Membership Meeting November 2019
Carole Obernesser
Tuesday, November 19
9:30 Coffee & Holiday yummies 10:00 Meeting
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Cornucopia -- a Huge Success!
SLGC
A huge thank you to our superb flower show Committee! Your time, ideas and energy made Cornucopia the success it was. We had people of many different ages and walks of life enjoy the show. Thank you to all who entered the show (especially the children), and congratulations to the winners. Enjoy the photos of some of the highlights.
Read MoreThe People's Choice Award Winners - November 2019
Beth Boles
The winners have been decided! Thanks to GCC and SLGC members who submitted photos, and thanks also to all who voted. Congratulations to all the photographers and especially to the winners.
Read MoreLANDSCAPE DESIGN IN THE WESTERN WORLD – OR THE LACK OF IT – DURING THE MIDDLE AGES
Robin Schachat
Now we emerge from the heyday of culture and landscape design during the “Dark” and Middle Ages, in Andalusia, to discuss what was happening in the rest of Europe. Let’s begin with the Roman Empire, briefly, and go from there.
Read MoreZone X Photography News
Ryn Clarke
Below is the latest news on new flower show schedules with photography divisions posted and Focus’ online contest.
Read MoreA Hort Moment
Judith McMillan and Lori Cohen
I thought that I knew how to plant a tree! But at the Shirley Meneice Horticulture Conference I took a workshop called “What Made My Good Plant Go Bad” and I learned that ideas about how to plant trees have changed.
Read MoreHorticulture Immersion and Visual Beauty
Jennifer Langston & Judith McMillan
The theme of the 2019 conference was “Horticulture Elevated,” so named because of the unique environment of the steppe ecosystem of the Denver conference location.
Read MoreCharitable Projects News
Carol Provan and Sandy Holmes
If your mailbox didn’t include a little letter from Carol Provan and Sandy Holmes regarding Charitable Projects, let us know! Our committee diligently stuffed and lovingly stamped and mailed our request for 2019-20 and it should be on its way…….”
Read MoreOverheard at the Garden Gate
SLGC
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!
Read MorePresident's Letter October 2019
Mary Bruce Rae-Grant
I recently enjoyed a wonderful trip to England and Scotland. While walking in an old part of London, I stopped to admire a particularly gorgeous, and eye catching, window box. One of our members, Jennifer Wey, makes beautiful containers and I try to send her inspirational photos from time to time. Next to this container was an award plaque. It was from “The Worshipful Company of Gardeners”. I loved it. It could easily be a suitable description of our club and all its members. We are a wonderful company of talented women—some are expert horticulturists, some are imaginative designers, some are extraordinary photographers, and some are creative geniuses in the botanic arts—all of us are volunteers. Thank you for all that you do to make our club a vibrant organization.
Read MoreJoint Membership Meeting with The Garden Club of Cleveland
Carole Obernesser
Tuesday, October 29
11:30 a.m. Registration and lunch (NOTE TIME CHANGE)
followed by speaker George T.M. Shackelford, “Impressionist Gardens”
Last Chance to Enter the People's Choice Photography Contest!
Beth Boles
There are still spaces left in three photo categories: Walking Bridge(s), Fruit Tree(s), and Garden Sculpture(s). Let’s fill them up! Send your photos to Beth NOW!
The photo entries will be on display in a slide show at the October luncheon with the Cleveland Garden Club at The Country Club. Let’s do ourselves proud!
Read MoreSLGC Members Won Many Ribbons at the GCC Flower Show
SLGC
Three intrepid members of SLGC, Suzy Hartford, Margaret Ransohoff, and Karen Colini, entered the Horticulture division, and Leslie Marting entered Botanical Arts division of the Cleveland Garden Club Flower Show this week, and just about every entry won a ribbon. Karen Colini won the prestigious GCA Rosie Jones Horticulture Award for her stunning and unusual dahlia. Check out the entries in this Gallery to get some inspiration for the SLGC Flower Show in a few weeks. Surely you have something equally stunning in your backyards!
(click on photos to enlarge)
Tea, Crumpets and Cornucopia
Catherine Levy
Please join us for the Cornucopia Flower Show’s Celebratory Tea on Opening day of the Show
DATE: Saturday, October 19
FROM: 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm
Cornucopia Is Only Weeks Away!
Amy Miller and Cynthia Druckenbrod
What will you bring to our fall flower show, Cornucopia?
This is your opportunity to show off all your beautiful fall plants! Our schedule is here. Entries can be just about any fall blooming perennial, annuals that are still blooming, ornamental grasses and ferns, cut branches- deciduous or evergreen and so many others.
Read MoreTwo Treats in One Day!
Sally Roman
August’s Visiting Gardens was a celebration of the flower. First we were greeted by Karen Colini and her two daughters, Katie and Mary, and a gaggle of ducks at Sweetbay Flower Farm. As we walked between the rows and rows of flowers we could focus on the beauty of each bloom and we understood the amount of work they committed to the garden's creation.
Read MoreHort Moment
Judith McMillan and Lori Cohen
Fall is approaching and soon some of our members will be lighting fires in their fireplace or in a wood-burning stove. That made me wonder, “Is wood ash good for my garden?” The answer, of course, depends. Wood ash is alkaline, so if you have acid soil, adding wood ash to your compost or to your garden could be helpful as long as it comes from untreated wood. It is a fine idea to test your garden rather than guess what your soil conditions are. Soil test kits are readily available from the county extension service and can also be found on line.
Read MoreThe Evolution of Western Garden Design: the Great Moorish Gardens of Spain
Robin Schachat
Now, where were we on our exploration of the history of western garden design? Just about to depart the Islamic gardens of the Middle East, as I recall? Let’s have a quick recap of the classic garden elements we met there.
Read MoreOverheard at the Garden Gate
SLGC
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!
Read MorePresident's Letter September 2019
Mary Bruce Rae-Grant
I hope you are enjoying these lazy dog days of summer. The zinnias are blooming, the roses are scenting the garden, and the dahlias promise a glorious show. The patio beckons to enjoy a few quiet moments of a late summer garden.
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