ThisWeek CW 04/17/2014

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With spring in full swing, community gardens and Easter events are on the agenda in Groveport and Canal Winchester.

Three Easter egg hunts are scheduled for Saturday, April 19. All are free and open to the public.

* Groveport Zion Lutheran Church, 6014 Groveport Road, will host its annual egg hunt at 1 p.m.

* Canal Winchester’s National Barber Museum will host its third annual egg hunt at 10 a.m. in Stradley Park, next to the municipal building at 36 S. High St. The hunt will include 120 decorated hard-boiled eggs with special prizes in each age group.

The age groups are: 4 and younger, 5 to 8, and 9 to 12. The event will be held, rain or shine.

* Madison Township Firefighters Local 2507 will host its egg hunt at 10 a.m. at Brobst Park, 5355 Winchester Pike, for children age 10 and younger.

Both cities are also making garden plots available to local “green thumbs.”

Canal Winchester’s community garden program is now accepting applications for its 55 available plots. Each measures 10-feet by 20-feet. All plots are free to residents and given out on a first-come, first-served basis. Plot assignments will be made April 30.

The Canal Winchester Rotary Club has partnered with the city and will till the gardens prior to plot assignments to make planting easy. The community garden is located in Emma’s Meadow, the green space behind the former Bolenbaugh Hardware building.

More information is available by calling Diane Mays at 614-837-7501.

She can also be contacted by email at dmays@canalwinchesterohio.gov.

Groveport also is now accepting applications for its community garden, located in Heritage Park. The 10-foot by 10-foot plots cost $10 per year and are available first to Groveport residents, then to non-residents.

For information, call the Groveport Recreation Center at 614-836-1000 or visit groveportrec.com/community-garden.