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I want to thank SLGC and the GCA for sending me to the conference, and Robin Schachat who took me under her wing. As I listened to all the wonderful speakers on the first day of the conference, there was Shirley Meniece, on stage and smiling at all of us.
Read More Tuesday, December 12 from 9:30-12:30
Plymouth Church, 2860 Coventry Road, Shaker Hts. 44120
Custom design your holiday decorations for tabletop, mantle, door or porch using premium fresh greens and branches, bows and baubles. Pre-registration is required. RSVP to Karen Colini, and mail $45 check, made out to SLGC, to Greens Workshop, 9801 Stafford Road, Chagrin Falls, OH 44023.
Read MoreOn October 4, Margaret Ransohoff hosted a Horticulture Propagation Workshop on her lovely back garden terrace. (BTW, she is the only person I know of who plants for a late summer to fall garden — most of us plant for early spring and summer.)
Read MorePSSST!!!!! HAVE YOU HEARD?!? SLGC is having a FLOWER SHOW next MAY 18, 2018! When you are shopping for fall bulbs and plant bargains, keep our show in mind! The awards are out there waiting for YOU!
Wednesday, 4 October, 10 AM
For more information, please call Margaret Ransohoff 216-299-3472, Martha Marsh, 216-956-3956
Read MoreIf you visit my garden in summer, you will observe that I have clematis growing in every corner of the landscape. It is probably my favorite perennial and I have devised many ways to take advantage of the color, shape and dimension that they provide.
Read MorePure, therapeutic-grade essential oils are “aromatic, volatile liquids distilled from shrubs, flowers, trees, roots, bushes and seeds”. They are one of mankind’s first medicine.
Here are a few fun facts about essential Oils:
Read MoreIn June, Cathy Miller and I entered an invitational two-sided arrangement class in the GCA Major Show in Chicago, The Show of Summer. A two-sided design is in itself VERY difficult, and because the class was invitational, we found ourselves among some of the hottest shots in the country. Oh dear....
Read MoreDid you save your amorphophallus bulb? (Or is it a corm**…?) Is it beginning to do its thing? It may or may not be doing so — they are very independent minded cusses. But here is what you can do now:
Read MoreWe had a fine turnout for the March 28th Orchid Workshop, presented by our Provisional extraordinaire, Cynthia Druckenbrod. As Director of Horticulture Exhibits and Communications, Cynthia had just completed another successful Orchid Mania event at the Cleveland Botanical Garden and then made time for a private workshop for our members.
Read MoreAsking a gardener to name her favorite things in a garden is absurd; it’s like asking for an encyclopedia. As winter retreats, do I say the voices of spring peepers? The duck’s eggs in my planter? The golden green of the first color to show on willows in spring? It can’t be done. But I know one thing I deeply love this time of year: spring ephemerals.
Read MoreCould your orchids use a late winter boost? Do they need repotting or some encouragement to bloom? Our own horticulture expert Cynthia Druckenbrod (CBG Director of Horticultural Exhibits and Communications) will lead this demonstration on growing and repotting orchids.
RSVP to Margaret Ransohoff: margranso@aol.com or (216) 299-3472
Read MoreTuesday, April 25th
9:30am Coffee
10:00am Program
At the Chagrin Falls Township Hall
83 North Main Street in Chagrin Falls
RSVP: Email Mary Bruce Rae-Grant or call 216-342-4111
Read MoreWednesday, April 19 at 10:30
Walking Tour of Beaver Marsh
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Trekkers are sure to delight in Beaver Marsh, just north of the Ira Trailhead, where ingenious local beavers have dammed waterways with mud and sticks and can often be spotted mid-evening gearing up for more work on their wetlands projects.
RSVP by April 15: Email Gale Clarry or call 703-217-7639.
Read MoreOn February 28, with generous support from Joan Holmes, Margaret Ransohoff, Robin Schachat, and the Mather Fund, the Shaker Lake Garden Club hosted Patrick Blanc, a leading expert on Vertical Gardens.
Read MoreMy husband Mike and I lived in London in the early 1990’s. The winter was one of the rainiest in a number of years and the days were short of sunlight. Each Friday, I found myself stopping at the floral stand outside the Tube Station to pick up a a bunch of tulips.
Read Moreby C. Colston Burrell
from Fine Gardening issue 59
Density of trees serves as a gauge for degrees of light and shade. Left to right: full sun, light shade, partial shade, full shade, and deep shade.
So, shade is shade, right? Wrong. All shade is not created equal. Many variables, including season, time of day, age of trees, their density, and canopy composition, all affect how plants are shaded. Understanding these factors helps gardeners select and care for plants.
Read MoreThis is one of the questions we hear most often. There are several possibilities:
1. Harsh winters can damage flower buds on hydrangeas that set their flower buds last year.
2. Deer love to eat those tender tips.
3. It is important to prune them at the correct time – and this is where it gets tricky.
Hort Minute from Ann Jackson*
It seems to me that all manufacturers of sprays, liquid fertilizers, and the like, think all gardeners have tremendous acreage. The poor soul who has only a sliver of ground and needs only a cupful of spray is hard put to get it when the label gives dilution directions for gallons. Here’s a conversion table you ought to frame.
Read MoreMost seeds should be sown indoors about 4 to 8 weeks before your Frost-Free Date. But many seeds need even more time to develop before being introduced to the outdoors. So if you're itching to get your hands dirty, now is the time!
Read MoreToday, January 24th, I enjoyed a bit of relief from the winter doldrums as I came upon this lovely clump of snowdrops in full bloom. Yes, it has been unseasonably warm for a week, but this is very early (did I mention climate change?) to see anything in bloom. You’ve got to love a plant that can push up through snow or frozen mud and flower in the middle of winter, even before the witch hazels and hellebores.
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