Bob Donaldson, Post-GazetteBob and Gerri Pletcher's ponds and garden at their Nevillewood home will be featured on the HGTV program "Look What I Did" next month.
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You saw it in our pages first. About a year ago, we featured the water gardens of Bob and Gerri Pletcher of Nevillewood, who tend three 20,000-gallon ponds built by Jeff Blunkosky of Pittsburgh Stone and Waterscapes. HGTV will feature the property on "Look What I Did," airing at 6 p.m. July 2.
Is your pond tour-worthy?
North Hills Water Gardens is in search of ponds to be featured on its Tour de Ponds on July 28. If you have a water garden in the South Hills, North Hills or Monroeville area that you think might be worthy, call Samantha at 412-821-6525.
Ellwood City gardens
Today's self-guided Ellwood City Garden Tour features five gardens, open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tickets, $10, can be purchased at the Ellwood City History Center, 310 Fifth St.
Homewood Cemetery party
The Homewood Cemetery Community Garden will celebrate its 30th anniversary with a party at 3 p.m. today. All former gardeners are invited to attend.
The garden, which was started in 1978, is a joint effort of the Pittsburgh Neighborhood Alliance, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, City of Pittsburgh and Regent Square Neighborhoods. The cemetery allows the land to be gardened. Today there are 87 individual plots.
Daylily show
The Pittsburgh Iris and Daylily Society will hold its annual Daylily Show from 1 to 6 p.m. July 14 at the Washington Crown Center Mall in Washington, Pa. Plant sales begin at 10 a.m. and continue until supplies run out. The show is free and open to the public. Members are well as nonmembers are welcome to enter plants in the competition. For more information, call 724-941-8101.
Edible flowers
The seventh annual Edible Flowers Food Fest will begin at 7 p.m. July 17 at the Buffalo Inn in South Park. Menu items include roasted red pepper soup with nasturtiums and thyme, chicken glazed with rose hip jam, pork on a rosemary kebab with orange sauce, roasted vegetables with lavender sea salt, lavender biscotti and rose petal ice cream.
The event is sponsored by Allegheny County Parks, and proceeds benefit parks programs.
The cost is $10 at the door, cash or check only. Pre-registration is required by calling 412-835-2112. Leave your name (spell if it's an unusual name), daytime telephone number and the number of guests. Or e-mail the same information to gardens@county.allegheny.pa.us. Put "Edible Flowers" in the subject line.
2 Garden Grooves will still go on
Phipps' Garden Groove -- a chance to eat and drink amid greenery and Chihuly glass at the conservatory -- was canceled Thursday. But grooves planned for July 26 and Aug. 23 are still scheduled and tickets purchased for the June 21 event can be used then.
From 6 to 10 p.m., guests will enjoy live music, three drinks, food from several restaurants, a silent auction, chocolate sampling and two of glass artist Dale Chihuly's sculptures in the conservatory's outdoor garden in Oakland. A limited number of discounted tickets will be available to see the entire Chihuly exhibit that night. The event takes place rain or shine.
Tickets, $20, can be purchased online at tickets.conservatory.org. Information: 412-622-6915, ext. 6803.
First Published: June 22, 2007, 9:30 p.m.
