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Welcome to The Historical Museum of Richfield in beautiful Summit County, Ohio! The Historical Museum of Richfield operates under the Richfield Historical Society.
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GARDEN TOUR AND PLANT SALE
Join us for the Richfield Historical Society Garden Tour and Plant Sale on Saturday, June 12 from 11:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M. Tickets are $10.00 to view 5 gardens, and are available at the Plant Sale site behind the Museum, 3907 Broadview Road in Richfield.
In place of the usual box lunch, we recommend several lunch spots in town: Olesia’s Taverne of Richfield (3960 Broadview Road, 234-400-0288), P.O.C Perogies (4131 W. Streetsboro Road, 330-659-4309), and Teschner’s Tavern (4252 Broadview Road, 330-659-9094).
Eat in or take out @ each spot. Picnic tables are available near the Plant Sale, and restrooms and water bottles will be handy.
The varied gardens include: The Gentleman’s Farm, An Ornamental Odyssey with Fallen Trees, The Stonegarden Farm Permaculture Plots, Spif’s Garden @ Richfield Heritage Preserve and the Oviatt House Stream Bank Garden of Trees featuring the Cucumber Tree.
Check out the Plant Sale! If you wish to donate labeled perennial plant divisions or house plant cuttings in waterproof containers bring them at 10:.00 A.M.. Call 330 659-6819 or 330 659-0336.
Century Homestead-a Gentleman’s Farm
This farm-style garden in town begins at the sidewalk. The various foundation plantings are tied to the sidewalk from the porch with a low box wood hedge punctuated by pineapple shapes-a symbol of welcome. Specimen plants abound in the beds and in pots.
A split rail fence surrounds the organic veggie patch with cold weather tunnels and raised beds. Raspberries, strawberries, and potatoes accompany a bed of dahlias in rich compost made on site.
Venturing further back you will find an orchard with an international theme: Russian plums, Asian pears, and Italian plums. You will notice a pawpaw and persimmon – a bow to native fruits. Berries flourish, carefully enclosed with wire fencing.
Stonegarden Farm with Permaculture Plots
Plots are nurtured by manure of the large and small animals in the barn and hutches. Free ranging chickens eat the insects. Kids layer in the freshly mowed grass and on occasion some wood chips are added. It is composting under the leaves of the plants.
Look for a collection of saws from the 1800’s, including an example of an up down saw similiar to what Mason Oviatt used at his lumbermill.
Two gardens are on opposite sides of the Richfield Heritage Preserve
Spif’s Garden is to the North and can be reached from the entrance just south of Giant Eagle on Broadview Road. Two parking areas are located a short hike away from Spif’s Garden. Just past The Amity House you see the Spif’s garden sign and you’ll enter next to it. The shady oval below lies next to the creek where it enters the Lake. This tributary flows into the East branch of the Rocky River. The natural gardens in the glen are surrounded by trees. A circle of flowers has a small stone monument- a memorial to Lisa Pruitt a young teen. You may spot a purple flower in bloom. Lisa loved purple and members of the troop still meet annually to plant and weed and recall their camping days
To the south west of the Preserve, enter off route 303 at Oviatt Road. The Oviatt House is listed on the National Freedom Network. Mason Oviatt’s story of the Underground Railroad draws us to the steam bank of Mason’s lumbermill. The trees here form the garden of sycamores, a relative of the magnolia tree, used for shingles, furniture and dugout canoes.
Most outstanding is the Cucumber Tree (Magnolia acuminata) which was used as floor boards in many of Richfield’s century homes.
The Odyssey of Ornamentals and Falling Trees
Woods are found on the edge of a glade forming a vista from the house along a gently sloping lawn. The entrance to the drive finds us swiveling our necks to see a Katsura tree and roses tucked under a pine tree. Our circuitous route will have you looking for two pre-historic trees - a Ginko biloba and a Metasequoia (Dawn Redwood). At the creek you’ll find jack-in-the pulpit. Sassafrass and varied Buckeyes complete the scene.
In place of the usual box lunch, we recommend several lunch spots in town: Olesia’s Taverne of Richfield (3960 Broadview Road, 234-400-0288), P.O.C Perogies (4131 W. Streetsboro Road, 330-659-4309), and Teschner’s Tavern (4252 Broadview Road, 330-659-9094).
Eat in or take out @ each spot. Picnic tables are available near the Plant Sale, and restrooms and water bottles will be handy.
The varied gardens include: The Gentleman’s Farm, An Ornamental Odyssey with Fallen Trees, The Stonegarden Farm Permaculture Plots, Spif’s Garden @ Richfield Heritage Preserve and the Oviatt House Stream Bank Garden of Trees featuring the Cucumber Tree.
Check out the Plant Sale! If you wish to donate labeled perennial plant divisions or house plant cuttings in waterproof containers bring them at 10:.00 A.M.. Call 330 659-6819 or 330 659-0336.
Century Homestead-a Gentleman’s Farm
This farm-style garden in town begins at the sidewalk. The various foundation plantings are tied to the sidewalk from the porch with a low box wood hedge punctuated by pineapple shapes-a symbol of welcome. Specimen plants abound in the beds and in pots.
A split rail fence surrounds the organic veggie patch with cold weather tunnels and raised beds. Raspberries, strawberries, and potatoes accompany a bed of dahlias in rich compost made on site.
Venturing further back you will find an orchard with an international theme: Russian plums, Asian pears, and Italian plums. You will notice a pawpaw and persimmon – a bow to native fruits. Berries flourish, carefully enclosed with wire fencing.
Stonegarden Farm with Permaculture Plots
Plots are nurtured by manure of the large and small animals in the barn and hutches. Free ranging chickens eat the insects. Kids layer in the freshly mowed grass and on occasion some wood chips are added. It is composting under the leaves of the plants.
Look for a collection of saws from the 1800’s, including an example of an up down saw similiar to what Mason Oviatt used at his lumbermill.
Two gardens are on opposite sides of the Richfield Heritage Preserve
Spif’s Garden is to the North and can be reached from the entrance just south of Giant Eagle on Broadview Road. Two parking areas are located a short hike away from Spif’s Garden. Just past The Amity House you see the Spif’s garden sign and you’ll enter next to it. The shady oval below lies next to the creek where it enters the Lake. This tributary flows into the East branch of the Rocky River. The natural gardens in the glen are surrounded by trees. A circle of flowers has a small stone monument- a memorial to Lisa Pruitt a young teen. You may spot a purple flower in bloom. Lisa loved purple and members of the troop still meet annually to plant and weed and recall their camping days
To the south west of the Preserve, enter off route 303 at Oviatt Road. The Oviatt House is listed on the National Freedom Network. Mason Oviatt’s story of the Underground Railroad draws us to the steam bank of Mason’s lumbermill. The trees here form the garden of sycamores, a relative of the magnolia tree, used for shingles, furniture and dugout canoes.
Most outstanding is the Cucumber Tree (Magnolia acuminata) which was used as floor boards in many of Richfield’s century homes.
The Odyssey of Ornamentals and Falling Trees
Woods are found on the edge of a glade forming a vista from the house along a gently sloping lawn. The entrance to the drive finds us swiveling our necks to see a Katsura tree and roses tucked under a pine tree. Our circuitous route will have you looking for two pre-historic trees - a Ginko biloba and a Metasequoia (Dawn Redwood). At the creek you’ll find jack-in-the pulpit. Sassafrass and varied Buckeyes complete the scene.
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