Surprising Water Facts
Ann Whitney
Due to our strategic location in Northeast Ohio, Shaker Lakes Garden Club has an on-going conservation theme for conserving water and protecting the Great Lakes.
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Peoples' Choice Photography Contest
Beth Boles
Thank you, thank you, one and all, for participating in our first Peoples' Choice Photography Contest! Voting will begin on Voting Day, Tuesday, November 7 and run for two weeks, ending on Tuesday, November 21st. Stay tuned!
Read MoreAccessing the GCA Website
Dozie Herbruck
Thanks to Carol Provan, who wanted to access the GCA website (something every graduating SLGC Provisional should do), we discovered that the procedure has changed. The following are the instructions sent by the GCA committee:
Read MoreOverheard at the Garden Gate
SLGC
What's the news? What did you hear over the garden gate? Notice any errors in the new Directory? Who heard what? Who has learned something to share with us? Who has a great new idea? Who loves to share the miracles of nature? It's all here!
Read MorePresident's Letter
Sarah Dimling
Dear Friends,
I hope you all had a fun and relaxing summer! While it's officially fall, it feels more like summer right now than much of our actual summer.
Membership Meeting October
SLGC
Tuesday, October 31 at 11:30 am
The Hunt Club
7620 Old Mill Road, Gates Mills 44040
To RSVP, send $30, check made out to Shaker Lakes Garden Club to June Morgan at 3785-4 Lander Rd., Chagrin Falls, OH 44022
Read MorePropagation Workshop Reminder!
Martha Marsh
PSSST!!!!! 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 MoreGCA Conservation Study Trip a Huge Success!
SLGC
They came to Cleveland from far and wide to attend this year's GCA Conservation Study trip, ably organized and led by SLGC's own Jane Ellison. This is what's being said about the intensive study of Lake Erie, its beauty and its challenges.
"I will always think of the Great Lakes with new eyes and intelligent understanding from here on out.
Read MoreGCA Flower Show Coming to Cleveland!
Robin Schachat
The GCA Flower Show is coming to Cleveland in May! Get ready to start your seeds! Root your cuttings! Let's all get involved!
Read MoreVisiting Gardens October 25
Gale Clarry
Laurentia Vineyard and Winery
4599 S. Madison Rd., Madison, Oh 44057
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 – 10:00 a
RSVP by OCT 18, Gale Clarry, galetours@yahoo.com or 216-371-1537
Read MoreMy Favorite Thing
Robin Schachat
Greetings to the Ladies of the SLGC from hot, humid, and sunstroke-inducing Omaha! Julie Given and I are here at the Shirley Meneice Horticulture Workshop, hosted annually at one or another US public garden or arboretum by the Garden Club of America Horticulture Committee.
Read MoreCharitable Projects 2017-18
Anne Ginn and Kate Stenson
By now you should have receive your Charitable Projects materials for this upcoming calendar year, 2017-18.
Read MoreOverheard at the Garden Gate
SLGC
What's the news? What did you hear over the garden gate? Notice any errors in the new Directory? Who heard what? Who has learned something to share with us? Who has a great new idea? Who loves to share the miracles of nature? It's all here!
Read MoreSLGC Online “Peoples’ Choice” Photography Contest
Beth Boles
This is to remind you that the SLGC Peoples' Choice Online Photography Contest, "Anatomy of Nature" has begun! Photos are being accepted now until October 13th for 4 Classes.
Click here for the Schedule, Classes, Rules and Timeline for the contest.
President's Letter September 2017
Sarah Dimling
Dear Friends,
I hope you are enjoying the last weeks of summer and your gardens are cooperating nicely! It’s been a lovely “Goldilocks” summer, not too hot and not too cold. I’m not nearly ready to gear up for cooler temperatures and I think most of us will agree it’s far more satisfying to dig in our gardens than to shovel snow.
Read MoreSeptember Membership Meeting
SLGC
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
9:30 Coffee 10:00 Meeting and Speaker
Look About Lodge
37374 Miles Rd.
Bentleyville, OH
A Proclivity for Clematis
Margaret Ransohoff
If 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 MoreThe Magical World of Medicinal Oils
Beth Boles
Pure, 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 MoreMy Favorite Things!
Martha Marsh
I don’t know if it is because I was born in the fall, or because I love to garden as well as to cook, but autumn has always seemed special to me. As much as I hate to see the summer end, the transition from humid heat to crisp, clear days and cool nights of autumn are revitalizing.
Read MoreTips for using the SLGC Website
Dozie Herbruck
Having trouble looking at photos? Finding the current newsletter? Pulling up an old newsletter? Finding an article by a certain author or topic? Here are a few tips. Contact Dozie Herbruck if you need help in any way with the Shaker Lakes Garden Club website.
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