Visiting Gardens
Sally Roman
Wolcott Lilac Garden
450 W. Main Street
Kent, OH
Friday May 10, 2019 at 11:00
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The Healthy Yard Pledge!
Cynthia Druckenbrod and Robin Schachat
The Healthy Yard Pledge is the TOP Priority of GCA’s Conservation Committee this year! Please go to the GCA website’s Conservation Committee home page and read about this pledge, and how you can make your yard healthy for family and neighbors, as well as for nature!
Read MoreLand and Water Conservation Fund Passed!
Robin Schachat
Thank you to all of the Ladies of the SLGC who called or wrote to their Members of Congress in support of the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
Read MoreNews from the Nature Center at Shaker Lakes
Caroline Borrow
As the SLGC Liaison for the Nature Center at Shaker Lakes, I recently met up with Kay Carlson, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Nature Center, and Julia Mitchell, Grants Manager. We had a wonderful conversation about the Center’s community outreach, programming, and current initiatives happening on the 20 acres at 2600 South Park Blvd. Please find a few fun facts taken from my conversation which I have put in the format of “Did you know?”
Read MoreProvisionals Find Inner Peace
Jennifer Moeller
SLGC’s very own Isa Ranganathan kindly gave a 3 hour workshop to our Provisionals Saturday February 16th in her lovely home. Starting with the history as a meditative practice and offering, Isa provided handouts and demonstrated the Ikebana guidelines by creating the beautiful arrangement below.
Read MoreGarden History and Design
Mary Anne Liljedahl
The John’s Island Garden Club took a field trip to BOK Tower Gardens in Lake Whales, Florida. SLGC member’s Mary Susan Lyon and Sandy Holmes are both members and I was lucky enough to be invited.
Read MorePhiladelphia Flower Show Trip a Winner
SLGC
From the looks of it, many of us missed the trip of a lifetime. Ten intrepid and energetic members of SLGC journeyed to Philadelphia to attend this year’s Flower Show, along with side trips to Longwood and Winterthur.
Read MoreOverheard at the Garden Gate
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!
Read MorePresident's Letter February 2019
Mary Bruce Rae-Grant
Happy New Year! Winter, with its peaceful snow, has arrived. This is the time of year I love to watch the birds at the outdoor feeders. The cardinals, juncos, titmice and sparrows are entertaining to see as they vie for positions on the feeders. And, the hopeful squirrel lurking nearby for a few tidbits offers endless delight. The garden is busy with visitors!
Read MoreFebruary Member Meeting
SLGC
FEBRUARY 26, 2019
Breezewood Garden & Gifts
17600 Chillicothe Rd., Chagrin Falls, OH 44023
“Hands on Workshop”
Read MoreFounders Fund Finalists 2019: A Brief Synopsis*
Lee Warshawsky
Abrams Creek Wetlands Preserve: Restoring a Calcareous Muck Fen
Flora and Fauna: The Jane Colden Native Woodland Garden and Animal Habitats
Sniff and Savor Garden at the Pittsburgh Botanic Garden: Enriching Community and Revitalizing Landscape
CLICK HERE to vote!
Read More3rd Annual SLGC Photo Contest!
Beth Boles
Harbingers of Spring!
SLGC Online “Peoples’ Choice” Photography Contest
Spring, 2019
Photos by SLGC members; judging by SLGC members.
Newbies welcome and encouraged to try something new.
Read MoreSave the Date!
Amy Miller and Cynthia Druckenbrod
…for the Next SLGC Flower Show!
Cornucopia will be the theme of our Fall Flower Show and here are a few fast facts to get you thinking about next October!
Read MoreFloral Design Tip of the Month
SLGC
from Margaret Wilson, Garden Club of Cleveland
Zones IX and X Floral Design Committee Rep
Happy New Year to you all, and here's to another wonderful year of creative and fun floral designs.
Here are the two latest Tip of the Month articles for you.
Read MoreRemoving Bulbs from Cold Storage
Amy Miller
So, you have waited patiently for the required 12-16 weeks of bulb chilling. Now, it’s time to reap your reward!
Remove your pot from its chilling spot and observe the bulbs – there are often yellow shoots coming out of the soil. Place the pot in a low light location for about a week where the temperature is between 50-60 degrees to slowly ease your bulbs out of their cold storage.
Read MoreGot Ladybugs?
Cynthia Druckenbrod
You’re not alone! The multicolored Asian ladybeetle (Harmonia axyridis) can be a frequent visitor inside our warm homes in the winter, sometimes to our great consternation. Introduced in to the southern US in the early 1900’s to control soybean aphids, the Asian Ladybeetles are now well established across much of the country, to the detriment of native lady bug species.
Read MoreBad Habits to Break; Good Habits to Make
Cynthia Druckenbrod and Robin Schachat
This month we are getting personal about your eating habits. Does this strike a little too close to home? We hope not, because its’s one of the easiest and most basic ways to do good both for your personal self and for the environment. Eat much less red meat.
Read MoreOverheard at the Garden Gate
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!
Read MorePresident's Letter January 2019
Mary Bruce Rae-Grant
The holidays have almost passed, the cold has settled in, and it is time to start dreaming of spring gardens and the glorious blossoms of summer. In a few weeks, our mailboxes will start to fill with the seed, perennial, tree and shrub catalogs. It is always a pleasure to dream of additions to the garden, or to create fantasy gardens with exotic specimens.
Read MoreJanuary Member Meeting
SLGC
Tuesday, January 22
9:30 am - coffee /10:00 am - meeting
followed by speaker
“Shade, Glorious Shade”
Jenny Rose Carey
Gilmour Academy, Tudor House
34001 Cedar Road
Gates Mills, OH 44040
RSVP to Judy Eakin at judyeakin1107@gmail.com or 440-840-1860
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