The Cincinnati Horticultural Society, which in 2009 will relocate its annual flower show to Symmes Township, is planning to transform the nearby historic Meade House into a permanent center that will feature year-round demonstration gardens, classrooms and other programs to vastly expand its operations.

 

The nonprofit group plans to move into the seven-acre site following the annual Cincinnati Flower Show at Symmes Park in April. In what likely will be a multimillion-dollar investment, it will refurbish the century-old Meade House and expects to build an additional building on the site for classes, demonstrations and, it is hoped, a greenhouse. The society will maintain its offices and warehouse in Oakley.