Wednesday, September 30 (Note change of day) 10:00 or 1:00
(Arrive 15 minutes prior to the start)
Scott Mueller’s breathtaking sculpture park, designed by renowned landscape architects Reed and Hildebrand, is set on seventy acres amidst trees, ravines and meadows.
On August 18, a dozen SLGC members toured three local locations to observe the impact of grants from our Charitable Projects efforts and to learn about the programs, plans and accomplishments of the organizations.
Focus, the online GCA Photography magazine, is presenting a GCA Members-only, Online Photo Contest called "America the Beautiful"! The schedule is attached to this email.
SLGC members are missing occasions - the Provisional Tea, the Annual Meeting luncheon - for getting together this summer, and we’re experimenting with small “patio parties.”
It’s getting to be time to start thinking about planting bulbs for early spring blooms. While you’re thinking about all the beautiful types of daffodils to plant, don’t forget about another beauty, Alliums.
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!
You are invited to take part in a Charitable Projects Scavenger Hunt Contest! Come on a socially distanced garden club adventure. Here is your opportunity to see grants in action, made possible with our club’s financial support.
It has been quite a year and a new learning experience for all of us as we deal with the realities of Covid-19. We had programs set for the 20-21 year only to realize that this dreaded disease is not going away quickly and that alternative plans needed to be made.
I want to acknowledge the women who have served on the 2019-20 Board – some for longer than one year – and are now taking a respite. Every year there is rotation, with some members moving up from Assistant to “chief,” or changing jobs, and new members coming on.
Conceived by the Van Sweringen brothers as a luxury residential development, Moreland Courts comprises 15 distinct buildings of English-Georgian design with decorative elements taken from Tudor, Gothic, and Jacobean styles.*
Thanks to the Ohio Valley crew I found an organic weed killer spray that torches these “woodland orchids,” the weed that’s been appearing in our gardens for the last few years.
Hot off the press! The GCA is taking advantage of social distancing requirements by offering all club members a series of exciting opportunities to learn and grow.
The GCA has just notified us of the death of Shirley Meneice, a GCA stalwart whose name is on the Shirley Meneice Horticultural Conference held each fall. Her daughter sent the following letter:
Lauren Miller, a teacher of Environmental Education at the Birchwood School of Hawken outside of Cleveland, Ohio, has received the prestigious Elizabeth Abernathy Hull Award, given by the GCA to an individual who, “through working with children under 16 years of age in horticulture and the environment, has inspired their appreciation of the beauty and fragility of our planet.”
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!
My vegetable seedlings, lovingly started in March, are ready to plant. The containers await filling with beautiful flowers and herbs. And, the weeds are poking up from the earth as fast as they can. Before I head outdoors, I would like to thank you.