Columbus Dispatch Fall Home & Garden Show 2018

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Ohio Expo Center

Ohio Expo Center Natural Resources Park

Bricker Building

11-6 p.m. daily

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Tracy DiSabato-Aust Gardening Author Saturday, 2 p.m.

Kevin O’Connor This Old House Sunday, 1:30 & 4 p.m.

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Welcome to the 2018 Dispatch Fall Home & Garden Show

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Each day of the Home & Garden Show is loosely bound by a theme, but rest assured you’ll find everything you need to make your next project go smoothly, whether you’re remodeling, renovating, replanting, rebricking, repaving or refurbishing, and whether you’re doing it yourself or need a craftsman to handle it all.

SHOW-ONLY SPECIALS The stars of the show, as always, are the 150-plus local, regional and national exhibitors bringing their knowledge to Columbus. They’re all listed in this show program so you can easily circle who you’d like to chat with. Even better, many of the businesses at the show come bearing exclusive offers and discounts to help stretch your budget that much further.

Every year at the Dispatch’s spring Home & Garden Show, most visitors say the dozen full-size gardens are their favorite attraction. So, the Dispatch Shows crew figured, why not bring gardens into the fall show mix, too?

The result is three full-size gardens that all have one thing in common: unexpected fall color. Come see how Landscape Design Solutions, Riepenhoff Landscape and Wood Landscaping will prove

that the colors of fall can go beyond the oranges, reds and yellows of fallen leaves.

And if you have gardening questions, stop by the booth staffed by the Ohio State University Extension — they’re wizards with anything green.

Maybe they’ll help you out with techniques for planting bulbs that will be ready come spring. Perfect — for the third straight year, the Berbee Bulb Co. will be selling spring flowering bulbs at wholesale prices.

PRIZES AND TASTINGS Feeling lucky? Grab an instant-win ticket when you come through the doors. Up for grabs are prizes ranging from Scotts MiracleGro gardening gloves to passes to the Columbus Zoo & Aquarium to tickets to the Sept. 8 Ohio StateRutgers game.

Friday, Sept. 7, at the Fall Home & Garden Show is Blue Ribbon-Winning Food Day. Throughout the day, 10 chefs, bakers and every day folks who took home top

prizes from the recent Ohio State Fair will have samples of their winning dishes — and show you how to make them, too. Among the yummy winners you can taste for yourself at the show are pies and — just in time for tailgating — chili.

Get there early. The first 500 through the doors will receive a free packet of spring flowering bulbs, courtesy of Unique Home Solutions.

Greenthumbs get their day in the sun (and plenty of shade, too) on Saturday, Sept.

8 — Gardening Lovers Day at the show.

There will be special gardening themed programming throughout the day on the Simple Bath and Simple Kitchen Home Stage, including a presentation by garden author Tracy DiSabato-Aust.

BACKYARD GARDENS At 3:30 p.m. that day, DiSabato-Aust will help announce the winners of the Fall Home & Garden Show’s inaugural Dispatch Backyard Garden Awards. More than 200 amateur gardeners submitted entries to the contest in a variety of categories.

Saturday will also feature a make-and-take workshop conducted by Berbee, where the first 50 to sign up at the stage can plant a six-inch pot with spring bulbs using the “lasagna” method of layering.

Not a gardener? Not a problem.

How about a behind-thescenes look at HGTV’s popular “House Hunters” program through the eyes of some central Ohioans who appeared on the program, including ABC 6/Fox 28’s Cameron Fontana and Alissa Henry?

If you happen to be looking for a pet to enrich your life, stop by the Furry Friends Adoption Zone presented by The Ohio State University

Veterinary Medical Center all day Saturday at the show. The Franklin County Dog Shelter, Columbus Humane and Colony Cats will all be bringing buddies to warm your heart.

And if you’ve ever wondered how dogs become guide dogs, folks from Pilot Dogs will take the stage for a hands-on demonstration.

Rounding the weekend out will be a day with activities especially for kids on Sunday, Sept. 9.

Be there for animals from the Columbus Zoo & Aquarium; Maxx, LEGOLAND Discovery Center Columbus’ Master Model Builder; Dr. Insecta and his creepy-crawly friends; and more fun, including face-painting, balloon animals, reptiles and more throughout the day.

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As if having experts who can help you with any home project under the sun … beautiful, ornate gardens you can walk through … and helpful demos galore weren’t enough, the folks behind the Dispatch Fall Home & Garden Show have gone and done it.

They really did it this time.

They scheduled the show for Sept. 7-9 — the same weekend as Oktoberfest.

Which means there’s copious amounts of Bavarian beer to be had. And food. And music. All just steps away when both events converge for what is sure to be a memorable weekend at the Ohio State Fairgrounds.

“Our thinking is this can now be an all-day, all-night affair for our loyal patrons,” said Dispatch Shows General Manager Stephen Zonars.

“Come to the Fall Home & Garden Show earlier in the day to gather ideas and chat with the many experts and pros who will be on hand, then walk over or take our complimentary shuttle over to Oktoberfest to cap off your evening.”

Admission to Oktoberfest, after all, is free once you’ve paid to park at the Fairgrounds. Further, you can park free on Friday, Sept. 7, until 3 p.m. with the coupon available at DispatchHomeAndGardenShow.com.

Tickets to the Dispatch Fall Home & Garden Show, presented by Ohio Mulch and Rosati Windows, are just $5, but you can pick up a coupon good for free admission at central Ohio Lowe’s or Ohio Mulch locations. Admission is free for young show-goers who are 17 and under. Admission is also free for military and first responders who show a valid ID at the door, courtesy of JSB Home Solutions.

CELEBRITY GUESTS And at 1:30 p.m. and 4 p.m., the Fall Home & Garden Show welcomes Kevin O’Connor, host of PBS’s “This Old House” to the stage for a pair of appearances, courtesy of media sponsor WOSU. He’ll answer questions about renovating old homes and have a meetand-greet following his 1:30 p.m. show.

More information about many of the features you’ll find at this year’s fall show — including a complete stage schedule — can be found throughout this program.

Visit DispatchHomeAnd GardenShow.com for updates, and follow along on social media, including at facebook. com/DispatchHGShow, and @ DispatchHGShow on Twitter.

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‘This Old House’ host talks about breaking into the biz Kevin O’Connor, the host of the “This Old House” on PBS, talks about how the longest-running home-improvement show on TV differs from other home shows.

See him Sunday at 1:30 and 4 p.m., at the Dispatch Fall Home & Garden Show.

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By Jim Weiker Dispatch Media Group Kevin O’Connor was a banker in 2002 when he and his wife, Kathleen, reached out to “This Old House” to see whether the PBS home-improvement show could help the couple renovate their Victorian home outside Boston.

The next thing he knew, O’Connor was asked to host the show and its spinoff, “Ask This Old House.”

Fifteen years later, he’s still hosting the shows.

O’Connor, 50, spoke with The Dispatch about his unlikely career shift and about the longest-running home show on television in anticipation of his appearances this Sunday at the Columbus Dispatch Fall Home & Garden Show.

Q: You came to “This Old House” in an unusual way. What was your reaction to the offer and did you immediately want to host the show when asked?

A: It came completely out of the blue. ... When they called, they didn’t say ‘host.’ They just said they wanted me to help out on the show. It was stunning. I didn’t know what I could do, how I could help these guys who had been doing this 20 years.

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Q: How much did you know about the show?

A: I grew up watching it, from a young kid growing up outside Boston.

I joke that I was the guy in off-campus housing to grab the remote to turn the sports off and turn it to “This Old

House.” To me it was voyeurism watching craftspeople dig around old houses, but also as someone who liked to work with tools, it was a tutorial. ...

I was absorbing and learning, and the show clearly influenced my wife’s and my decision to pick a complete wreck, with no functioning kitchen, no functioning bathrooms, to buy.

Q: You seem very natural on the show. Did it come easily?

A: It did come relatively easy for two reasons. First, the people I joined ... are exceptional people, not just talented, but very kind and open, and teachers by nature, so they literally on day one took a complete stranger, the new guy, and welcomed me with open arms.

I’m not the expert on the show. I’m essentially the voice of the audience, asking questions about what they’re doing. I was fixing up a house and all of a sudden I got to hang around with the best house fixer-uppers in the business. That made it very easy for me.

Q: You’ve now been at “This Old House” 15 years. How has the landscape of home-improvement TV changed over that time?

A: On the one hand, the proliferation of home-improvement shows has been good, the public interest in homes has increased. ... That sort of general push has been good for us. …

If there’s a negative it’s because they can cause confusion; 90 percent of the time they’re not about the house, they’re about drama, about flipping, about making money, about whether to sell. The house just happens to be the stage for that. There are very few shows that create a narrative using real contractors, people who do nothing but this for a living. ... We do that and we’ve been doing that since 1979 and we will continue to do it.

Q: You’ve worked on dozens of projects. Are any especially memo-

rable or do you have any favorites?

A: As for most memorable, there was the renovation we did in Detroit.

The story there was a home abandoned from the 1930s era, repossessed from the owner and bank and part of the city’s housing stock.

I had not seen that level of housing devastation anywhere, even after seeing damage from (hurricanes) Sandy

and Katrina. That was the low point.

The high point was when we landed in Detroit we were overwhelmed by people begging to assist us. … There was such pride among the people who stayed.

As for favorites, it would have to be the Carlisle, Massachusetts, project we did for our 25th anniversary. It was really three projects, a Greek Revival

AT THE SHOW: COMPANY SPOTLIGHT

Southern Kitchen: Curated recipes, stories and goods from down South

farmhouse, an old giant barn and between the two a connecting L-shaped building we had to tear down and rebuild. It was a renovation, re-use and rebuild all in one. ...

It was different because of the scope. We spent the entire season on it. ... It was also different because we almost always work with homeowners and in this case, “This Old House” purchased the property and turned it into a showcase for the local PBS station to do home tours.

Q: That was a novel approach for “This Old House.” Do you anticipate any other changes in the format?

A: Not really. It’s a time-tested formula that works well for us. … We follow real homeowners and what they do.

Q: What will you talk about during your Columbus appearance?

A: I’m going to be there before the premiere of the current season, the second week in October, so I’ll be sharing a sneak peak of the two projects this season. (The first is) a beautiful cottage in Jamestown, R.I, where the homeowner is also the architect. His goal is to make this 100-year-old house a net-zero home, producing as much energy as it consumes.

I’ll talk about that project, and share stories, photos and anecdotes about the second project, a midcentury modern house, built in 1957, in Brookline, Mass. We don’t get to do those a lot.

In their shop at the show, you’ll find high-quality, tested kitchenware from both regional makers and well-loved national brands. “We never sell anything we wouldn’t bring into our own homes, and, in fact, you’ll find many of our products on our kitchen shelves, on our stoves and in our pantries,”

said Jaros.

“And in our test kitchen, you’ll find our chefs cooking up recipes for every level of home cook and eater. We’ll hold your hand through your first batch of fried chicken, help you make a perfect pie crust, and also solve that ever-present weeknight question: What’s for dinner?,” he said.

Whether you’re Southern by birth, by transplant, or you simply want to revel in the spirit of the region, Southern Kitchen is for you. There’s no resisting that magnetic pull to the kitchen, so let’s all gather around the counter and cook up something special together, Southern-style. Visit Southern Kitchen in booth # 106, 108, 110.

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Launched in 2017, Southern Kitchen’s digital publishing and e-commerce platform delivers the top notch information, stories and products related to eating, drinking and entertaining with a Southern flair. They are bringing their lifestyle products and flair straight from their kitchen headquarters in Atlanta to the Dispatch Home & Garden Show for the first time.

“We created Southern Kitchen to share the stories, recipes and heritage of Southern food and culture in today’s South,” said Derick Jaros, Southern Kitchen’s publisher and general manager. “The South praises locally-made, rejoices in diversity and revels in finding the perfect balance of traditional and modern.”

“After all, everything Southern has a story, and many of those stories take place around the kitchen – whether that’s the actual kitchen, the porch kitchen or the backyard kitchen.”

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AT THE SHOW: fall gardens

Cool-weather gardens pop with color

By Jarrod Ulrey Dispatch Media Group

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Just because the weather is getting colder doesn’t mean that the color people love seeing in their gardens has to disappear.

At this year’s Dispatch Fall Home & Garden Show held Sept. 7-9 in the Ohio Expo Center, a group of local landscape companies will do their best to back up that assertion.

Among those planning to have booths at the event that will display gardens are Landscape Design Solutions located in Dublin and Wood Landscape Services and Riepenhoff Landscape, which are both in Hilliard.

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WOOD LANDSCAPE SERVICES

Tom Wood, who founded the company in 1990 to specialize in landscape design, maintenance and installation, has participated in the spring Home & Garden show for more than two decades and previously had a garden segment on local television for several years as well.

Located on Scioto Darby Road, Wood Landscaping has about 35 employees and attempts to provide “high-end residential work” according to its owner.

“We’re going to look at some of the materials that are either excess materials or materials that are reclaimed,” Wood said. “The focus is on fall color, what comes alive with perennials and shrubs and annuals and try to give that final spark of color before we go into the winter months. Fall colors tend to be a little bolder, not pastel or muted, and they tend to be bright colors. White is kind of a staple color, so we’ll try to have a nice flower show certainly with some garden mums that have darker color tone. You think of orange, yellows, reds and bronze, colors that tend to be the fall backdrop of color.”

According to Tina Castorano, who put together Wood Landscaping’s display at the Home & Garden Show,

having a mix of colors is essential in accentuating what can be achieved during the fall.

“I’m going to grab something to show fall colors, try to combine purples and golds in front of green,” Castorano said. “I do like the art element and that when I plant trees, I know they’re going to be there for the long haul.”

Meet the Designer Tina Castorano, Wood Landscaping Castorano has about three decades of experience in the business and is a certified nursery technician.

A 1982 Chesterland West Geauga graduate who attended Columbus College of Art & Design, Castorano is someone Wood calls a “really talented designer and very creative.”

Castorano has worked on gardens where entertaining residentially was the primary aspect but also has experience growing herb gardens.

“Part of the extension of the garden is the seasonality of change,” Castorano said. “The fact I get to plant things that are changing every week, every month of the garden throughout the whole year and not just through the summer months but winter as well, that’s what brings the joy.

With fall color, we want to layer white branches behind green evergreens to make the garden visually interesting throughout the whole year.”

RIEPENHOFF LANDSCAPE

For nearly a decade, Riepenhoff Landscape has participated in the Fall Home & Garden Show, but the company has been around for more than 40 years.

Originally started by John Riepenhoff in 1974, he ran the business until passing away in 2000.

Ellen Gallucci Purcell, who had been an employee, and her husband, Steve Purcell, bought the company in

2001 but didn’t change the company name.

Riepenhoff, located on Scioto Darby Creek in Hilliard, specializes in high-end residential design.

“The whole idea is that people are interested in color,” Gallucci Purcell said. “What most people want is a relaxing environment with lots of color and that there’s always something to look at because people enjoy being outside. It’s a break from society and all the hustle and bustle of work.

Everyone wants outdoor construction and an outdoor environment.”

According to designer Nicholas Besser III, designing a display for the Home & Garden Show that could work throughout the year is important.

“All of our designs, whether or not it’s for a landscape, we’d like to have seasonality of color and interest for all 12 months of the year,” Besser said.

“Maybe we’ll find some things that might be of interest for the winter, too. Fall and spring are probably the two easiest to show color. There’s a lot of foliage and nice reds in the fall, but there’s also perennials, Black-eyed Susans and asters, plants where you have caramel colors and a lot of rusty reds. You put all the right ingredients together and you’ll have a nice composition.”

Meet the Designer Nicholas Besser III, Riepenhoff Landscape Born in Toledo but raised in Western Pennsylvania, Besser is a landscape architect who has known the field he wanted to be involved in since he was a junior at Hermitage Hickory High School before graduating in the late ’70s. A graduate of West Virginia University, Besser has worked for Riepenhoff for 16 years.

“Most of what we do from a landscape end is for private residences,” Besser said. “Historically we’ve done some nice things that were publicly

visible, but we’ve sort of evolved into a residential landscape contractor.

That’s where you have the fun and get to be creative. From my end, that’s where people care about the work. We want to do the job right, whether it’s a little job or a big one.”

LANDSCAPE DESIGN SOLUTIONS

Because central Ohio is located in what Landscape Design Solutions owner Jacob Basnett calls “a weird plant zone,” the display his company plans to showcase at the Home & Garden Show will be practical in nature.

Among his messages will be that people don’t have to spend several days per week working on their garden to make it successful.

“I’m planning on building the garden so people can see plant material that they can get at local nurseries,” Basnett said. “Fall is not only the best time to do planting, but there are fall color plants and it’s seasonal. They want something of interest throughout the year, including the winter when you put in evergreens and unique specimen plants, ornamental evergreens that are propagated to go a certain way and certain sizes. I live in the Lithopolis area where the good garden bees have taken a decline but farmers need them to pollinate their fruit. A lot of what I’m gearing mine around are plant materials for a pollinator. It’s really going to be geared toward seasonal plants. There are a lot of people whose favorite time of year is the fall and they want to have really fun fall colors.”

Meet the Designer Jacob Basnett, Landscape Design Solutions Basnett teamed with Jeff Smith and Charlie Vickers to found Landscape Design Solutions in 2010.

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Wholesale prices on spring flowering bulbs If the third time’s a charm, then this year is it.

Once again the Dispatch Fall Home & Garden Show is partnering with the Leo Berbee Bulb Co. and Dutch Mill Greenhouse, wholesalers of flowering bulbs.

Only at the show can you buy direct from the wholesaler and cut out the middleman, instead of paying retail prices. Berbee is bringing a wide selection of bulbs, shipped directly to their facility in Marysville Ohio straight from Holland. You will find tulips, daffodils, hyacinths and crocuses in assorted colors. Come early while the selection is best.

And while supplies last, purchase a Complete Spring Garden pack of 50 flowering bulbs for 5 weeks of color for just $10. Visit them near the Simple Bath / Simple Kitchen HOME STAGE in booth 629. See the ad in this guide.

You can always win fabulous prizes at the Dispatch Home & Garden Show, the original Home and Garden Show in central Ohio, now in our 64th year.

This year we have upped our game. In addition to OSU vs. Rutgers football tickets on Saturday, we have a bunch of other terrific prizes that you can

From previous page A 1992 St. Clairsville graduate, Basnett earned a landscape design degree from Columbus State and a business management degree from Franklin University. He has been in the landscape industry since he was in high school.

“What I do for a living is create outdoor living spaces,” Basnett said. “I got started in high school in 1991, so I’ve been involved in it for 27 years. Clients who work with me know we have experience. I did get a bachelor’s degree from Franklin in business, and one of my business partners has a horticulture degree.”

Landscape Design Solutions has more than 20 employees, with one maintenance crew and six landscape crews.

One of his company’s biggest projects took place in 2015 when they worked on renovation at the Wesley Glen Retirement Community in the Clintonville area.

“We did a huge patio renovation to their living space in 2015 that had a fireplace almost 15 feet tall,” Basnett said. “That’s a facility we maintained, and it was a substantial project with over 3,000 square feet in patio service.”

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Win cool prizes

win all weekend long.

We’re giving away 400 free admission tickets to the Columbus Zoo. More than 300 pairs of highquality Scotts Miracle-Gro gardening gloves, which were a huge hit at the spring Home and Garden Show.

And there’s cash — $2,500 in ShowBuck$, which are certificates you can spend with any company exhibiting at the show, dispersed to 14 winners via certificates worth $500, $250 or $100. Plus we’ll give away over 1,000 boxes of popcorn that you can pick up fresh at the Cox concessions stand.

To participate, just take your Instant Win Playcard, that we’ll hand you upon entry, to the Instant Win kiosks located in aisle 100 and spin the digital prize wheel to find out if you are a winner.

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AT THE SHOW: PETS

Furry Friends activities and Adoption Zone

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If you are a pet lover, the Dispatch Fall Home & Garden Show will be celebrating pets all day on Saturday, and we will introduce you to some irresistible furry friends that we hope you will want to take home.

Presented by The Ohio State University Veterinary Medical Center, our partners include Pilot Dogs, with a demonstration on stage Saturday at noon, and adoptable pets from the Franklin County Shelter Board, Columbus Humane and Colony Cats.

Here is some more information about each of these groups, check schedule for times. Note: The adoption process can be started at the show, but you must pick up your animal from the shelter.

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Pilot Dogs, Inc. is a non-profit organization that provides independence and mobility to the visually impaired. They provide independence through highly trained guide dogs that are trained at the Pilot Dogs campus

right in Columbus. These guide dogs, including transportation to and from our campus, and room and board for four weeks, are free to qualified visually impaired individuals. Pilot Dogs has provided this service to the visually impaired community since 1950 and have recently expanded its campus to include a veterinarian hospital and a state-of-the-art kennel all on one campus.

Franklin County Dog Shelter’s mission is to enforce the dog laws in Franklin County and keep the public safe from animal-related health or safety dangers. The organization responds

to service requests, investigates complaints about nuisance, dangerous and vicious dogs, investigates dog bites, impound stray and dangerous dogs, files criminal charges, makes court appearances, and assists the police in crimes involving dogs, injuries caused by dogs and livestock attacks. In addition, it provides compassionate care for impounded animals at the shelter, as well as adoption and lost dog services to the community, as well as educating the public and teach dog owners to be more responsible citizens.

Columbus Humane is not just a shelter. It has been advancing animal welfare since 1883. Its mission is to fight animal cruelty, help animals in need and advocate for their well-being.

The organization’s unparalleled knowledge and compassion for animals, as well as its quality of care, sets it apart. Each animal is loved and cared for until a perfect forever home is found for them. find their perfect for-

ever home. Columbus Humane stands for maximizing the quality of life of a pet and enhancing the lives of pet owners. The board, staff and volunteers are passionate about the mission and about the animals in their care.

Colony Cats is an all-volunteer organization whose primary mission is to address cat overpopulation in central Ohio through public awareness and spay/neuter efforts. Since 2002, the organization has facilitated spay/ neuter of nearly 15,500 cats and dogs, and placed more than 12,000 pets in homes.

It has a cage-free cat adoption center in the Dublin area as well as a partnership with 13 pet supply stores that showcase adoptable cats throughout central Ohio and a network of foster homes for friendly, adoptable cats, kittens, dogs and puppies.

Home Stage Schedule Presentations will take place on the Simple Bath/Simple Kitchen Home Stage, unless otherwise noted.

Oktoberfest

Oktoberfest is going on at the fairgrounds at the same time as the Dispatch Fall Home & Garden Show. All visitors to the Home & Garden Show get free admission to Oktoberfest, plus a shuttle will run between the front entrances of both events. Have double the fun this weekend by attending both shows.

ColumbusOktoberfest.com.

Master of Ceremonies Stacy McKay

FRIDAY, Sept. 7 FREE PARKING AND FREE BULBS

Present your voucher and park for FREE until 3 pm, or parking is $5. Clip the voucher in this section on page 19, or download a free-parking voucher online at DispatchHomeAndGardenShow.com.

Also on Friday, the first 500 visitors get a free five-pack of spring flowering bulbs, courtesy of Unique Home Solutions.

Noon to 4 p.m. – Tastings of the Ohio State Fair, Blue Ribbon-Winning Recipes If you missed the Ohio State Fair Blue Ribbon winners for cakes, pies, breads and entrees, you can still get a taste at the Home & Garden Show. Meet the Blue Ribbon and Best of Show winners from the 2018 Ohio State Fair, watch demonstrations and taste their winning creations. Some of the chef’s preparations will include: aloha chili, seared roast beef with pink Catawba bearnaise sauce, flank steak, macaroons, artichoke sweet onion spinach bread, autumn caramel apple pie, cheddar cheese bread, cherry pie and blueberry pie.

SATURDAY, Sept. 8 GARDEN LOVERS DAY

OSU vs. Rutgers Ticket Giveaway Attendees can enter to win a pair of tickets to see the big game today. Receive instructions on how to enter when you arrive at the show. Winner will be announced from the Simple Bath/Simple Kitchen Home Stage at 1 p.m., and must be present to win.

Also on Saturday, the first 500 visitors get a free fivepack of spring flowering bulbs, courtesy of The Columbus Dispatch.

11 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Franklin County Dog Shelter Furry Friends Adoption Zone

1 p.m. – House Hunters House Hunters takes viewers behind the scenes as individuals, couples and families learn what to look for and decide whether or not a home is meant for them. A number of local couples and agents have been featured on the show. Come hear behind-the-scenes stories from Cameron Fontana and Alissa Henry of ABC 6/FOX 28 television.

2 p.m. – Tracy DiSabato-Aust, Unexpected Fall Garden Color Join DiSabato-Aust for an entertaining and educational discussion on the gems that shine in our breathtaking Ohio gardens in the autumn. Learn about he most stunning shrubs, perennials, annuals, grasses and bulbs that provide beauty in autumn gardens.

2-4 p.m. – Columbus Humane, Furry Friends Adoption Zone See adoptable dogs, plus talk with representatives and grab Columbus Humane swag items and informational handouts. Columbus Humane has been advancing animal welfare since 1883. Its mission is to fight animal cruelty, help animals in need and advocate for their well-being.

3:30 p.m. – Dispatch Backyard Garden Awards Winners The Columbus Dispatch and the Home & Garden Show invited central Ohioans to share pictures of their beautiful gardens and enter the first Disard Backy patch Backyard Garden Awards. We received 310 submissions from awards 210 individuals. We will announce first, second and third place winners in six categories. One garden will be named Best of Show, and we will also announce the People’s Choice Award, determined by the community voting on their favorite garden.

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4 p.m. – Colony Cats, Furry Friends Adoption Zone Colony Cats will have adoptable cats and dogs for you to fall in love with. They will be taking adoption applications for anyone who wants to apply. However, your furry friend will not be coming home with you that day. Colony Cats will contact you after your application is processed.

4:30 p.m. – Spring Bulb Planting, Make & Take Join Leo Berbee Bulb Co. experts Henk and Marjolein Berbee to learn how to have lasting color in your spring garden. Learn the benefits of “lasagna layering” bulbs for blooms all season. Each person will receive a 6-inch pot, soil and a mixture of five spring bulbs to take home and

enjoy next spring. Visit the Bulb Bonanza in Booth No. 629 to learn more.

Sunday, Sept. 9 FAMILY DAY

Noon – Columbus Zoo & Aquarium Animals Learn about the animals that travel with Jack Hanna. Discover where they are from, what they eat, and perhaps even pet the birds, reptiles and a variety of mammals.

1:30 and 3:30 p.m. – Simple Bath/Simple Kitchen, 10 Simple Ways to Make your Bathroom Feel Bigger Does your bathroom feel cramped and cluttered? Do you wish it could be different? There is good news…IT CAN! Join us as we share 10 simple things you can do to make your space look and feel bigger. Presented by Simple Bath / Simple Kitchen.

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All weekendlong the Simple Bath/ Simple Kitchen Home State will come to life with fun, interesting, tasty and educational programs for guests of every age and interest.

Stacy McKay, co-host of Sunny in the Morning on Sunny 95, will keep things lively and engaging as she will emcee events throughout the the three-day event.

Noon – Pilot Dogs: Independence and Mobility for The Visually Impaired Join Pilot Dogs for a hands-on demonstration of guide dogs and how they provide independence and mobility to the visually impaired. Participants will be able to watch a trained guide dog work in real-life situations, while getting a better understanding of how people live with vision loss.

1:30 and 4 p.m. — This Old House, Kevin O’Connor O’Connor will be sharing a sneak peak for the two projects coming up this season: a beautiful cottage in Jamestown, R.I., where the homeowner is also the architect, and a midcentury modern house, built in 1957, in Brookline, Mass.

Catch a Q&A with O’Connor on page 4.

2:30 pm – Legoland Discovery Center Meet Maxx, Legoland Discovery Center Columbus’ Master Model Builder, near the stage. Families are invited to play, learn and build during a special workshop with Maxx.

2:30 p.m. – The Incredible Unforgettable Bug Lab Experience, Dr. Insecta Experience real entomology magic as Dr. Insecta introduces you to some of the largest live insects on the planet.

Bug Lab is an interactive enrichment program that entertains, educates and desensitizes fears we have about these incredible creatures that let us share in their world.

2:30 p.m. – Kevin O’Connor Meet and Greet This is your chance to get a quick selfie with Kevin on your phone. No additional fee, no autographs. Check for location and details upon arrival at the show.

For schedule updates visit HomeandGardenShow.com

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2018 Fall Home & Garden Show Exhibitors

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$5 Paparazzi Jewelry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 944 1st Choice Glass Block & Egress Windows. . . . . . . . 442 Able Roofing, Windows, Siding, Masonry . . . . . . . . . D Absolute Hearing Solutions, LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Abundant You Chiropractic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344 Accent Staging & Design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 927 ADT Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 Agean. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 Amish Quality Exteriors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 822 Aqua Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549 Arrow Roofing and Siding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 AT&T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 937 Autmow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117, 119 Bath Creations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409, 411 Bath Fitter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640, 642 Benchmark Roofing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 609 Best Service Heating & Cooling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 852 Better Business Bureau. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Big Sandy Superstore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Buck-Icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558, 560 Cabinets To Go. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502 Cabinetworks Kitchens, Columbus Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750, 752 Centier Specialties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 834, 836 CertaPro Painters of Central Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 641 Champion Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E Clear Captions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449 Colony Cats & Dogs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Color Street . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 948 Columbus Bath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B Columbus Garage Floor Coating. . . . . . . . . . . . . 309, 311 Columbus Humane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Community Shelter Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 940 Corner Mattress. . . . . . . . . 740, 742, 744, 841, 843, 845 Creative Earthscapes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 Custom Air Conditioning and Heating Co.. . . . . . . 553 Cutco Cutlery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644 Danzig Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249, 251 DeCenzo Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353 Deerbusters Deer Fence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503 DOG N FROG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 946 Dream Baths. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 814 Dubai General Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 914, 916 Dynasty Rug International Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548,649 Elite Fence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545 Elite Mobility Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715 Everdry Waterproofing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245, 247 Feazel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302, 304 Fire & Ice Heating & A/C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 FoodieCards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 643 Foot Pharmacy Direct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 551 Franklin County Dog Shelter & Adoption Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 G/S Marble & Granite. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 853 Garage Floor Coating of Columbus. . . . . . . . . 348, 350 Girl Scouts Of Ohio’s Heartland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 943 Gotcha Covered. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 Granite Transformations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203, 205, 207 Green Home Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 Greiner Landscaping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 Gutter Helmet By Harry Helmet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440 Habitat for Humanity-MidOhio ReStore. . . . . . . . . . 828 Hawaiian Moon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504 Hegg Windows & Doors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Heizer Distributing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458

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HelloFresh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536 Improveit! Home Remodeling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544 Infinity from Marvin – Columbus. . . . . . . . . . . . 408, 410, 509, 511 JS Brown & Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H James Hardie Siding and Trim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550, 552 JSB Home Solutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Kauffman Lawn Furniture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Keefer Contractors /All Decked Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441, 443, 445 Keystone Granite and Tile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 923, 925 Kim’s Creative Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 Kitchen Craft/Lustre Craft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 808, 810 Kitchen Fronts of Columbus, Inc. (dba Wall to Wall Remodeling). . . . . . . . 403, 405 Kitchen Kraft. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816 Kitchen Saver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340, 342 KPB Enterprises/The Dog Cave. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 741 KR Communications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543 Landscape Design Solutions, LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310 Lane Avenue Chiropractic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636 L’BRI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 917 LeafFilter Gutter Protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611 LeafGuard of Columbus/Dayton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 826 LG Roofing & Remodeling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 Liberty Restoration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 737 Lindsay-Wright Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422 LipSence from Creative Beauty with Michele. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 935 Living Well Products Direct LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508 Lowe’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602 LuLaRoe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709 Marketing MG (on behalf of Spectrum). . . . . . . . . . 929 Mary Kay Cosmetics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 941 Mikey D Apparel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 Miracle Method of Columbus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250, 252 My Gorilla Garage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 648 National Power Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637 Naturally Farmed Foods, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 745 Nhance of Columbus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453 Noeldoubt Designs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 952 Norwex / So Fresh & So Green, LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . 452 Oberfields, LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608, 610 Ohio Basement Authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352 Ohio Home Pro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 708 Ohio Metal Roofing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 Ohio Mulch Supply, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Ohio State University Extension. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Organized Home Remodeling, LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F

Outdoor Lighting Perspectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 711 Owens Corning Basement Finishing System. . . . . . . . B Pamer Family Chiropractic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450 Paramount Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448 Patio Enclosures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510 Peppermint and Grapefruit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645 Perfectly Posh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 949 Premier Home Exterior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 945 Puronics Water Treatment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 RainSoft of Greater Columbus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 743 ReBath. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 749, 751, 753 Re-Deck of Central Ohio LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451 Renewal by Andersen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459 RetroFoam of Central Ohio Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603 Rhineland Cutlery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605 Rhino Shield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Riverside Family Chiropractic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541 Rosati Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Royal Bee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341 R-Pro LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 Sanitize IT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 824 Scentsy Inc - Scentsy by Michele. . . . . . . . . . . . 934, 936 Seal Smart, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 748 Sears Home Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349 Securities Investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 842 ShelfGenie of Columbus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144, 146 Shine Essentials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 840 Showcase of Restored Autos by First Choice Auto Clinic. . . . . . . . . .

SHOWCASE Simple Bath and Simple Kitchen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 634 Sleep Doctor Mattress Stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258 Sleep Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C Southern Kitchen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106, 108, 110 Specialized Pipe Technologies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 811 Stone Barn Furnishings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G Sullivan Woodwork. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 942 Suncraft Porches Decks Patios Additions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343, 345 Sunesta Awning By Harry Helmet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 710 Sunlight Housepainting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444 Sunspace Central Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650, 652 Switch Art. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 848, 850 Tangent Square. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 844 Teeters Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A The Basement Doctor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540 The Columbus Dispatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 The Creative Kitchen Company LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . 248 The Glass Guru of Central Ohio, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . 542 The Leo Berbee Bulb Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 629 The Patio Room Factory, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322 Traveling Vineyard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 953 Tupperware/Champion Enterprises. . . . . . . . . . 651, 653 Ultimate Cloth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 849 Unique Home Solutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326, 426 Universal Windows Direct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615 USA Energy Consultants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Venture Out Resorts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351 Vivint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 851 Window Nation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 735 Wingler Construction & Remodeling. . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 Wisewell Health, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 922, 924, 926, 928 Yoder’s Vinyl Fencing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505 Zofkie Remodeling Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305 See companies online at DispatchHomeandGardenShow.com

Disaptch Special Sections | Thursday, September 6, 2018

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AT THE SHOW: taste award-winning recipes

Easy as pie? Not so, say Ohio State Fair food-award winners

Disaptch Special Sections | Thursday, September 6, 2018

By GARY SEMAN JR. Dispatch Media Group

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Some of Ohio’s most creative cooks, all judged at one of the toughest proving grounds in the state, will join The Columbus Dispatch Fall Home & Garden Show.

Award-winning pie-makers and other cooks from this year’s Ohio State Fair will offer cooking demonstrations and samples of their food at Home & Garden Show, on Friday starting at noon on the Home Stage.

Karri Perry of West Chester, a suburb of Cincinnati, nabbed a blue ribbon for her cheddar-cheese bread and best-of-show honors for her autumn caramel apple pie.

Pick up copies of Blue Ribbon recipes at the Show.

Yet, the accolades only serve to make her more determined to keep up the good work, she said.

“What helped me to become a blue-ribbon winner has a lot to do with believing that I could win, always looking for ways to improve, both the recipe and myself as a competitor,” Perry said.

“Although I may have won a handful of blue ribbons, I

always remember that I still have more to learn, and I try to stay open to new ideas, and new ways of doing things,” she said. “I am always learning something new about baking.”

First-place winner Ella Chow of Dublin will present her gummy candy shaped like a trefoil, one of the many styles of Girl Scout Cookies.

“This shape symbolizes part of our Girl Scout Promise: To serve God and my country, to help people at all times and to live by the Girl Scout law,” said Chow, an elementary-school student. “I think my dish was a winner

because it is a creative candy and is a Girl Scout theme.”

Sandy Libertini, art director for the Ohio State Fair, said hundreds of people vie for first-, second- and thirdplace awards in more than 100 food categories.

Libertini said she recruits some of the toughest judges in the state, many from the Ohio State University Food Science and Technology program and those who spent years in food service.

“These people are serious – they’re serious about their recipes and they love doing it,” Libertini said of the competitors. “You’ll see the same

people year after year.

“I think for many of them it’s just a goal,” she said. “It’s something they want to achieve.”

She said the judges also are quite serious about their duties.

“The judges do not give out a first, second or third (place award) unless the quality is there,” Libertini said.

Anna Smith of Columbus is fairly new to the cooking scene at the Ohio State Fair but no stranger to awards. In

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AT THE SHOW: Backyard Garden winners announced

Central Ohio backyard gardens garner awards

Blue Ribbon From previous page her first contest, which she entered last year, she won first place for her peach pie.

In spring 2017, she said she noticed an article in The Dispatch asking for people to enter pies in the fair.

“I was hooked,” said Smith, who learned to bake from her mother. “The judges particularly enjoyed my crust and the thickening agent used in all my pies. I was very happy to win first place for my cherry pie this year.”

Rhonda Troyer, spent most of her life in Creston Ohio, and her summers in Clayton County, W. Va., working on her grandparents’ farms, where she

plenty of thought into her garden. ard A self-taught gardener Backy whose yard has “more hostas than I’d like to awards admit,” Matteson submitted three different parts of her yard for the contest, and said she decided to submit after noticing the contest in the Dispatch.

“I’ve never entered anything before,” she said with a laugh. “I kind of tripped upon the fact that this contest was going on.”

Matteson said that while she’s no professional, she thinks she’s taught herself to be an impressive gardener, and has people ask her to help them start new gardens all the time.

“I’m out in my garden every single day,” she said. “When I was younger, I didn’t really think whole heck of a lot about gardening. But as I got older, it seemed to interest me, so I’ve learned over the years what works and doesn’t work based on light and soil and that kind of thing. I learned all that through trial and error; I had a lot of dead plants early on.”

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learned to cook, can, butcher and farm.

In 1988, she and her family moved to Winesburg, Ohio, where she raised two sons, one of whom “loves to cook just as much as his mother does and the other just loves to eat.”

She received a blue ribbon for her savory entrée – marinated flank steak served with vegetables, salsa and salad using waffles as croutons.

“This dish is all about summer to me,” she said.

“You have the heat of the chipotle on the steak and the fresh sweetness of summer in the salsa.”

The family moved to Columbus in 2015 after Troyer was promoted. She is now dining director of Worthington Christian Village.

“I have a passion of food and I think outside of the box when It comes to ingredients,” she said.

Clintonville resident Jodi Kushins has a similarly personal drive for gardening, but used the contest as an opportunity to showcase youth outreach.

Kushins has a “small urban farm” in her back yard, and last year started hosting the Clintonville Farmers’ Market Kids Garden Club. The club has developed their own vegetable garden, and is focusing on growing popcorn.

She said she uses the garden to empower and teach kids from ages 5-12 about gardening and sustainability.

“A lot of my mission with that project is education and outreach and inspiring people to grow their own food,” she said.

The common thread between the gardens run by Kushins and Matteson is that neither are focused on the prize that could come from winning a category.

Instead, they each see the contest through their own lens.

For Matteson, that comes in the form of getting to know the gardens she’s curated from a different angle than usual.

“What interested me was having a reason to go out and take pictures of my garden,” she said. “It encouraged me to go out and take pictures from different vantage points, different angles and different degrees of sunlight to see what would give me the most interesting shot. That’s what I really enjoyed about it.”

And for Kushins, publicity is a form of giving back to the community that helped her start her gardening.

“I was so inspired when I started my project by other people…so every opportunity I get, I give tours and go on tours and it’s always really amazing to become that person for somebody else,” she said.

“So I think that’s always my motivation for any (outreach) stuff I do around the garden.”

“My youngest son always told me that I could go into a pantry with nothing in it and come out with something wonderful.

“Wanting to serve good wholesome food to people that I care about drives me to be creative and respectful of my ingredients,” Troyer said.

For Perry, the challenge is always welcome.

“All those times that I came up a little bit short with a second- or third-place finish, those were the times I went back and really took a hard look at the recipe and made adjustments,” she said. “Mistakes and baking disasters have moved me further and helped me to grow much more than any firstplace finish might have. I’m grateful for the whole experience – both the winning and the times when I fell short of my goal.”

Disaptch Special Sections | Thursday, September 6, 2018

by andrew king Dispatch Media Group As part of the annual Home & Garden Show, the Columbus Dispatch launched a new contest aimed at recognizing the impressive variety of gardens found in yards across central Ohio.

The Dispatch Backyard Garden Awards are a series of contests seeking to find the best central Ohio gardens in six categories: Home landscaping, vegetable garden, container garden, community garden, native plant garden and perennial garden.

Judges from the Ohio State University Master Gardener Program are evaluating the entries, and will choose first-, second- and third-place winners in each category. Winners will receive cash prizes and gift certificates.

Gardeners could submit multiple gardens, and the Dispatch received more than 310 entries from 210 people. Mike Hogan, one of the judges with the OSU Master Gardener Program, said he was surprised by the quality of the entries.

“We were blown away; not very many of them are very pedestrian,” he said. “They’re all amazing gardens or landscapes or settings. So we were kind of surprised with the number of applications, but also the breadth or depth of creativity and design features.”

Hogan said many entries had a “wow factor” that he thinks are missing from many gardens, and said he thinks they’re all comfortably above the average level of gardens in central Ohio.

“I was a little surprised at how many people look like they spend a lot of time on the design detail and plant selection,” he said. “They didn’t just go to the garden center and get what was put out. They were very strategic in what they planted from a design aesthetic point of view.”

Pickerington resident Francine Matteson is one of those gardeners who’d like to think she puts

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Ohio Mulch Booth 130

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Berbee Bulb Company 629

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Leo Berbee Bulb Co. of Marysville is one of the region’s largest flowering bulb distributors and wholesalers. Choose from a variety of colors of tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, alliums and crocuses.

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Big Sandy Superstore 122

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JSB Home Solutions 145 Home remodeling contractors in Columbus, providing kitchen, bathroom & sunroom remodels and exterior home upgrades. Show Special: Save 10 percent off any bathroom, kitchen, or sunroom.

Rhino Shield 148 Don’t paint or vinyl — Go Rhino. If you’re looking for a permanent exterior paint, choose Rhino Shield’s ceramic paint coating and never paint again.

Rhino Shield looks like paint but lasts like vinyl, with a 25-year transferable warranty. Show special: Get 20 percent off — stop by our booth for details.

ShelfGenie of Columbus 144, 146 You’ll love the organization — everything has a spot and is easy to reach.

Custom-designed glide-out access for your kitchen, pantry and bath. Show special: Free installation when you book

Visit The Dog Cave in Booth 741 at the Show.

your appointment during the show.

Limited to 1 per household available on the purchase of 5 or more classic or designer series glide outs.

Simple Bath 634 Whether it’s a new tub or shower, or a whole new look — let us help you imagine the possibilities for your bathroom.

Show special: $500 off a new tub, shower or whole new bath. (Not to exceed 10 percent of purchase price)

Unique Home Solutions 326, 426 Expert home renovations, making your house a better home since 1983. Show special: Exclusive show discount of 20 percent off entire purchase.

Exhibitor Specials ADT Security 204

Show Special: Free life-safety device with purchase of a security system for all customers at the Fall Home & Garden Show. Choose from a smoke detector or carbon monoxide detector.

Amish Quality Interiors 822

Roofing and siding experts. Show special: 5 percent discount on installation of a new roof. The bigger the project bigger the savings.

AT&T 937

Show special: DirecTV Now for $40 or $10 a months for the first 3 months.

Cable starting at $45 month.

Color Street 948

Show special: Fifty Shades of Glitter — 100 percent real nail polish strips that require no heat, no tools and zero dry time. They can last up to 14 days and come off with nail polish remover. Mix and match, buy any 3 and select a 4th one for free. All French styles are BOGO.

Columbus Garage Floor Coating 309, 311 WTVN Live Broadcast from our booth. Listen in as Auto Smarts Radio broadcasts live from our booth on Saturday, Sept. 8, from 8-10 a.m. on 610 WTVN. Show special: Book a complimentary consultation at the show and receive a $200 Columbus Garage Floor Coating Gift Card!

Creative Earthscapes 303 Home improvement company specializing in decks, patios and screen rooms.

Show special: Get 10 percent off any project over $7,500.

DOG N FROG 946 Show special: Buy three shirts get the 4th one free.

Custom Air Conditioning and Heating Co. 553

Show special: Up to $625 instant savings plus zero-percent, 36-month financing with Rheem Fall 2018 cashback offer: Take advantage of this great offer when you purchase a new high efficiency Rheem furnace and air conditioner or heat pump. Speak to us at the show for details.

Dream Baths by Kitchen Kraft 814

Dynasty Rug International, Inc. 548, 649

Show special: Quartz countertop upgrade with full kitchen remodel.

The Dog Cave (KPB Enterprises) 741 Say goodbye to those pesky metal dog crates. Instead, treat your dog to beautiful living quarters — elegant furniture dog spaces that will accent your decor.

Check out our variety of styles and finishes. Show special: $50 off any Dog Cave kennel including floor models, standard and custom orders.

Lane Avenue Chiropractic 636

Show special: New-patient evaluation at no cost.

LG Roofing & Remodeling 253

Show special: 50 percent off of our entire rug collections at the show.

Show special: Save 15 percent off the total price of all services including whole house remodeling, roofing and siding.

Gotcha Covered 240

National Power Systems 637

Custom window treatments — inspired by you. Show special: Book a free inhome consultation at the show and receive an extra 5 percent off the purchase of custom window treatments.

Naturally Farmed Foods 745

Gutter Helmet by Harry Helmet 440

Show Special: Book your appointment

by Sept. 15 to receive 25 percent off.

Infinity from Marvin – Columbus 408, 410, 509, 511

Show special: $7,500 for 22 KW GeneracGenerator and full installation.

Show special: Receive a $150 food voucher at the Show when setting appointment for a free in-home food comparison.

Organized Home Remodeling F

Windows and doors. Show special: $200 off each window opening and $300 off each door opening installed when you schedule your free in-home quote at the show.

Show special: $500 in free kitchen accessory upgrades to your design or $500 toward a new closet with any bathroom remodel. Let us make your space more functional than you can imagine.

Keystone Granite and Tile 923, 925

Paramount Heating & Air 448

Show special: Kitchen package deal $1,799 up to 49 sq. ft. of any Level 1 granite.

Kitchen Fronts (Wall to Wall Remodeling) 403, 405

Show special: Get 10 percent off when you schedule your free in-home estimate.

Show special: WARM hearts, WARM homes. Paramount Heating & Air is partnering with the non-profit organization Westerville Area Resource Ministry (WARM) for this year’s Home & Garden Show. Make a donation to WARM of non-perishable food items, diapers or a cash donation to enter to win a free, fully installed furnace from Paramount Heating & Air. We will be collecting

these items at our for your chance to enter to win. Visit WarmWesterville.org for details about our charity partner.

Patio Enclosures 510

Show special: 25 percent off sunrooms, and no interest, no Payments Until 2020

Peppermint And Grapefruit Organic Cleaning 645

Show special: Home and garden deal on guard cleaner concentrate and glass spray bottle included with your purchase of a home essentials kit valued at $397.67 for $275.

Perfectly Posh 949 You deserved to be pampered. Naturally based purely pampering products made in the USA with the best ingredients.

Show special: Buy 5 and get the 6th free (up to a $24 value). Mix and match hand creams and soaps 3/$26. Skin sticks 3/$36 or $14 each.

Specialized Pipe Technologies 811 Find out what’s going on in your drain lines. Show special: Free camera inspection and assessment of the property’s exterior drains and sewer lines up to 100 feet. Receive a video recording of your inspection, plus a written report with any needed recommendations.

Sullivan Woodwork 942 Show special: Free wood pendant necklace for the first 50 kids.

Sunesta Awning by Gutter Helmet 710 Show special: Book your appointment

by Sept. 15 to receive 25 percent off.

Limited time offer.

Zofkie Remodeling Group 305 Full service remodelers specializing in complete kitchen, bath, and basement remodels as well as room additions: Show special: Get 10 percent off any project over $7,500.

RainSoft of Greater Columbus, Cincinnati & Dayton 743 Show Special: Samsung washer and dryer giveaway. Stop by our both and enter to win.

Restored Auto Showcase

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Show special: Free heated floor with full bath remodel.

Kitchen Kraft 816

Check out eight immaculately restored autos at the show. Restoration by First Choice Auto Clinic of Hilliard — central Ohio’s premier auto service, restoration, and performance expert. From engine and transmission rebuilds to hot rod customizations, First Choice services all years, makes & models, not just classic cars

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Oktoberfest offers host of German fare, music

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By Gary Seman Jr. Dispatch Media Group A full slate of classic and modern music, food, beer, and arts and crafts awaits patrons of the 52nd Columbus Oktoberfest, to be held Sept 7-9.

The festival, one of the biggest draws of the season, will take place rain or shine over three covered pavilions at the Ohio Expo Center & State Fair, 717 E. 17th Ave. “Oktoberfest is the one time of the year when we can really celebrate the year-round traditions of being German and celebrate our heritage” said Carla Epler, chief operating officer of Schmidt’s Sausage Haus und Restaurant and executive director of the Oktoberfest. “We can do it with a lot more friends at one time.”

Geoff Schmidt, a partner of Schmidt’s, which produces Oktoberfest, said a scheduling conflict at the Expo Center led to the party being bumped up to the first of the month instead of last weekend in September to roughly coincide with Oktoberfest in Munich.

“We’ve just got to let people know why we changed the dates, if they ask,” Schmidt said.

Hours are 5 p.m. to midnight Sept.

7, noon to midnight Sept. 8 and noon to 8 p.m. Sept. 9.

Admission is free but parking is $10.

The rescheduling of the Oktoberfest appears to be a blessing, Schmidt said, as it coincides with The Columbus Dispatch Fall Home & Garden Show, also being held at the Expo Center.

About a quarter of a mile will separate the two venues, so The Home & Garden Show is providing free shuttle services so people can enjoy both events.

Admission to the Home & Garden Show, which is $5, will be waived if patrons bring along a brochure from the Oktoberfest.

“Having both shows at the Fairgrounds on the same weekend gives visitors double the fun,” said Stephen Zonars, vice president of The Dispatch.

“People can explore ideas and get inspiration for their home, then head right next door to enjoy the food, beer and fun activities for which Oktober-

fest is known. Anyone coming to one event should definitely stop by the other.”

New to Oktoberfest this year is the Hofbrauhaus Prost Hall, which replaces the Schmidt’s Prost Hall, the place to get craft and imported beers, as well as watch live entertainment, including the yodeling contest at 4 p.m. on Sept. 9.

The Heidelberg Beer Hall also will have steins of suds, as well as an extended wine selection and more traditional German music, such as the popular Chardon Polka Band – performing at 4:30 p.m. Sept. 8 and 3:30 p.m. Sept 9.

Food stations will be scattered throughout the festival grounds, with dishes such as potato pancakes, pretzels, sausage, chicken and noodles, and schnitzel.

The kinderplatz area, which will offer activities for youngsters and families, will be held in the Ohio Department of Natural Resources area.

Explore arts and crafts and catch food demonstrations at the Giant Eagle Marktplatz Pavilion.

Other notable attractions: the steinhoist contest, 8 p.m. Sept. 8 at the Heidelberg Beer Hall; the cream puffeating competition, 6 p.m. Sept. 9, also at Heidelberg; and the stone-tossing challenge, 3:30 Sept. 8-9 at the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Park.

“We want everyone to celebrate gemütlichkeit of the Oktoberfest,” Epler said. “Gemütlichkeit is the word for sense of wellbeing, fun and happiness.”

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Rosati sees clear future for window company

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By Jarrod Ulrey Dispatch Media Group

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Over the past two decades, Mike Rosati has watched how the windowreplacement business has moved from offering the basic necessities to providing increasingly aesthetically pleasing options.

The owner of Rosati Windows since 2000 also has learned the importance of creating products that are not only attractive, but also practical and economical as his industry continues to grow.

“There are a lot of things they’ve tried that have failed, like making frames out of different materials that don’t work,” Rosati said. “I think the biggest thing that will drive (the industry) in the future is the technology of glass and making the glass more and more efficient.”

When Rosati began his business, he envisioned what he calls a “mom-andpop store” that would cater to the needs of local businesses and residences.

By 2007, however, Rosati Windows was named one of the fastest-growing private companies in America by Inc. Magazine. Today, the company employs more than 100 people.

“I was actually in the real estate business in the new construction of homes,” Rosati said. “I climbed the ladder and got to be a general manager of another company, and then I decided to go off on my own. It’s exploded into a mid-sized company with 100-plus employees, but it wasn’t in my original game plan. It’s been a great ride. I love coming into work every day. It’s gotten bigger than I thought it would.”

His company manufactures and sells windows for businesses and apartments in addition to the numerous houses it has worked on over the years.

At its factory located on Roberts Road, Rosati Windows creates vinyl and wood windows as well as exterior and sliding glass doors that it installs.

Among the products are awning windows, bay windows, bow win-

dows, casement windows, deadlight windows, double hung windows, a double-hung and casement combo, picture windows and slider windows.

“It’s a custommade product, so we physically have to go to the house and see what is going on in terms of an install,” Rosati said. “We schedule an appointment. We’re very low key and don’t have long three- or four-hour presentations. There are no high-pressure sales. We encourage homeowners to make a good decision.”

One area Rosati said he expects continued growth is colored vinyl windows. When he first got into the business, colors offered were mostly white and beige.

“Now they’ve developed a painting process that adheres to the vinyl,”

Rosati said. “Now you’ve got 256 colors if you want a blue or a purple window. That’s been a huge trend, and it gets bigger and bigger.”

Another area Rosati takes pride in as his business moves toward its third decade in business is that he believes his products are among the most efficient in the market.

“It used to be very easy to get Energy Star certified and now they’ve made it much more difficult to become certified, which of course we are,” Rosati said.

Ohio Mulch adds travertine to its hardscape line

By Jarrod Ulrey Dispatch Media Group

it now produces Cypress, Pine and Cedar mulch that is shipped to Ohio.

There are 24 retail stores as well as production facilities in Georgia, Kentucky and Ohio, and it is considered one of America’s leading suppliers of mulch, stone and soils.

The company offers 16 different mulch products, including 100-percent All Bark Cypress, which is comprised solely of Cypress tree bark and has continued to be among its most popular.

The product includes thujone, which has a menthol odor and is a natural insect repellent according to Frost.

“Cypress wood has been really big,” Frost said. “A lot of people have the seen the value. They’ve seen the wood and I think people have learned that this is all-natural product. That’s

where the product comes from and it lasts a long time. You don’t have to worry about sealing it. Plus it’s not injected with any chemicals like the pressure-treated wood. When it started, it actually had arsenic in it, but now they’ve switched it to a salt type of product. You don’t have to worry about insects or termites. We like the smell of it, but bugs certainly don’t.”

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During the Home & Garden Show held last February, Ohio Mulch introduced a product that it believes will have staying power well into the future.

Travertine is a form of limestone that is mostly white, tan or cream-colored and has been used as a building material in Europe for hundreds of years before becoming more popular throughout the rest of the world.

Ohio Mulch, which is one of the sponsors of the Fall Home & Garden Show held every September, has added products made of travertine to live up to its hopes of being a visionary in the area of landscaping.

“Travertine is 3-million-year-old material that comes out of Turkey and lasts hundreds of years,” said Ron Frost, who has been Ohio Mulch’s director of retail sales since 2008. “The pavers date themselves because now there are different size configurations whereas as you go to Europe, they have the travertine and marble and it’s been there for hundreds of years.

The strength of it is 10 times the strength of that of a paver. There are

hundreds of churches in Europe where they have it and you can’t even tell that it’s worn.”

Ohio Mulch includes steppers, pavers, dimensional walls and garden accents among its many stone products.

Frost believes customers also will be pleased with the price of the travertine materials.

“The cost difference is very, very close and the installation is easier in most applications than a typical paver set,” Frost said. “There’s a trend of travertine walkways and we launched it at the Home & Garden Show in the spring. Our contractors have been installing it. A couple things with this travertine is that it never goes out of style. You don’t have to do anything to it or seal it. We’re actually extracting old paver sets and replacing it with this product. A hundred years from now, your house might not be here but your patio will be because it lasts forever.”

Ohio Mulch opened its first retail store in 1984 in Blacklick and began manufacturing high-quality hardwood mulch in 1991.

In July of 1997, Ohio Mulch opened in Homerville, Georgia, where

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