Cincinnati Residents Encouraged to “thinkGREEN” at Marvin’s Organic Gardens

LEBANON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Marvin’s Organic Gardens, the tri-state’s only USDA Certified Organic nursery and garden center, will host the inaugural thinkGREEN event on April 26, 2008, to educate the community on the environment and how to live “green.” The event will feature live entertainment, a petting farm and educational lectures on green living, including composting and alternative energy sources. It is free to the public. Attendees will also be registered for door-prizes and other giveaways.

Lectures include:

10:00 a.m.—Learning to Live Green with Dan Korman of Park + Vine

11:30 a.m.—Basics of Composting with Wes Duren of Marvin’s Organic Gardens

1:00 p.m.—Bird & Butterfly Gardening with Chris McCullough of Wild Ones

2:30 p.m.—Alternative Energy Sources with James Kinsman of Green Energy Ohio

“As Earth Day approaches, we are all more aware of the impact we make on the environment,” said Marvin Duren, owner of Marvin’s. “But, people that attend our thinkGREEN event will take away simple tips on how to live green every day of the year.”

Marvin’s has partnered with several other environmentally friendly/green organizations:

• Door to Door Organics
• Franklin Crow, musician
• Five Rivers MetroParks
• Lucid Salon – an Aveda Salon
• Whole Foods, Deerfield Towne Center
• Park + Vine
• Rumpke Recycling
• Rain Garden Alliance
• Sunrock Farm
• The City of Mason
• Wild Ones
• Turner Farms
• Good Juice
• Photo Art by Uta Rietmann
• The Veg Head Restaurant
• Preferred Products, Inc.
• Mill Creek Watershed Council
• Green Energy Ohio

More information on the event can be found at http://marvinsorganicgardens.com/earthday.html.

About Marvin’s Organic Gardens

Marvin’s Organic Gardens, located in Lebanon, Ohio, is a full-service nursery, retail garden center and landscape design company, located 25 miles north of downtown Cincinnati. Marvin’s offers a selection of organic fertilizer on its website. Since 1999, Marvin’s has featured organic, natural and safe gardening practices for gardeners throughout the region. Marvin’s Organic Gardens is the tri-state’s only nursery/garden center to be USDA Certified Organic. For more information, call 513.932.3319 or visit www.marvinsorganicgardens.com.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Marvin Duren available for Q&A after 2 p.m.