• Volunteer Harold Brown, an Ohio certified naturalist, transplants common milkweed.
    Volunteer Harold Brown, an Ohio certified naturalist, transplants common milkweed.
  • The park district’s stewardship has been busy throughout the winter growing plants in the greenhouse at J.C. Reuthinger Memorial Preserve on Oregon Road.
    The park district’s stewardship has been busy throughout the winter growing plants in the greenhouse at J.C. Reuthinger Memorial Preserve on Oregon Road.

    Spring is in the air and as the first blossoms begin to appear, the Wood County Park District stewardship department turns its attention to the outdoors and planting season.

    Although spring is ideal for planting, stewardship coordinator Eric Scott noted their process begins far earlier at J.C. Reuthinger Memorial Preserve on Oregon Road.

    It begins with the collection of native plant seeds, some obta…