{"id":64275,"date":"2015-05-27T06:24:29","date_gmt":"2015-05-27T11:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=64275"},"modified":"2015-05-27T06:24:39","modified_gmt":"2015-05-27T11:24:39","slug":"free-programs-set-at-childrens-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2015\/05\/27\/free-programs-set-at-childrens-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Free programs set at Children&#8217;s Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>VW Parks Dept. information<\/i><\/p>\n<p>The Van Wert Parks Department and Van Wert Master Gardner\u2019s would like to announce that this summer it would be offering educational programs at the Smiley Park Children\u2019s Garden. All programs are free, but those wanting to participate are asked to register by calling the Park Office at 419.238.9121.<\/p>\n<p>Each session will be from 10-11:30 a.m. Sessions will include a story time lesson, a snack and a finished project to take home. The program schedules for this year are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>June 11, \u201cSow and Grow\u201d &#8212; Learn how to plant one\u2019s own garden and what one needs to know to help it grow. Find out the importance of labeling, then have the opportunity to walk through the gardens and help identify flowers and plants.<\/li>\n<li>July 9, \u201cBottle Up\u201d &#8212; Do you know what a green house is? This is a great opportunity to learn some basics of a greenhouse. Participants will build and plant their own pop bottle greenhouse.<\/li>\n<li>August\u00a013, \u201cMonarch Mysteries\u201d &#8212; Hear about the mysterious life of a monarch butterfly and learn how they transform from a caterpillar to a flying butterfly. Each participant will even be able to take a caterpillar home to watch first-hand how they change.\u00a0 The day will end with a treasure hunt in the gardens.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW Parks Dept. information The Van Wert Parks Department and Van Wert Master Gardner\u2019s would like to announce that this summer it would be offering educational programs at the Smiley Park Children\u2019s Garden. All programs are free, but those wanting to participate are asked to register by calling the Park Office at 419.238.9121. Each session [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-02 06:37:59","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64275\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}