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This News section contains information that has appeared in a monthly newsletter, pertaining only to Club members. The newest articles appear at the top of the page. Each entry is categorized for easy sorting and archiving.
The Garden Club of America Annual meeting was challenging, inspiring, entertaining and absolutely educating. Across the country came 600 delegates from the 200 GCA clubs, to learn more about the Garden Club of America, and 400 members who volunteered to help with this meeting.
Read MoreWe arrived in San Francisco on a beautiful, sunny day. Buckets of gorgeous flowers stood on street corners, musicians played their instruments, and the warmth of the sun felt divine. After a very chilly April in NE Ohio, we had arrived in paradise for the GCA Annual Meeting.
Read MoreThe GCA Katharine M. Grosscup Scholarships in Horticulture were awarded to eight students for the 2018-19 school year, for a total of $21,500. The Scholarships, named in memory of a Shaker Lakes Garden Club member, are managed locally by three members of the Shaker Lakes Garden Club, and three members of the Garden Club of Cleveland.
Read MoreAt our May 29 Membership meeting Cathi Lehn, from the Mayor’s Office of Sustainability, and Sandra Albro, from Holden Forests and Gardens, talked about the Sustainable initiatives in the Cleveland area.
Read MoreJ. Sterling Morton and his wife moved from Detroit into the Nebraska Territory in 1854. Morton became editor of Nebraska’s finest newspaper and used journalism to share agricultural information and his enthusiasm for trees.
Read MoreIt’s almost like being there – well, not really. But a few of the presentations Cynthia Druckenbrod and I enjoyed at the GCA’s NAL Meeting are available, as slide presentations, on the GCA website. The quality of professionalism and research represented in these presentations is astounding.
Read MoreMany of you know I am in the GCA Horticulture Judging program, but I am not sure that you know that means I am expected to enter Flower Shows. Like many of you, I have looked at the entries and thought, or even said aloud, “I could do as well or better than that!”
Read MoreThis time of year, when we are being teased by occasional days of brilliant blue skies and sunlight that lasts into the early evening, I try not to look too hard at the motheaten snow that continues to adorn my front walk.
Read MoreOn February 12, eight enthusiastic and obviously talented provisionals met for a “hats” workshop. This was in preparation for the provisional only class in our upcoming flower show! As you can see from the pictures, this is an amazing group!
Read MoreSobering, insightful, inspiring, and transformative are just a few of the words that I would use to describe my first-time experience at the NAL conference in February. It’s impossible to distill all that we learned there, but these are some of the highlights:
Read MoreOn an unusually balmy February Tuesday, Debbie Oliver, from Cincinnati's Town and Country Garden Club, visited us. She filled our heads with sunny floral designs.
Read More1. Order summer bulbs & seeds
What is Aquafaba, you ask? Have you ever opened a can of garbanzo beans (aka chickpeas) and drained off that nasty, viscous liquid surrounding the beans? That stuff you poured away – it’s liquid gold! Aquafaba.
Read MoreThe Founders Fund Award, established in 1934, was created by Mrs. Harold L. Pratt to honor the Garden Club of America’s twelve founding clubs and the memory of GCA’s first president, Mrs. J. Willis Martin, who served from 1913 to 1920.
Read MoreMany of us have lovely amaryllises blooming in our houses over the holidays, either by design or from gifts.
If you are not sure what to do, pot it up in regular potting soil, hopefully with some crocking or stones at the bottom of the pot.
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As the holidays approach, I start baking. I love to make Springerle, and my favorite mold is a very large one my mother gave me about 25 years ago. It was made in Germany and features a woman watering her garden. Every year at this time, I take it out of its resting place and greet the Gardener just like an old friend. For years, I would make 2 of these very large Springerle; one for my Mother and one for my family. My mother eagerly awaited her cookie. When it arrived, she would make a cup of coffee, as Springerle is be best with coffee, and cut off a chunk of the Gardener. Mom would carefully portion the cookie each day with her coffee until it was gone. My family and I do the same with our Springerle. As soon as my baking is complete, I plan to have a cup of coffee, a Springerle, and listen to holiday music. It is one of my favorite moments of the holidays.
My gardener evokes wonderful memories of my Mother as well as warm days puttering in my own garden.
On Monday November 20 the Shaker Lakes Garden Club Provisional members met at the Cleveland Botanical Garden to decorate the wreath for GLOW! Amy Miller was a bow maker extraordinaire!
Read MoreAs my daughters are now grown, my enthusiasm for holiday decorating has dissipated, to say the least. As the ubiquitous Santas and reindeer are tucked away, my favorite holiday decorations are Simon Pearce hand blown glass evergreens.
Read MoreFourteen of us had the pleasure of being greeted by Jeff Hunsaker, Marketing Director for the winery. He recently moved his family from the Napa Valley in California to Beachwood as he undertook his new position.
Read MoreIt's easy to participate. All you have to do is send us your old Christmas lights for recycling and we'll send you a coupon good for 15% off HolidayLEDs.com LED Christmas lights.
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