One of My Favorite Things...
Martha Marsh
Every year in mid December I start looking carefully at Heinen’s floral display to see if they have the white winter-blooming helebore plants in yet.
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Amaryllis Care
Margaret Ransohoff
Amaryllis and poinsettia may be rivals for the most popular holiday floral choice, but for elegance and versatility, amaryllis is the clear winner. Unlike a “one and done” poinsettia plant, these bulbs will get bigger with time and as a cut flower, they make a striking addition to floral arrangements. Here a few interesting facts about this plant:
Read MoreLate Bloomers
Margaret Ransohoff
With our temperate Ohio climate, having continual color in the garden through spring and summer is easy. It can be more of a challenge to keep the show alive in September and October. But even without the ubiquitous potted mums and kale, you can have a continual sequence of blooms right up until frost. There are many strategies for achieving a long season of color and interest, but here are methods and plants that work well for me.
Read MoreAmorphophallus Care
Martha Marsh
Is your bulb looking a little spent? With all the pressure of a flower showhe may be a little weary. If he is still strong and perky he may have a friend in the pharmo/fert industry. Good on him!
One day soon, if he has not already, he will yellow and grow weary.
Read More2016 Cleveland Pollinator Symposium October 22
SLGC
October 22
8:00 am – 4:30 pm
Squire Valleevue Farm
37125 Fairmount Boulevard
Hunting Valley, OH 44022
Read MoreSelecting and Preparing your Horticulture Specimens for a Flower Show
Suzy Hartford
Groom Your Bloom!
Presented to the Garden Club of Dayton March 8, 2016 by Nancy Linz (GCC)
All You Could Possibly Need to Know about Entering Your Hort
A. Getting Ready for a Flower Show
B. Selecting Cut Specimens
C. Conditioning Your Cuttings
D. Selecting a Container for Your Cutting
E. Selecting Potted (Rooted) Plants
F. Grooming Your Blooms!
G. Pre-Registration
H. Packing Your Specimens for Transportation to the Flower Show
I. Getting Ready to Head to the Show!
J. Once You Arrive at the Show, Final Staging
Arranging Flowers
Clara Rankin
Thanks to the tireless work of many talented ladies and dedicated garden clubs, flower arranging has been transformed from a hobby into an art. Nevertheless, the novice should not be daunted by the apparent complexity of it all. Success is guaranteed if one always keeps in mind that, whether the arrangement is to be presented in a formal show or in an informal house setting, the goals one should be aiming to achieve are: envy, grudging praise, and imitation by rivals.
Read MoreOverheard at the Garden Gate June 2016
SLGC
All the Garden Gate information from the June newsletter is contained here. What's happening? Who heard what? Who won at flower shows? What's happening with the new SLGC website? It's all here!
Read MoreMembership Meeting May 2016
SLGC
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
at the
Shaker Historical Society
9:30 coffee, 10:00 program
Life as a GCA Scholar
by Andrew Sell
Read MoreOverheard at the Garden Gate May 2016
SLGC
All the information from the May newsletter is contained here. What's happening? Who heard what? Who won at flower shows? What's happening with the new SLGC website? It's all here!
Read MoreBuckeye Yard and Garden Online
Suzy Hartford
Buckeye Yard and Garden on Line (BYGL.osu.edu) provides timely information about Ohio growing conditions, pest, disease, and cultural problems.
It’s time!
Suzy Hartford
Ladies, It is time to let your Plant Lust come alive ! You KNOW you want to hit the garden centers. GO for it !
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April Membership Meeting
SLGC
Tuesday, April 26, 2016, 11:00 Meeting 12:00 Luncheon
The Country Club
2825 Lander Road, Pepper Pike, Ohio 44124
Houses and Gardens: Their Intimate Relationship
by Page Dickey
Horticulture Workshops for the Flower Show - April 9 & 16
Margaret Ransohoff
Propagation Workshops led by Margaret Ransohoff and Suzy Hartford, April 9 and April 16, 10 am – 2 pm, drop in anytime, Margaret’s House.
Read MoreManaging Wildlife Conflict in the Landscape
SLGC
Learn tools to manage and lessen the damage that can occur living with deer, geese, rabbits, skunks, bats, moles, voles, raccoons, woodchucks, and urban coyote.
Read MoreFloral Designers Unite!
Robin Schachat
The Shaker Lakes Garden Club is seeking a small, select team of floral designers (2 to 5) to create a pair of LARGE arrangements to celebrate our club’s pivotal role in the birth of The Nature Center at Shaker Lakes.
Read MoreVisiting Gardens 2016
Jennifer Langston
Save the Date
Thursday, June 9th!
10:00 am- 3:00 pm
Hypertufa Creation and Planting at CBG
SLGC
For those SLGC members who missed our hypertufa workshops two years ago, or those who would like to do it again, Cleveland Botanic Garden is hosting two workshops – one for creating the hypertufa container, and one for planting its innards.
Read MoreA New Botany App
Suzy Hartford
A new botany app was mentioned on Facebook (see, there is useful information on FB!):
Read MoreThis Crazy Weather!
Suzy Hartford
From OSU Extension agent and OSU Professors, some thoughts on what this crazy winter weather means for us. (written in late January)
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