Overheard at the Garden Gate
SLGC
SLGC Board Meeting
Thursday, December 5 (note change of day)
9:00 coffee - 9:30 meeting
At the home of Robin Schachat
17400 South Park Boulevard
Shaker Heights 44120
RSVP to Mary Bruce and Robin
Let Mary Bruce know of any agenda items you would like discussed.
If you are a Trustee or an Executive Board member and cannot attend the meeting, make sure to appoint a proxy to vote on your behalf.
See Members Only page of website for the year’s board meeting schedule.
Tip of the Month from Margaret Wilson, Zone X Floral Design Chair
Want to Keep Your Christmas Greens? Try These Tips!
Soak - submerged in a tub of clean water for a minimum of 24 hrs
Drain and Treat - thoroughly front and back with an anti- transpirant spray. Try Wilt -Pruf or Crowning Glory.
Mist- every other day
Keep Cool - Turn down the heat and use LED lights.
Enjoy
Thanks from Our Neighboring Garden Clubs
Dear Ladies,
On behalf of the Garden Club of Cleveland, thank you for a wonderful Joint Meeting last Tuesday. I received so many notes of appreciation from our members commenting on the flowers, the food and of course, the speaker George Shackleford. He was engaging, entertaining and had a wonderful story about Monet’s changing approaches to his garden paintings.
Thank you for putting together such a fantastic afternoon. It was a highlight of our year!
All the best,
Laura (Laura Fulton Pinnick)
Dear Mary Bruce and Members of Shaker Lakes Garden Club,
Thank you for your invitation and hospitality this past Thursday at George Shackleford's talk and presentation on Monet and more! Everyone I talked to from Akron Garden Club thoroughly enjoyed the program and of course the luncheon (and dessert!) were divine! The blue arrangements and plates were striking and fit your theme perfectly.
We enjoyed spending the afternoon with new and old acquaintances from our garden club friends to the north!
Gratefully,
Teresa Good, Akron Garden Club
Photography Opportunities from Ryn Clarke, Zone X Photography Representative
New Flower Shows with photography divisions that have posted in the last month:
"The Wizard of Oz," a GCA Flower Show hosted by the GC of East Hampton, June 25-26, 2020. Photography Registration for all GCA members opens February 21, 2020.
"Les Belles Fleurs - Celebrate," a GCA Flower Show hosted by the Indianapolis Garden Club on April 17-19, 2020. Photography Registration for all GCA members opened November 1, 2019.
Natura Insects
From Robin Schachat: A friend forwarded to me recently an article about a new and different kind of botanical art: the use of parts and pieces of fresh floral materials to create portraits of insects. The artist is a gentleman from Montreal named Raku Inoue, and he is very creative. Here is an example of his work, and you can see more if you click here.
Maybe this would make for a fun workshop for the club one day?
Pickling Your Paperwhites
Do your paperwhites grow too tall and fall over? Suzy Hartford forwarded an article that may solve your problem. Share your holiday hooch with them and they will thank you for it. Just don’t let them overdo it with the good stuff. Click here to read the article.
Don’t forget to go to smile.amazon.com and include Shaker Lakes Garden Club as the charity of your choice. Everything you purchase on Amazon will garner .5% for the Club. It adds up!