch of OSU.

The office merges needs of local citizens with OSU’s research through four focus areas: Family & Consumer Sciences, 4-H Youth Development, Agriculture & Natural Resources and Community Development.

Call 513-732-7070 for more information.