Overheard at the Garden Gate February 2020
SLGC
SLGC Board Meeting
Tuesday, February 18
9:00 coffee - 9:30 meeting
At the home of Leslie Marting
2513 Marlboro Road
Cleveland Heights, OH 44118
RSVP to Mary Bruce and Leslie
Let Mary Bruce know of any agenda items you would like discussed.
If you are a Trustee or an Executive Board member and cannot attend the meeting, make sure to appoint a proxy to vote on your behalf.
See Members Only page of website for the year’s board meeting schedule.
Directory Changes
Mary Susan Lyon has a new Cleveland address: 13415 Shaker Blvd, Suite 8 E3, Cleveland 44120. There is NO home phone/landline, only the cell phone.
Orchid Mania at CBG!
Click here to get a sneak preview of the show, and try to get down to see it before March 1.
New BLOOM! Campaign
Introduces Youth to Plant-based Solutions to Community Challenges
Read the press release about this exciting new program, sent to us by Lindsey Clark, Zone X Chairman.
Collaboration Opportunities
by Nancy Linz, Zone X Rep to the Horticulture Committee
When opportunities present themselves to share your love of nature, do you embrace the opportunity? In Zone X, what started as one opportunity quickly grew into several when GCA members joined forces with students at the Birchwood School of Hawken near Cleveland.
Lauren Miller’s 4th grade classes had been studying the benefits of native plants to pollinators last fall when GCA members learned that the class was planning to install a pollinator garden next to their school. Mary Bruce Rae-Grant, President of Shaker Lakes Garden Club, with members Dozie Herbruck and Robin Schachat, traveled to the Birchwood School to meet with Ms. Miller and her students. They discussed the best location for the garden, amending the soil, and native plants that benefited bees and butterflies. Collaboration between the experienced gardeners and students resulted in the creation of raised beds filled with native plants!
These same students found a Luna moth caterpillar that quickly formed a chrysalis in their classroom. Margaret Ransohoff, of Shaker Lakes Garden Club, learned about their cocoon. Margaret has been raising Cecropia moth caterpillars and releasing hatchlings since she was in 4th grade. She met with the students, explained the lifecycle and care of these beautiful creatures, and may have inspired others to follow in her footsteps.
Sometimes we are asked to share our passions by speaking to groups, but sometimes opportunities are far less direct and require reaching out, embracing the opportunity, and building connections. When opportunities for collaboration present themselves, embrace their potential!
April 2020 is a Very Special Month!
The 50th Anniversary of Earth Day
50th Anniversary of the Passage of Ohio’s Natural Areas Act
And, the first, official Ohio Native Plant Month!
In recognition of this important month PLEASE participate in a Native Plant Activity this April! Ideas include:
Plant a native tree in your yard
Donate a tree or trees to your community
Plant a native plant(s) for pollinators
Hold or attend a native plant sale
Attend a native plant workshop or other educational event
Remove invasive plants from your yard or community
Participate in a spring wildflower walk
Plan a joint activity with a school or other group
Click here to let Nancy Linz know of your plans!
Click here for a list of nurseries that sell native plants.
Click here to see the new website devoted to Ohio Native Plant Month.
Save the Date!
THURSDAY, APRIL 16 at J.McLoughlin in Pepper Pike, near Heinen’s on Pine Tree Road, starting at 10 am, we will share A Day of Shopping with Garden Club of Cleveland. FIFTEEN PERCENT of all proceeds from in-store and telephone orders will be donated and shared equally with the Charitable Projects Committees of both clubs.
What is Gardenopolis Cleveland?
Click here to read about the Heights Tree People and their efforts to reforest Cleveland.
Ready to Enter Another Flower Show?!
Here is a flower show which members can enter:
"The Enduring Inspiration of Trees," a GCA Flower Show hosted by the Middletown GC (Middletown, CT) on June 17th-18th, 2020. Photography Registration for all GCA members is open now. Click here for more information: The Enduring Inspiration of Trees Schedule.
How immersing yourself in nature benefits your health
Click here to read and article from PBS NewsHour about how to stay healthy.
