Meet “Mr. Christmas” Bill Hixson at the Garden Gate Dec. 12

Meet Mr. Christmas on December 12th

If you follow our website, you know already that world-famous floral artist Bill Hixson is the honorary Candle Lighter for the Roscoe Village Candlelighting ceremony on Saturday December 12, 2009.

But did you know that you can chat with Mr. Christmas all day on Saturday in Roscoe Village?

Bill Hixson is the founder of Hixson’s School of Floral Design and a world-renowned floral artist who has published several authoritative works and lectured floral design students throughout North America, Europe, Japan and Australia.  

But for more than anything else, Bill Hixson is famous for his passion for Christmas.  

For 30 years, Bill Hixson has advised the staff of every American President and First Lady – since Ronald and Nancy Reagan —  in decorating the White House for Christmas. And his experiences there have earned him the moniker of “Mr. Christmas” throughout the world of interior decorating.

The HGTV “White House Christmas” special showing his work is the network’s most popular holiday program every year.  [Watch it online here]

Meet Mr. Christmas at The Garden Gate Dec. 12th

You can meet Bill Hixson at the Garden Gate Shop from noon to 6:oo pm on Saturday December 12th, for an in-person chat about Christmas decorating and floral design. 

Bill will also sign a limited number of his one-of-a-kind handmade Christmas ornaments during his visit to the Garden Gate Shop. 

Saturday December 12th will be Bill Hixson’s only appearance in southeast Ohio this season, so be sure to stop in on Saturday before the Candlelighting ceremony for this rare opportunity to chat with the man they call “Mr. Christmas.”

The Garden Gate shop is located at 413 North Whitewoman Street in Historic Roscoe Village.  Telphone: (740) 622-8640. No reservation required.  Stop in to meet Mr. Christmas from 12-6:00 p.m.

New Garden Gate Workshops

The Garden Gate Shop in Roscoe Village is offering several new garden workshops in October, November and December.

Featuring 5 hands-on projects focusing on making attractive accessories for the home and garden, each workshop is led by OSU Master Gardener Volunteer Tracey Wiseman.

Classes are held in the new Garden Studio at the Garden Gate Shop.

The October workshop schedule includes Leaf Casting, Hypertufa planters, Jack O’ Gourds, Mosaic Turtles and Stepping Stones.  Class fees include all materials and hands-on instruction for each class.

Saturday October 3, 1:00 p.m.
Leaf Casting workshop $35.00

Saturday, October 10, 1:00 p.m.
Hypertufa Planter workshop$35.00

Thursday October 15, 6:00 p.m.
Jack O’ Gourd workshop $30.00

Tuesday Octoner 20, 6:00 p.m.
Jack O’ Gourd workshop $30.00

Saturday October 24, 1:00 p.m.
Hypertufa Planter workshop $35.00

Tuesday October 27, 6:00 p.m.
Mosaic Turtle workshop $30.00 (covers 2 sessions)
1st session

Thursday October 29, 6:00 p.m.
Mosaic Turtle workshop — 2nd session

Saturday October 31, 1:00 p.m.
Stepping Stone  workshop $12.00

For more workshop information and to register for any class,
call the Garden Gate Shop at (740) 622-8640

Want to see a slideshow of our worshop?  Click here

Learn Bonsai gardening here

Bonsai gardening is the 5000 year old art of aesthetic miniaturization of trees.

But did you know that Bonsai is more popular today than ever?  And did you know that you can learn it in Roscoe Village Ohio?  

On Monday evening, July 20th the Garden Gate Shop will present a new Bonsai workshop in Roscoe Village. 

This beginner-level class will present the basics of Bonsai gardening and teach you everything you need to know to start your own new Bonsai plant indoors or outdoors. 

You should take this workshop if you want to make a great start toward developing a new gardening project that may stay in your family for decades.

Jeff Carr of Staselwood Bonsai Studio will lead the class from 6-9pm at the Garden Gate Shop in Roscoe Village.  All workshop materials and tools will be provided.  Registration is just $49.00 and includes all workshop fees.

Call The Garden Gate Shop at (740) 622-8640 to start your first Bonsai plant today. It’s easier than you think!

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Roscoe Village Fall Harvest Preview

Roscoe Village was founded in 1831 as a key shipping point for farm produce on the old Ohio & Erie Canal. 

Each fall at harvest time, farmers of yesteryear hauled their goods by wagon to Roscoe Village for shipping to hungry cities many miles away.   

Today Roscoe Village is still situated in one of the most productive agricultural regions in Ohio.  The beautiful farms you see along the highway when you travel to Roscoe Village produce magnificent harvests every fall.

On Saturday August 8th, the Shoppes of Roscoe Village will celebrate our farm heritage with a Fall Harvest Preview.  

Some of our best shops will be displaying new fall merchandise for you to preview and many local Coshocton County farmers will line the street with mid-season produce for you to enjoy– fresh from the farm.

UPDATE: The Roscoe Village Farmers Market is now held every Sunday from 11-3 on North Whitewoman Street in Roscoe Village.  Live music begins at 3:00 every Sunday on the Garden Court at the Warehouse Steak & Stein and you will find farm vendors in front of nearly every Roscoe Village shop all day. 

Participating Fall Harvest Preview Shops:

Timbuktu (740) 291-8000 403 N. Whitewoman Street
The Garden Gate (740) 622-8640 403 N. Whitewoman Street
The Cottage Gate (740) 623-0199 413 N. Whitewoman Street
Knob Hill Designs (740) 502-9760 403 N. Whitewoman Street

For more news and updates from Roscoe Village, bookmark and visit HistoricRoscoeVillage.com every day.  This is the #1 online guide to shopping, dining, lodging and FUN in Roscoe Village Ohio.

The Garden Gate and The Cottage Gate support this website with advertising. Vote for your favorite Roscoe Village shop HERE.

This is your mission…

Imagine you’re walking down the brick sidewalk on North Whitewoman Street.  It’s a beautiful morning, the weather is perfect and you have all day to spend in the shops of Roscoe Village.

As you stop to take a sip of iced coffee from Uncorked, someone steps out from the patio and says “Lady, today is your lucky day.  I’m from HistoricRoscoeVillage.com and you have been chosen to receive $1000 to spend today in Roscoe Village!

“The rules are simple.  You have one hour and $1000 to spend any place you like in any Roscoe Village shop. That’s it, and there’s no catch. Here it is — in cash.”

Where would you go to spend your thousand bucks? 

We’d really like to know.  Take a look below at the list of all 14 shops in Roscoe Village and please tell us where you’d spend your new-found riches.  

All you have to do is click the little button beside the name of the shop and you’ve officially voted.  Voting is completely confidential and no registration is required.

Are you ready to go?  You have $1000 Roscoe Village dollars and only 1 hour to spend it.  Go get started!

*OPTIONAL NEXT MOVE:  Log-in below and tell us what you bought!

Garden Gate Summer workshops begin

The Garden Gate Shop in Roscoe Village is offering several new garden workshops this summer.

Each upcoming workshop offers fun,  hands-on instruction for making beautiful personalized garden accessories, as well as specialty plantings — such as Inductory Bonsai Gardening.  Each class is held in the Garden Gate’s new garden studio at 403 North Whitewoman.

July 15    6:30 p.m. Cast Your favorite Leaf in Hypertufa     $35.00
July 20    6-9  p.m.  Introductory Bonsai                                     $49.00
July 22    6-8  p.m.  Painting Your Cast Leaf                               $10.00
July 29    6-9  p.m.  Mosaic Birdhouse                                          $35.00

The Garden Workshops are hosted by Tracey Wiseman, an OSU Extension Master Gardener Volunteer and the owner of The Garden Gate Shop in Roscoe Village Ohio.

Registration includes all class fees and materials.  For more information call The Garden Gate Shop at (740) 622-8640

Did you know you can find daily updates from The Garden Gate Shop onTwitter?  Click here to follow  The Garden Gate on Twitter.com

*The Garden Gate shop supports HistoricRoscoeVillage.com with advertising.

Hummingbirds arrive in Roscoe Village

Every year, around Memorial Day weekend, Hummingbirds begin to return to Roscoe Village Ohio. 

Hummingbirds nest along our tree-lined Whitewoman Street and among the surrounding hills.  They pollinate our prized Roscoe Village Pocket Gardens and buzz through The Garden Gate Shop to greet our shoppers. 

Hummingbirds are among the most beautiful and mysterious of God’s creatures and we’re grateful to have them here.  That’s why we take steps to attract and provide a healthy habitat for them in Historic Roscoe Village.

Did you know that you can easily attract Hummingbirds to visit your home every year?

Hummingbirds have amazingly high metabolic rates to support their unusual manner of flight and they must feed constantly and consume enormous amounts of food to survive from season to season.  

In fact, to survive even one night, a Hummingbird must consume more than its weight in nectar — every single day.

Knowing that the busy, hungry Hummingbird is constantly searching for good food sources, you can begin to attract Hummingbirds to your home garden simply by providing them with a reliable and attactive food source.

Hummingbirds prefer very colorful nectar-producing flowers – especially those in the red, orange and pink range.  Potted Geraniums and flowering Sage are among the best attractors for Hummingbirds, as are several annual flowering plants like Irises and Petunias. 

In addition to nectar from colorful flowers, Hummingbirds need good sources of fresh water.  One of the best ways to provide them with a good water and food supply is to place an attractive Hummingbird Feeder in your garden.

To find out how to attract Hummingbirds to your garden, stop at The Garden Gate Shop on your next trip to Roscoe Village.  We love to welcome these tiny creatures to our garden and we’ll be happy to show you how to bring them home to yours.

The Garden Gate Shop
403 North Whitewoman Street
in Historic Roscoe Village Ohio
(740) 622-8640
Open daily 10-6

New garden herbs arrive in Roscoe Village

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme … plus 5 kinds of Mint — and 40 other herbs. 

The Garden Gate Shop in Roscoe Village has just received our first shipment of garden herbs.  We ordered so many, in fact, that we’re wondering where to put them! 

Stop by anytime this week to check out the new Garden Gate Shop and all our new herbs.  We’re open from 10-6 every day in May – including Mother’s Day.

Starting an herb garden is an inexpensive way to invest in your nest and earn great yields all summer long. Here is a short list of our newest arrivals:  

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• Basil
• Cilantro
• Lavender
• Chamomile
• Burnet
• Marjoram
• Rosemary
• Lemon Grass
• Sage
• Chives
• Oregano
• Stevia
• Sage

Plus dozens more herbs and flowering baskets in stock and on the way.  Enjoy the Journey through The Garden Gate.  See you soon!

 

 

 

The Garden Gate Shop
403 North Whitewoman Street
in Historic Roscoe Village Ohio
(740) 622-8640

The smell of new leather

What is that wonderful smell? 

This is almost always the first question we hear when new visitors step inside the River Ridge Leather Shop in Roscoe Village.

River Ridge Leather Co. is an authentic and completely traditional leatherworking shop.  We use only traditional hand-tools to cut, carve, stitch and stamp our leather goods.  

All of our leather goods are made by hand, right here in our shop.  We never use machines to make them, and we start each new piece from 100% natural oak-tanned bridle leather from U.S. hides.   

The signature aroma people find in our shop comes from the centuries-old natural oak tanning process used to make the new bridle leather we use to make our handmade leather goods.  

Our exclusive leather supplier is Hermann Oak Leather in St. Louis. Hermann Oak Leather is internationally renowned for fashioning the bridles and harnesses for a world-famous beer maker’s signature Clydesdale team you might recognize. 

You can always recognize high quality, natural oak-tanned leather goods by their wonderful aroma.  You won’t find them it at the mall.  You find them made by hand, one at a time, in Roscoe Village Ohio.

To see more of our handmade leather goods, 24/7 any day of the year, visit us online at RiverRidgeLeather.com

NOTE:  We love handmade goods of all kinds, and Roscoe Village is the place to find them.  Check out the new Ohio-made stoneware bird baths our neighbor carries at The Garden Gate shop here.

River Ridge Leather Co.
355 North Whitewoman Street
in Historic Roscoe Village Ohio

No ticket required.  Dogs welcome!

New Burley Clay bird baths The Garden Gate

The Garden Gate shop in Roscoe Village now proudly carries Burley Clay bird baths for the distinctive garden.

Based in Roseville, Ohio Burley Clay has produced original garden pottery and birdbaths since 1933.  Every piece is 100% American-made from the finest blends of clay produced in the company’s own southeast Ohio mines.

Burley Clay is world-renowned for their unique stoneware clay, and the garden fixtures they create from it are some of the strongest and most desirable stoneware in the world. 

Built to last a lifetime, Burley Clay bird baths will dress up any garden.  The first shipment arrived at The Garden Gate today.  Consider this a major Mother’s Day hint.

 

Gardener’s note:  New garden herbs and plants are arriving at The Garden Gate Shop this week.

The Garden Gate Shop
403 North Whitewoman Street
in Historic Roscoe Village Ohio
(740) 622-8640

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