President's Letter - December 2020
Leigh Fabens
Greetings, Garden Friends,
We have enjoyed a month of glorious color, some incredibly warm and sunny days, and a little snow to remind us of what we can look forward to in the winter months.
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Horticulture Happy Hour!
Cynthia Druckenbrod
Join us for our first Horticulture Holiday Happy Hour!
When: Wednesday, December 9, 5 pm
Where: Zoom meeting link to follow
What: Pick up a copy of The Drunken Botanist by Amy Stewart and come prepared to talk about your favorite drink from the book!
Let’s celebrate horticulture and the plants that make the world’s best cocktails!
CHANGE to the Greens Pickup Date & Locations
Amy Miller
NEW PICK UP DATE & LOCATION:
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3rd; 12:30-2:30pm
Amy Miller's Home
3130 Lander Road
Pepper Pike
Reminder! January is Book Group Month
Jennifer Langston & Judith McMillan
If you have not purchased Genius of Place, the Life of Frederick Law Olmsted by Justin Martin, you might want to add it to your Christmas list. It is easy and delightful reading.
Read MoreCreating a Miniature, Lush Garden under Glass
Cynthia Druckenbrod
Building a terrarium is fun way to garden indoors throughout the winter!
First, you’ll need these items:
A clean glass vessel- any shape or size will work as long as you can fit your fingers through the opening
Activated charcoal
Sheet moss
Potting soil
Polished pebbles or small rocks
Plants
Accessories
Garden and Nature Family Games for Gift Giving!
Robin Schachat
During the past year we have had the opportunity to welcome some very pleasant new books to our gardening shelves. Here are a few you might consider giving the gardeners on your holiday gift lists.
Read MoreGifts for the Bookshelves of Grown-up Gardeners
Robin Schachat
During the past year we have had the opportunity to welcome some very pleasant new books to our gardening shelves. Here are a few you might consider giving the gardeners on your holiday gift lists.
Read MoreShrunken Holiday Recipes
SLGC
This year, we are almost all celebrating upcoming holidays with feasts that may be smaller in size than what we have cooked in the past. Our gatherings will be smaller, and our dishes will reflect the size of the parties. So a few ladies of the club have shrunk some of our holiday recipes to suit, and are offering the smaller versions here.
Read MoreSLGC Glow Tree
Jennifer Hartford
Petra Moran and Nan Webb organized the provisional effort to make ornaments and decorate the tree. The tree theme this year is Hygge at Home. Hygee is the Danish word for coziness.
Read MoreA Recycling Primer
Suzy Hartford
As the holidays approach, many will be getting newer and better electronics. The question is what to do with the old. Cleveland Heights and many suburbs will take them for recycling but their schedule might not be yours. What to do?
Read MoreCharitable Projects: Role of Members
Carol Provan and Sandy Holmes
A longtime successful hallmark of the Shaker Lakes Garden Club, the Charitable Projects program has encouraged and supported projects related to gardening, conservation, and horticulture by organizations throughout northeast Ohio to the benefit of thousands of citizens.
Unique to the club’s visibility and sustained involvement in the greening of the community is the two-pronged role of the members of our club.
Read MoreGCA's Response to the Need for Virtual Programming
Jennifer Langston
With the shutting down of in-person monthly program meetings for every GCA garden club, the question of “what’s next” was on everyone’s mind. The obvious answer is virtual programming.
Read MoreOverheard at the Garden Gate December 2020
SLGC
What's the news? What did you hear over the garden gate? Has your contact information changed since the new Directory was published? Who heard what? Who has learned something to share with us? Who has a great new idea? Who loves to share the miracles of nature? It's all here!
THIS IS THE LAST DECEMBER POST!
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