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 joyous month of June and a time of graduations, weddings, and gardens! Garden tours abound this month, and I do hope you have a chance to visit a new garden. Let the creativity and design of others inspire your own gardens.
Beth Boles, photography chair, asked SLGC photography judges to comment on this year’s entries as if they were entries in a GCA flower show. A learning experience for all!
Some of you may be wondering where your mailed dues notice is. Your mail person did not forget it. Last year we switched to a notice in the newsletter. It saved us a bunch of money that can find better use in programs.
Every visit to Paris in late April and May, I have the pleasure of enjoying the beautiful chestnut trees in full bloom. This makes me both happy and sad.
The SLGC Board is please to announce that the following women have accepted the Club's invitation to become new provisional members beginning in the 2019-2020 season. An impressive group of women!
No doubt many of us are in full plant-buying mode right now. If you are looking to add new perennials, annuals or shrubs and trees to your gardens, check out the Audubon Society’s native plants database: https://www.audubon.org/native-plants
The final distribution of the 2018-2019 Charitable Projects Fund of $13,435 supported 12 northeast Ohio projects, highlighting numerous club interests: beekeeping, community beautification, food gardening education, reduction of invasive species, to name a few.
Sally Roman, Visiting Gardens chair, organized trips to two lovely gardens, The Wolcott Lilac Garden, and the Wilis Iris Garden at the Rockefeller Greenhouse. Both gardens were a treat for those who attended.
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!
This past week, Karen Colini, Nancy Zambie and I had a chance to visit the Cleveland Institute of Art (CIA). Last year, we voted to give CIA a Charitable Project grant to fund a student competition.
Fellow Gardeners: Along with planting gardens, it’s time to provide the funds for the wonderful SGLC activities and programs planned for the 2019/20 year.
Active dues are $175 Associate dues are $200 Provisional dues are $100
The beautiful photos are all in and it’s time to vote. Check out the photos, scroll through and enlarge pictures in each category. Then click here to vote. You may have difficulty making a decision! Votes must be in by May 15, and results will be posted in the next newsletter.