This month we examine a very wide-ranging Position Paper, the essence of which is to ensure food security for the United States. You can find it and its support report here.
What a timely moment to address glitter! Glitter is made of plastic and aluminum bonded together with polyethylene terephthalate (PET). Phthalates are endocrine disruptors and can cause serious health damage.
What's the news? What did you hear over the garden gate? Has your contact information changed since the new Directory was published? 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!
If you’ve been collecting succulents the last few years, you may have noticed that after a while their growth slows down and the leaves become less colorful or shriveled. These are signs that the plant is outgrowing its original container and should be re-potted.
Do you want to work for a terrific organization that wants to make Northeast Ohio a better and more beautiful place? Save the environment? Help people love to garden?
Here come the holidays! Are you ready? Have you preheated your ovens, polished your candelabras, completed your shopping? If you are looking for a welcome escape, plan to attend our Greens Workshop on December 11 at Plymouth Church.
Last fall I took time off and did not prepare a list of suggested garden books for holiday gifting, so this year I have two years’ worth of new publications to work from! Lucky me! And I perceive a major trend.
Let’s start our review of this year’s wonderful children’s books with a really FUN interactive charmer that turns into a construction project:Turn This Book into a Beehive! Educational information about bees – both our common natives and imported honeybees – abounds in this happily illustrated, colorful, soft-bound volume.
On a recent visit to Lisbon, Portugal, I had the opportunity to visit the National Palace of Queluz. It was originally built as a summer palace for Portugal’s King Pedro, but thirteen years later became the permanent royal residence. This is an exquisite palace with formal gardens and parkland. Queluz is very much like a miniature Versailles.
This month, we draw your attention to the GCA Position paper on Oceans. As with each Position Paper, this is only one page long and is laid out in simple bullet points in four categories: Pollution Reduction, Funding, Sustainable Resource Use, and Ecosystem Protection, Conservation, and Biodiversity.
On Wednesday October 17th, Mary Bruce and I embarked on our trip to The Zone X Presidents’ Council Meeting in...you guessed it…Dayton! If I had been to Dayton before I didn’t remember it — but honestly now I will never forget it! We experienced a fabulous meeting at The Dayton Country Club.
What's the news? What did you hear over the garden gate? Has your contact information changed since the new Directory was published? 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!
It is the middle of October and it has been a whirlwind week. It began with Rick Darke’s program for our joint meeting with Garden Club of Cleveland. Our sister club brought us a wonderful speaker, known for his work in regenerative landscapes. Rick’s knowledge and experience is immense.
To fulfill the stated commitment of SLGC to stimulate the knowledge and love of gardening, members since 1966 have voluntarily contributed to a philanthropic fund, and more than $262,000 has been distributed.