Cedar Point: Landscape Artist

[The Interpreter]

..."If it were not there, you would notice. It's always in the peripheral vision of people," says Mr. Roberts, the landscaping supervisor and a 1969 Bowsher High School graduate. "It's almost like being an entertainer. Every day you have an audience and you want to leave them thinking, 'Wow! Is that Cedar Point beautiful!'"

Framing the image of the 1870-vintage park are trees and bushes of all sizes and bloom times, tens of thousands of annuals being planted into June, hundreds of flower-packed pots, hanging baskets, and dozens of varieties of ornamental grasses. There's the 32-foot-by-50-foot American flag planted last week with red and white begonias and blue ageratums. The hybrid tea roses that were here when he was hired to pull weeds 37 years ago have been replaced by nearly 500 of the fairly new Knock Out variety, easy-care, repeat bloomers that resist diseases such as black spot....

In the do-whatcha-gotta-do category, he realized with dismay one day that a substantial section of a hedge on the midway was dead and it was too late to order a replacement.

"So we spray-painted the hedge green. It was so dense, I'll bet not one out of a thousand people realized it was a dead hedge."

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Another fun and interesting read this morning Terpy. I enjoy these kind of articles a lot thanks.

[IndyGuy4KI]

Another fun and interesting read this morning Terpy. I enjoy these kind of articles a lot thanks.

I agree Jesse! Thanks Terpster!

[SpongeBob]

Interesting Terpy. I have always loved to see CP every year with the flowers they plant. Great for pictures as well.