The Ohio Environmental Council’s
Green Gala 2025
I had the great pleasure of creating living center pieces for the Ohio Environmental Council’s Green Gala held at the Columbus Zoo’s African Events Center. Each of my designs included live native plants found at Scioto Gardens in Delaware, OH. With over fifty plants in total, the arrangements for this event were more environmentally sustainable than any I have done yet, as they will be replanted in their native environment. Hopefully the plants will live on for many years to come.
Below are each of the plants included with links to Scioto Garden’s website were more growing information can be found.
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Eastern Wood Fern
Tough, resilient and evergreen
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Cup Plant
Good rain garden plant
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Early Meadow Rue
Beautiful delicate foliage
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Appalachian Sedge
Great groundcover
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Fire Pink Silene
Great for hummingbirds
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Pale Purple Echinacea
Herbal medicinal
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Sensitive Fern
Woody and beaded fronds
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Royal Fern
Regal sun loving fern
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Slender Mountain Mint
Prarie wildflower
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Yellow Wild Indigo
Ornamental seed pods