You’re Invited to the Official Opening of
Meadowside Playground

Date — August 1st at 3:30pm
Location — In our pavilion

We’ll share summery drinks & light refreshments

Questions? 

Call 740-392-4253 

Email  justin@MVGBChurch.com


Autumn of 2025

The project will continue with the installastion of an embankment slide nad meaaddow overseeding

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Thank you!

The Meadowside Playground and Wildflower Overseeding project would not have been possible without support from the community. The people and organizations below each helped in some way.

Some prayed and cared. Other advised or advocated, donated (time, materials, or funds) while others simply helped!

John Aebi 

Brian Ahearn 

Anonymous (4)

Matt Baugher

Jason Bennett

Jeremy and Quinton Bennett

Nick Clark

Nathaniel Dersom

Althea Dye

The Energy Cooperative’s Operation Round Up Foundation

Doug Gifford

Brian Hackett

Hardwick Tree Care, LLC

Pastor Jacob Hayward

Heather Hinshaw

Hope Hinshaw

Nick Holdren

Pam Hughes

Ed Kapraly

Kokosing Construction Company, Inc.

Knox County Pomona Grange

Knox Network of Christian Ministries

Dino Lanno

Lisa Lloyd

Luke McMillen

The Monroe-Dan Emmett Grange

Mount Vernon First Church of God

Mount Vernon Shade Tree & Beautification Commission

Pastor Dan Oakes

Pheasants Forever

Jen Odenweller

Quinton Platt

Pond Tire Inc.

Smalls Paving

Mark and Denise Ramser

Riverside Native Trees

Evan Stern

Brianna Stone

Lonnie Totten

The Town and Country Garden Club

Brian Wade

Wade and Gatton Nursery and Landscape

Sarah Wagner

Ruth White

A heartfelt thank you to Jeremy Bennett —
without his skill and equipment, this project would not have been completed!

 

Wildflowers and Plants Observed

The following plants have been observed in the ~4 acre wildflower meadow

False sunflower (heliopsis helianthoides)

Wild Bergamot (monarda fistulosa)

Beardtongues (penstemon)

Goldenrod (solidago)

Crimson Clover (trifolium incarnatum)

Ironweed (vernonia)

Common Milkweed (asclepias)

Swamp Milkweed (asclepias incarnata)

Purple Aster (aster)

Tickseed (coreopsis)

Purple coneflower (echinacea purpurea)

Indian Blanketflower (gaillardia pulchella)

 

Trees and Bushes Planted

12 Arborvitae bushes (thuja)

3 Black Chokeberry bushes (aronia melanocarpa)

3 Common Elderberry bushes (sambucus nigra)

3. Silky Dogwood bushes (cornus amomum)

3 Hazel bushes (Corylus avellana)

24 Bushes Total

2 Redbud trees (cercis)

3 Red Jewel Flowering Crab trees (malus jewelcole)

5 Red Maple trees (acer rubrum)

3 Swamp White Oak trees (quercus bicolor)

2 White Oak trees (quercus alba)

18 Trees Total

 

Special thanks to:
The Mount Vernon Mount Vernon Shade Tree & Beautification Commission,
Colleen Clarkson and Sarah Wagner, Brian Wade of Wade and Gatton Nursery and Landscape
and Ed Kapraly of Riverside Native Trees

 

Creatures Observed

The following creatures have been observed in and above the ~4 acre wildflower meadow

Cicada

Honeybees

Monarch Butterflies

Painted Lady Butterflies

Praying Mantis

Bald Eagle

Goldfinches

Killdeer

Red Tailed Hawk

Red Winged Blackbird

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird

Chipmunk

Rabbit

Toads

Voles

Whitetailed Deer