From the Con/NAL Committee
Petra Moran
Mindy Bartholomae, head of the Zone X Committee, created this handout for the Conservation/ NAL group.
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Fostering Hope Garden Clean Up and Support
Petra Moran
Do you have time to help clean up a therapeutic garden for foster children?
Location: Applewood Residential (3518 W 25th St, Cleveland, OH 44109)
*Date: October 20th
*Time: 9:30-11:30 (but even an hour will help!)
*Tasks will include: final weeding, compost and straw and other cleanup as necessary
Join us! Contact Petra Moran by October 13 if you can join!
Read MoreDid You Miss the Nature in my Backyard Tour? Second Chance!
Robin Schachat and Jane Ellison
The Master Gardeners of Cuyahoga County have invited SLGC members to join them for the Garden Walk the day before their 2023 Fall Seminar “Flowers, Trees, Backyards and Bees”.
Read MoreNature in my Backyard
Robin Schachat and Jane Ellison
Nature in my Backyard is a joint pilot program of the Shaker Lakes Garden Club and the Audubon Society of Greater Cleveland. We have been working together to develop this program for many months, and it is now in operation! Hurrah!
So WHAT exactly is this program? It is an education and certification program designed to help you understand the most essential steps to building biodiversity in your backyard. Birds, fireflies, butterflies, ladybugs, and their native friends can once again become regular visitors and residents in your garden. Native plants will return birdsong and fluttering wings to fill your very own yard. Here are the basics:
Read MoreCommon Ground Collaborative Grants
Ruth Swetland Eppig
Common Ground Collaborative Grants were created by GCA to help clubs build long term relationships with diverse community groups to develop, improve and maintain public land and programs.
Read MoreThe Truth about “No Mow May”
Robin Schachat
Recently there has been a great deal of press given to “No Mow May,” a movement that started in England a couple of years ago.
Read MoreOn NAL - I could write a short book
Petra Moran
The 2023 NAL Conference was an energizing learning experience. The conference began with a day of educational meetings at the conference hotel, many focusing on the upcoming legislation that GCA would be promoting on The Hill on Wednesday.
Read MoreTime to Shrink the Lawn!
Jane Ellison
A “responsible” citizen and community member in days gone by tended lawns that were perfectly mowed, fertilized, and weed-free. Times they are a changin'! A knowledgeable, conscientious homeowner in 2023 is more likely to shrink their lawn to plant natives and create a more functional, purposeful landscape.
Read MoreSpring Bird Migration is Just Beginning
Jane Ellison
Every year, billions of birds migrate north in the spring and south in the fall, the majority of them flying at night, navigating with the night sky.
Read MoreRice Branch Raingarden Volunteer Opportunity!
Jane Ellison
Installation of the SLGC Charitable Projects funded Raingarden at the Rice Branch Library in Buckeye!
All are welcome at a volunteer opportunity on the install day of the Rice Branch Library Raingarden! The install will start at 8 am on May 5th (May 12th raindate).
Read MoreFree and Necessary For Every Good Home!
Robin Schachat
On Thursday, April 20, from 2 until 3 pm, comes a Zoom every GCA club member should see –
Read MoreConservation Update
Diana Stromberg
National Affairs Legislation Conference 2023:
It’s time to register for the NAL conference! The A in GCA stands for Advocate
and this conference brings together GCA members from all over the country to
learn more about GCA’s current focus on legislation and federal policy
initiatives that reflect our purpose.
SLGC Conservation
Diana Stromberg
As we are moving into 2023 and begin planning our gardens, let’s consider a conservation approach. At our November meeting, I shared a brochure developed by Doug Tallamy, an entomologist, ecologist, and conservationist who encourages all to create biodiversity by turning our yards into a “Homegrown National Park”. Let’s move forward by championing Native Plants that encourage the regeneration of our wildlife.
Read MoreAldo Leopoldo's Shack??
Jane Ellison
Yessiree!! That’s where the National Conservation and NAL Committees met up last month.
Read MoreLife in the Leaf Litter ~ Leave the Leaves
Ann Cicarella
We love the beautiful fall foliage, but once those leaves fall into our gardens, we are gripped with the urge to blow every leaf away and cut back all our plants. But we know so much more now about what the duff layer provides in terms of both food and shelter to bacteria, fungi and tiny invertebrates, such as earthworms, snails and millipedes, who make a huge contribution to nutrient recycling.
Read MoreClimate Change Conversation
Cynthia Druckenbrod
Thursday, September 22, 2022
Gates Mills Community House, Upper Floor
9:30 Coffee, 10 AM Presentation
Please register by September 9, 2022
Free Admission
2022 National Affairs & Legislation Conference
Sarah Dimling and Diana Stromberg
The annual 2022 NAL Conference “Advocacy in Action” took place March1 - 3 and was once again held virtually due to the pandemic. While it was disappointing for attendees and presenters not able to meet in person, it was open to all GCA members and over 1,200 attendees participated from across the nation.
Read MoreHighlights from the GCA 2021 NAL Virtual Conference 2/23-2/25
Diana Stromberg
NAL or National Affairs and Legislation is the advocacy arm of the GCA that has been working with our legislators since the early 1970s to advocate for the environment. The environmental laws (Clean Air, Clean Water, Endangered Species, National Environmental Policy Act, etc.) of this period form the foundation of environmental protection in America. The GCA was there.
Read MoreHuman Benefits From Trees? You Bet – Quantified Here!
Robin Schachat
Last month I wrote about improvements to our ecology, our environment, and eventually our necessary Food Web that are achieved by planting native trees, as well as native shrubs, forbs, et al.
Read MoreC-Change Conversation!
SLGC
All Club Members in Zone X are Invited to the Zoom Presentation!
March 9, 2021 from 9:30 - 11:00 am
It is with great excitement that The Garden Club of Dayton invites all of Zone X to join them in a presentation by Kathleen Biggins of C-Change Conversation.
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