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Going to the National Affairs and Legislation conference is so EMPOWERING! Not only is it a meeting where we learn about solutions to climate change but the GCA is a force of influential women who have a real impact on our nation’s legislators.
Read MoreApril 16 at 7 pm
Drinks and Dessert
Join SLGC to celebrate Earth Month!
Read MoreEarly in the spring it is a great pleasure to go for a walk and see the lovely fresh green of early emerging foliage on trees and shrubs – “spring green” is a happy phrase almost whenever you hear it, signaling renewal, regrowth, the onset of longer and sunnier days. Unfortunately, locally one of the earliest of these pretty sights is the soft green leaf of a bush honeysuckle.
Honeysuckles are members of the genus Lonicera. None of the bush species of Lonicera is native to Ohio.
Read MoreFirst of all I am going to make an assumption. Most of us whose gardens have been invaded by bush honeysuckles have not set out intentionally to include them, so the vast majority are invaders into existing mixed hedges, woodland edges, and odd spots.
Read MoreSaturday, April 27th
1 - 3 pm
Nature, Center at Shaker Lakes, Pavilion
Join the Shaker Lakes Garden Club and the Nature Center at Shaker Lakes for a Weed Wrangle. Working with Nature Center staff and Garden Club volunteers, we'll be learning how to identify and remove invasive species in our natural areas.
Read MoreYou already know April is officially designated as native plant month and Ohio was the FIRST state in the US to make this important designation.
Read MoreApril 16 at 7 pm
Drinks and Dessert
Join SLGC to celebrate Earth Month!
Read MoreFrom Mindy Bartholomae, Zone X Conservation Chair/ NAL Rep - please consider sharing on social media platforms you are using. Ohio is a leader in promoting native plants, but it is important to share this message beyond the choir!
Read MoreLet’s start with the exception – the rare exception. Yes, there is in fact an Ohio native Buckthorn that need not be removed from your garden, Rhamnus alnifolia, the alder-leaved buckthorn, a small (2’ - 3’ tall), noninvasive little shrub that grows in fens or low, damp areas with calciferous soil across the northern US and southern Canada.
Read MoreIf you encounter non-native buckthorn in your garden, you truly must remove it – that’s a WHEN, not an IF. And the sooner, the better, or your neighbors will hate you! Once it is gone, you will probably want something else to take its place.
Read MoreThe Ohio Environmental Council is calling for Ohioans to support efforts to address gerrymandering in our state. Gerrymandered districts do not reflect the will of Ohioans and have impeded legislative efforts to preserve Ohio's environment.
Read MoreMindy Bartholomae, head of the Zone X Committee, created this handout for the Conservation/ NAL group.
Read MoreDo you have time to help clean up a therapeutic garden for foster children?
Location: Applewood Residential (3518 W 25th St, Cleveland, OH 44109)
*Date: October 20th
*Time: 9:30-11:30 (but even an hour will help!)
*Tasks will include: final weeding, compost and straw and other cleanup as necessary
Join us! Contact Petra Moran by October 13 if you can join!
Read MoreThe Master Gardeners of Cuyahoga County have invited SLGC members to join them for the Garden Walk the day before their 2023 Fall Seminar “Flowers, Trees, Backyards and Bees”.
Read MoreNature in my Backyard is a joint pilot program of the Shaker Lakes Garden Club and the Audubon Society of Greater Cleveland. We have been working together to develop this program for many months, and it is now in operation! Hurrah!
So WHAT exactly is this program? It is an education and certification program designed to help you understand the most essential steps to building biodiversity in your backyard. Birds, fireflies, butterflies, ladybugs, and their native friends can once again become regular visitors and residents in your garden. Native plants will return birdsong and fluttering wings to fill your very own yard. Here are the basics:
Read MoreCommon Ground Collaborative Grants were created by GCA to help clubs build long term relationships with diverse community groups to develop, improve and maintain public land and programs.
Read MoreRecently there has been a great deal of press given to “No Mow May,” a movement that started in England a couple of years ago.
Read MoreThe 2023 NAL Conference was an energizing learning experience. The conference began with a day of educational meetings at the conference hotel, many focusing on the upcoming legislation that GCA would be promoting on The Hill on Wednesday.
Read MoreA “responsible” citizen and community member in days gone by tended lawns that were perfectly mowed, fertilized, and weed-free. Times they are a changin'! A knowledgeable, conscientious homeowner in 2023 is more likely to shrink their lawn to plant natives and create a more functional, purposeful landscape.
Read MoreEvery year, billions of birds migrate north in the spring and south in the fall, the majority of them flying at night, navigating with the night sky.
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