Perrysburg Township resident Jack Ahern said he began gardening in earnest when he retired 15 years ago. He was a professor at the University of Toledo.
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Double-ruffled daylilies are just a firrst glimpse of the plants tended by Jack Ahern, a retired University of Toledo professor.
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Jack Ahern's Perrsyburg Township garden includes a small pond with a fountain as a water feature.
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Steps leading down to Jack Ahern's backyard garden in Perrysburg Township.
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Decorations in Jack Ahern's Perrysburg Township garden.
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Fallen trees and limbs are used as borders in Jack Ahern's Perrysbug Township backyard.
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Potted geraniums replaced pansies in a window box.
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The Zebra Mallow flower in the Perrysburg Township garden of Jack Ahern.
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Jack Ahern looks out over the Maumee River from the dock behind his Perrysburg Township home and garden.
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Jameson Weed grows in Jack Ahern's Perrysburg Township garden.
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A window is fronted by yellow dahlia flowers that overwinter in the ground.
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Stone and wooden steps lead to the dock at Jack Ahern's home in Perrysburg Township.
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