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

Tuesday is Half-Price Burger Night in Roscoe Village

Half-Price Burger Night continues in Roscoe Village Ohio.  

Every Tuesday night after 4pm, you can order any burger for half-price from Captain Nye’s Lock 27 Tavern menu. 

Click here to see the Lock 27 Tavern menu online.   

And along with burgers, frozen drinks at Captain Nye’s are only half-price on Tuesday night

Tuesday is also No Corkage Fee Tuesday at Uncorked Wine & Coffee Bar in Roscoe Village. Choose from more than 100 bottles of wine at Uncorked to enjoy indoors or on the patio — with no corkage fee.

Fresh-air patio dining for the summer has begun.  Whether you stop at Uncorked or Lock 27 after work, ask for a table outside and enjoy Roscoe Village under the stars

Captain Nye’s Lock 27 Tavern                              Uncorked Wine & Coffee Bar
400 North Whitewoman Street                             365 North Whitewoman Street
in Historic Roscoe Village                                     in Historic Roscoe Village
(740) 622-4001                                                     (740) 622-3000

Custom saddle making at River Ridge Leather

You’ve taken the Living History Tour.  You’ve had lunch at the Warehouse Steak n’ Stein.  Your wife has posed for snapshots under the Whitewoman Street sign and disappeared into the Garden Gate. 

Now it’s time to send the kids for hand-dipped ice cream at the Candy Bouquet shop and slip away to every man’s favorite shop in Roscoe Village.

Of all the shops and exhibits in Roscoe Village, River Ridge Leather Company is the most faithful to the 19th-century history and heritage of Roscoe Village Ohio. 

And the shop is operated not by actors, but genuine craftsmen working every day to produce authentic goods with traditional methods.  

Dennis Knight and his journeyman apprentices man the shop daily Wednesday thru Sunday until June 1st. 

And no tour ticket is required to visit this authentic canal-era leather shop.   

Using only traditional hand tools and traditional leatherworking methods, River Ridge Leather Company produces extraordinary one-of-a-kind leather goods made entirely on the premises. 

You can find River Ridge Leather Company in the original James LeRetilley building next to Uncorked on Whitewoman Street.  It is truly the best place in Roscoe Village to see a master craftsman at work. 

It’s also the best place to ask what happened to the Inn and the hardware store.  Click here to visit River Ridge Leather Co. online.

River Ridge Leather Company
Dennis Knight, Proprietor
355 North Whitewoman Street
in Historic Roscoe Village
www.RiverRidgeLeather.com
(740) 295-0284

Let it snow, let it snow

The first real snowfall of winter is arriving in Roscoe Village, covering Whitewoman Street, the Towpath Trail and the Woodlands at Clary Gardens and transforming our local vineyards into stunning winterscapes.  

Roscoe Village is beautiful in winter, draped in a thick white blanket that enhances the charm of this  authentically restored 18th-century Ohio Canal Town.    

Unlike the nearby Basket Village in Dresden, Roscoe Village shops are open all year long.  Our streets and sidewalks are cleared swept by 10:00 a.m. every day.  And when the shops and restaurants in Ohio’s Amish Country close to tourists on Sunday, Roscoe Village welcomes all visitors.  

Our nextdoor neighbors Lake Park and Clary Gardens have rolling hills for sledding and are open to the public every day.  A walk down the Towpath Trail is one of Roscoe Village’s best adventures and is especially glorious in wintertime,  with stunning cascades of icicles and mountains of snow drifts. 

And when it’s time to get warm again, Uncorked and The Olde Warehouse serve hot chocolate all day and night.