Iridescent pink flowers. Dwarf alpine form.  This is a great succulent groundcover for rock gardens or for slopes. It takes heat well and needs very little water to keep looking good.  Delosperma cooperi needs full sun and a deep, well-drained soil mix.

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July has been hot, so for July and August  we have suspended Gardening with Friends on Monday evenings. But be prepared to help out on September 7th and 21st because there will be lots of planting to do. Join us from 6:30 -8:30 for companion planting and treats.
  
The Fourth of July was a special evening for Darlene and Phil Guitzwiller and their friends. Dinner was donated by Country Boys Southern Bar-be-que in Cashmere and by Bonnie Orr and Sally Brawley. It was a perfect evening of great food, views, fireworks and friendship.  Wouldn't you like to  be the lucky ones on July 4, 2010?  We are already selling tickets for the raffle.  This year's raffle will raise money for the lighting system in the Gardens and parking lots. We plan to have solar system designed because we want the Gardens to remain as green as can be!.  Buy tickets at the Gardens or the concerts or other Garden events.
 
The next Friends event  is  Stargazing, coordinated by the knowledgeable volunteers from the Apple Valley Astronomy Club, who will bring their large telescopes.  Come join us on August 15th.  It is fun for the whole family. Be there on Saturday night no later than 9:00 P.M. Bring flashlights and binoculars.  We will be looking at planets, the space station and dozens of shooting stars.  Admission is $3.
 
During the last month of summer vacation, kids love new activities, and we have something special to offer.  Read below about the special art classes offered each Tuesday and Wednesday in August. The creative teachers have designed original art classes that encompass the natural world.
 
The Friends are pleased to announce another grant from ALCOA to help the Gardens with various projects.  Thank you ALCOA Action Workers for your help getting the Gardens ready in April.
 
The preparations for the handicapped access road and parking are underway. We are so pleased to have the help of the Central Lions of Wenatchee, and other generous donors. When the project is completed, we will have a grand opening and ribbon cutting. 
 
This project will provide people with limited mobility access to the Lower Lawn, the waterfall and pool to be built later this season, and to Sylvan Pool as well  as to the vistas of the Columbia River and  Cascade mountains.
 
Are you interested in becoming a Friend?  We are looking for new Board Members who want to share some time and talents to enhance Ohme Gardens. Call the Friends' Society President, Bonnie Orr, to open a friendly conversation of how you can impact the Gardens 884-5069.

 

Enjoy the magic of Shakespeare during a special presentation of The Comedy of Errors by the Short Shakespeareans at 7 p.m. on the entrance lawn of beautiful Ohme Gardens. The entrance lawn is accessible to those who have limited mobility.  Ohme Gardens is offering a special discounted entrance fee of $3 for this evening performance. In it's 31st year under the direction of founder and director Sherry Chastain Schreck, the children's acting troupe will perform several scenes from this fast-moving farce. Full of sight gags and hilarious mix-ups, the play opens with a seafaring accident in the Adriatic sea in which two sets of twins are separated as infants, each with one parent. One parent, one noble son, and one servant end up in Ephesus; the other threesome in Syracuse. Many years later, the identical twins and their parents are thrown together in Ephesus! Master and Servant keep meeting the other Master and Servant in total confusion! A colorful comedy for children and adults!

3327 Ohme Road
Wenatchee, Washington 98801
OHME GARDENS
509-662-5785