Water Features, Ponds & Plants

Today we talk with Rich Giddens, he and his wife, Diane, own Oak Park Garden Center, specializing in ponds and water features. Mike and Rich touch on pond plants, pond sizes, pumps and what you, as a new pond owner, need to do in order to enjoy the peace of a pond or water feature.
All this and more... coming up on Your Midwest Garden Podcast!
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Our guests weblink:
http://www.oakparkwatergarden.com

What started as a humble landscape business in a rickety old barn has grown into the largest water garden and garden center in northwest Ohio.

Richard and Diane Giddens created Swanton’s Oak Park Landscape and Water Garden Center in 1984. Back then, the couple had two babies in tow and began to grow their business by selling shrubs, trees, and various plants to the retail public.

The landscape center then blossomed when Richard and Diane began designing water gardens and selling quality water garden and landscape supplies, as well as unique garden accessories. The business took on a different look each year with the addition of ever-changing, beautiful water garden displays, water garden plants, and exotic fish. Also added on a regular basis were water garden accessories such as statues and fountains.

Today, Oak Park Landscape and Water Garden Center is one of the most popular and successful water garden centers in the Northwest Ohio area.
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