The Toledo Naturalists’ Association (TNA) is presenting "How Does Your Garden Grow?" June 27
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The garden tour features eight separate gardens including three in Waterville and four in the Bowling
Green area.
The featured gardens in Bowling Green include two in the Williamsburg on the River area and two within
the city limits.
Those gardens are:
• Chuck and Terri Anderson, 19800 Sugar Creek Road.  
Mowed trails through wooded and grassy areas lead to a bridge over a small vernal pool; easy chairs sit
in the shade of one of the four large willow trees overlooking a large pond. The gardens also feature
raised vegetable beds, beehives and live chickens.
The Anderson garden also features a wide variety of specialty gardens including roses, herbs and fairy
gardens.
The yard is a Certified Wildlife Habitat through the National  Wildlife Federation and also through the
ODNR.  
In 2013, the yard was on the PBS Scenic Stops for alternative energy and was part of the Ohio Green
Energy Solar Tour in 2010.  
People should park along the drive.
• Charlie Harper, 109 E Back Bay Road.
Harper is as an active member of the Black Swamp Hosta and Daylily Society and The American Hemerocallis
Society.  He is also an Emeritus Ohio Master Gardener. He is nationally known in daylily circles and has
been honored twice with having new daylilies named for him:  "Charlie Harper’s Bizarre" and
"My Friend Charlie."  As might be expected, daylilies and hostas take front stage in his
garden.
Harper was also instrumental in the design of the Hosta and Daylily Gardens at Simpson Garden Park. (See
below)
• Jeff and Becky Cullen, 1242 Conneaut Ave.
Numerous gardens include many native plants and berry-producing shrubs to feed the critters. A small
garden pond was built in 2002 specifically as a bird bath. There is a unique potting shed based on an
original WPA outhouse design from the 1930s.
The yard is Certified Wildlife Habitat through the National Wildlife Federation and a Monarch Waystation
through Monarch Watch. Earlier this year, the garden was featured in the Sentinel-Tribune’s spring Home
and Garden magazine.
People may park in the driveway or across the street at the Simpson Garden Park which is also on the
tour. (See below)
• Simpson Garden Park, 1291 Conneaut Ave. This public garden is a bonus stop on the tour with no ticket
required.  
Eight acres of park include two water features, Butterfly Garden, Healing Garden, Children’s Garden,
Japanese Peace Garden, Hosta Garden, and Daylily Garden.  The Native Plant and Wildlife Corridor is a
resource for gardeners who would like
to introduce natives into their own gardens;  they can see that native plants don’t look as
"weedy" as they may have thought.  
The Waterville gardens featured are:
• Phyllis Hyder, 425 Canal Rd., Waterville.  
Herbs are featured prominently in this garden, and a butterfly garden is a recent addition.  Garden
structures and accents include a potting shed, wrought iron and rusted iron obelisks and artwork, old
iron fence sections, a and a low stone wall around the butterfly garden.  
Parking is available on Canal Court and in Hyder’s driveway which is accessed on Canal Court.
• Nancy Bucher, 1138 Michigan Ave., Waterville.  
Bucher is the curator of horticulture at the Toledo Zoo, and her garden reflects her talents.  Nearly an
acre in size, this garden contains a large collection of plants including natives, woodland wildflowers
and a garden pond, pergola and hand-made trellis.
Parking is not allowed on Michigan Avenue, thus people should park along the west side of Cedar Lane or
in the old Kroger’s parking lot in Waterville Plaza
• Barb Frey, 372 S. River Road. Waterville.
Landscaping on this 1887 farmstead continues to be a work in progress.  Highlights include a fairy garden
and a unique garden which is a real bed planted with flowers – a true "flower bed."  
The Toledo garden features the home of Dr. Todd Crail and Erika Buri, 2348 Sherwood Ave.
 "Urban Homesteading" is the theme for this garden on a small city lot which includes more than
120 different species of native flowers, and an Oak Openings barrens garden, to name a few.
Parking is available across the street on Sherwood, as well as on a side street, Pineway.
Tickets are $15 and are now available at most area greenhouses and garden stores including the following
in Wood County: Bostdorff Greenhouse Acres, Klotz Floral and Garden Center, Black Diamond Nursery,
Perrysburg, North Branch Nursery, Pemberville, Wolf’s Blooms and Berries and also the participating
gardens.
See www.toledonaturalist.org for more details on the gardens.