Fairy Garden Featured at May Plant Sale

           

In honor of beloved past garden club member, Jeanne Bondhus (1920-2009), the Des Fleurs Garden Club is installing a Fairy Garden at the Oxford Community Arts Center (OCAC).  Jeanne Bondhus was a mixed media artist, an avid gardener, and a Life Member of the Des Fleurs Garden Club who just happened to be enthralled with fairies and the gardens they inhabit.  Jeanne's playfully artistic nature was evidenced by her own beautiful garden on Chestnut Street in Oxford, and by the fairy houses and dolls she created and gifted to anyone who shared her interest. 

            Lee DeVore of Creative Works (leecreativeworks.com) has designed a fairy garden of miniature plants and fairy things that would make Jeanne proud.  Fairy ponds, an elf house, a secret log where fairies can store their treasures and white coral bells that only fairies can hear ring will be featured. The little garden will be a magical place within the Children's Garden at OCAC for all the children of Oxford to explore and will be featured in one of the Gardeneering Camp units held on Saturday mornings this summer.

            The Fairy Garden will be completed just in time for the Des Fleurs’ annual Plant Sale and Auction.  The sale, held on May 2 from 8 to 10 am in the North Parlor at OCAC will also include a live auction beginning at 10:30 am in the ballroom followed by a free luncheon.  Reservations for the luncheon are required and can be made by calling  Marilyn Johnson at 523-2971 by April 25.    The auction will feature container gardens, garden décor, unique and unusual plants, and fairy container gardens. 

            For additional  information about the plant sale and auction contact Debra Steger at 255-7857 or visit www.desfleurs.org. For additional information about OCAC's Gardneneering Camps contact the OCAC office at 524-8506, email andy@oxarts.org, or visit www.oxarts.org.  The Oxford Community Arts Center is located at 10 South College Avenue in Oxford, Ohio.