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Native Perennial Plants to Put in the Garden Now
Read MoreFall Horticultural Program
Molly Dixon
Tuesday, September 11 at 10:30 am
at Bluestone Perennials Nursery
7211 Middle Ridge Rd, Madison, OH 44057
RSVP to molly.dixon@mac.com.
Horticulture Help
Molly Dixon
Dear Horti,
I’m feeling the urge to transplant some perennials. Any tips?
Autumnally yours,
Miss Placed
Horticulture Help
Molly Dixon
All your concerns and questions about Horticulture answered here!
By Miss Hortense E. Toity
(a.k.a. Horti Toity)
Guide to Spring Garden Prep
Molly Dixon
1. Order summer bulbs & seeds
2. Clean gardening tools
3. Fix fences, gates & trellis
4. Clean up flower beds and borders
5. Hunt down garden pests
6. Stake
7. Prune
8. Divide and transplant
9. Amend soil
For details, click here:
Read MoreA Flower Show Workshop
Margaret Ransohoff
Cocktails and Castor Beans
(but not mixed!)
Thursday February 22nd at 6:00
Home of Margaret Ransohoff
19850 Marchmont Rd.
Shaker Hts. 44122
Christmas Amaryllis
Martha Marsh
Now What?!
Many of us have lovely amaryllises blooming in our houses over the holidays, either by design or from gifts.
Read MoreShirley Meneice Horticulture Workshop, Omaha September 2017
Robin Schachat
To begin with, Shirley wasn’t there.
For the first time in all 16 years of workshops, Shirley Meneice was absent, stuck at home in California following a bad fall. Shirley is one of the GCA’s stalwarts, a champion of horticulture practice and programs, and the greatest supplier of seeds to GCA Seed Share.
Read MoreShirley Meneice - A Newcomer's Perspective
Julie Given
I want to thank SLGC and the GCA for sending me to the conference, and Robin Schachat who took me under her wing. As I listened to all the wonderful speakers on the first day of the conference, there was Shirley Meniece, on stage and smiling at all of us.
Read MoreSLGC Holiday Greens Workshop 2017
Karen Colini
Tuesday, December 12 from 9:30-12:30
Plymouth Church, 2860 Coventry Road, Shaker Hts. 44120
Custom design your holiday decorations for tabletop, mantle, door or porch using premium fresh greens and branches, bows and baubles. Pre-registration is required. RSVP to Karen Colini, and mail $45 check, made out to SLGC, to Greens Workshop, 9801 Stafford Road, Chagrin Falls, OH 44023.
Read MoreHorticulture Happenings
Martha Marsh
On October 4, Margaret Ransohoff hosted a Horticulture Propagation Workshop on her lovely back garden terrace. (BTW, she is the only person I know of who plants for a late summer to fall garden — most of us plant for early spring and summer.)
Read MorePropagation Workshop Reminder!
Martha Marsh
PSSST!!!!! HAVE YOU HEARD?!? SLGC is having a FLOWER SHOW next MAY 18, 2018! When you are shopping for fall bulbs and plant bargains, keep our show in mind! The awards are out there waiting for YOU!
Wednesday, 4 October, 10 AM
For more information, please call Margaret Ransohoff 216-299-3472, Martha Marsh, 216-956-3956
Read MoreA Proclivity for Clematis
Margaret Ransohoff
If you visit my garden in summer, you will observe that I have clematis growing in every corner of the landscape. It is probably my favorite perennial and I have devised many ways to take advantage of the color, shape and dimension that they provide.
Read MoreThe Magical World of Medicinal Oils
Beth Boles
Pure, therapeutic-grade essential oils are “aromatic, volatile liquids distilled from shrubs, flowers, trees, roots, bushes and seeds”. They are one of mankind’s first medicine.
Here are a few fun facts about essential Oils:
Read MoreThe Show of Summer - a Near Disaster!
Martha Marsh
In June, Cathy Miller and I entered an invitational two-sided arrangement class in the GCA Major Show in Chicago, The Show of Summer. A two-sided design is in itself VERY difficult, and because the class was invitational, we found ourselves among some of the hottest shots in the country. Oh dear....
Read MoreAmorphophallus Redux
Martha Marsh
Did you save your amorphophallus bulb? (Or is it a corm**…?) Is it beginning to do its thing? It may or may not be doing so — they are very independent minded cusses. But here is what you can do now:
Read MoreProvisional Extraordinaire Shares Expertise
Margaret Ransohoff
We had a fine turnout for the March 28th Orchid Workshop, presented by our Provisional extraordinaire, Cynthia Druckenbrod. As Director of Horticulture Exhibits and Communications, Cynthia had just completed another successful Orchid Mania event at the Cleveland Botanical Garden and then made time for a private workshop for our members.
Read MoreMy Favorite Things: Spring Ephemerals
Robin Schachat
Asking a gardener to name her favorite things in a garden is absurd; it’s like asking for an encyclopedia. As winter retreats, do I say the voices of spring peepers? The duck’s eggs in my planter? The golden green of the first color to show on willows in spring? It can’t be done. But I know one thing I deeply love this time of year: spring ephemerals.
Read MoreOrchid Workshop
Margaret Ransohoff
March Horticulture Workshop: Tuesday, March 28th 10:00 am
Orchid Tips And Tricks
Could your orchids use a late winter boost? Do they need repotting or some encouragement to bloom? Our own horticulture expert Cynthia Druckenbrod (CBG Director of Horticultural Exhibits and Communications) will lead this demonstration on growing and repotting orchids.
RSVP to Margaret Ransohoff: margranso@aol.com or (216) 299-3472
Read MoreMember Meeting April 2017
Molly Dixon
“Must-Have Perennials”
With horticulturalist and plant expert Penny Orr
Tuesday, April 25th
9:30am Coffee
10:00am Program
At the Chagrin Falls Township Hall
83 North Main Street in Chagrin Falls
RSVP: Email Mary Bruce Rae-Grant or call 216-342-4111
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