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Tuesday, June 21, from 6 until 9 pm
at the McGregor Home
14900 Private Dr, Cleveland, OH 44112
6 – 7 pm, Preview Party of The Perennial Centennial
Flower Show, with Drinks and Munchies
7 – 7:30 pm, Annual Meeting Awards on the Terrace
7:30 – 9:00 pm, Dine, Drink, and Celebrate
At the home and gardens of Margaret Ransohoff
19850 Marchmont Road
Shaker Heights
RSVP by July 8 to Jennifer Sullivan
jennifersullivan@wowway.com
tel:216-491-8883
Presented to the Garden Club of Dayton March 8, 2016 by Nancy Linz (GCC)
All You Could Possibly Need to Know about Entering Your Hort
A. Getting Ready for a Flower Show
B. Selecting Cut Specimens
C. Conditioning Your Cuttings
D. Selecting a Container for Your Cutting
E. Selecting Potted (Rooted) Plants
F. Grooming Your Blooms!
G. Pre-Registration
H. Packing Your Specimens for Transportation to the Flower Show
I. Getting Ready to Head to the Show!
J. Once You Arrive at the Show, Final Staging
Thanks to the tireless work of many talented ladies and dedicated garden clubs, flower arranging has been transformed from a hobby into an art. Nevertheless, the novice should not be daunted by the apparent complexity of it all. Success is guaranteed if one always keeps in mind that, whether the arrangement is to be presented in a formal show or in an informal house setting, the goals one should be aiming to achieve are: envy, grudging praise, and imitation by rivals.
Read MoreEveryone reading this has been a provisional SLGC member at one time. As a soon to graduate provisional I offer a retrospective on what the current provisional experience looks like, with a focus on what new technologies have wrought, and a reflection on the power of GCA.
I imagine that many of the studies we provisionals have engaged in are time-honored and traditional: GCA scholarship, the charitable fund, garden history and design, and the panic inducing realization that a flower show class is not a course. Equally sacrosanct is participation in the holiday-time greens workshop with its orgy of evergreen scents, greens of every hue, and colorful ribbons. And then there are those activities that are most likely specific to Cleveland: the annual wreath creation for the Cleveland Botanical Gardens and participation in the Shaker Nature Center Plant sale.
Read MoreThe Perennial Centennial Flower Show is fast approaching! Check here for needs, suggestions, reminders, and answers to your questions.
SEEKING One Strong Woman with an Eye for “Good Looks”!
Suzy Still Need Perrier Bottles!
Assistants Needed for Flower Show
Frames, Troughs and Planters
Groom Your Bloom!
Read MoreOn Monday April 25th over twenty Zone X conservation delegates spent "TWENTY EIGHT" hours in our prized jewel to the south of us... Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Peninsula. Our very own Jane Ellison (Zone X Chair) was our stupendous leader who spent a year prodigiously putting this together. The highlights are as follows:
Read MoreMany thanks to our Charitable Projects Committee – Jane Ellison, Robin Schachat, Martha Marsh, Jennifer Moeller, Maura O’Donnell-McCarthy, Lynn Lehmann, Margaret Ransohoffand Nancy Zambie – for their time and thoughtful consideration of the proposals we received. They provided informed and diverse perspectives, and we all felt confident and comfortable with the outcome of our discussions. And many thanks to the SLGC members who contributed to the CP Fund this year. A complete list will be published in the July newsletter.
Grants awarded in 2016:
Read MoreNational Pollinator Week is a time to celebrate pollinators and spread the word about what you can do to protect them
Nine years ago the U.S. Senate’s unanimous approval and designation of a week in June as “National Pollinator Week” marked a necessary step toward addressing the urgent issue of declining pollinator populations. Pollinator Week has now grown into an international celebration of the valuable ecosystem services provided by bees, birds, butterflies, bats and beetles.
Read MoreGCA iscounting on every GCA club member to celebrate the National Park Service Centennial. PARK it! with your club, family and friends by visiting one of the 408 sites of the National Park System. Share your photos and stories and register your visit in the GCA's Club Member Showcase at the GCA Showcase, and enjoy reading about other members’ fun park experiences!
Read MoreAll the Garden Gate information from the June newsletter is contained here. What's happening? Who heard what? Who won at flower shows? What's happening with the new SLGC website? It's all here!
Read MoreDear Friends,
I am writing to you on Arbor Day – I hope you all, like me, are planting or planning plantings today! And I hope you all read the op-ed column in Cleveland.com from Clem Hamilton, Director of the Holden Arboretum and CBG, about restoring the tree canopy in “the Forest City”. In case you didn’t know before, Cleveland is not “The Big Apple” or “The City of Angels” or even “The City of Brotherly Love”. Cleveland’s nickname is “The Forest City”, but in recent decades we have lost almost all of the forests in the city and near suburbs. Our tree canopy has shrunk drastically, and we all suffer as a result.
Read MoreTuesday, May 31, 2016
at the
Shaker Historical Society
9:30 coffee, 10:00 program
All the information from the May newsletter is contained here. What's happening? Who heard what? Who won at flower shows? What's happening with the new SLGC website? It's all here!
Read MoreWe are most grateful for this unique opportunity to visit these special gardens on June 9, 2016. Please join us and make a day of it! Organize a carpool, enjoy a spot of lunch at Sara’s Place (reserve ahead of time), and come prepared for the weather. Guests are welcome!
Questions and RSVP: Anne Higerd- annehigerd@wowway.com or 216-751-1815 or Jennifer Langston – JenBLangston@Icloud.com or 216-417-3048
Read MoreBuckeye Yard and Garden on Line (BYGL.osu.edu) provides timely information about Ohio growing conditions, pest, disease, and cultural problems.
Capturing Nature’s Wonders….A full day class plus evening field trip on how to take outdoor photography to the next level. Intensive classroom preparation and ‘real time’ instruction in the field is planned to learn simple steps that make the difference between ordinary snapshots and extraordinary photos.
Read MoreLadies, It is time to let your Plant Lust come alive ! You KNOW you want to hit the garden centers. GO for it !
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Wetlands provide countless ecosystem services to local ecology and wildlife. This workshop will teach you about these fascinating habitats, the plants and wildlife that depend upon them! Learn how to manage wetland water levels, identify and manage invasive wetland plants. During an afternoon field walk, we’ll discuss management tips and search a vernal pool for salamanders and egg masses.
Read MoreThis year's conference take home messages were: Clean Water, Clean Air, Climate Change, and our beloved National Parks celebration and protection, Preservation of Native Plants, Sustainable Agriculture, Seed Diversity, Food Security and environmentally Responsible Transportation Legislation.
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