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Dear Friends,
I hope you are enjoying the last weeks of summer and your gardens are cooperating nicely! It’s been a lovely “Goldilocks” summer, not too hot and not too cold. I’m not nearly ready to gear up for cooler temperatures and I think most of us will agree it’s far more satisfying to dig in our gardens than to shovel snow.
Read MoreTuesday, September 26, 2017
9:30 Coffee 10:00 Meeting and Speaker
Look About Lodge
37374 Miles Rd.
Bentleyville, OH
Please make the following changes in your new Directory. Contact Nancy Zambie with any further changes to your contact information.
Read MoreIf you visit my garden in summer, you will observe that I have clematis growing in every corner of the landscape. It is probably my favorite perennial and I have devised many ways to take advantage of the color, shape and dimension that they provide.
Read MorePure, therapeutic-grade essential oils are “aromatic, volatile liquids distilled from shrubs, flowers, trees, roots, bushes and seeds”. They are one of mankind’s first medicine.
Here are a few fun facts about essential Oils:
Read MoreI don’t know if it is because I was born in the fall, or because I love to garden as well as to cook, but autumn has always seemed special to me. As much as I hate to see the summer end, the transition from humid heat to crisp, clear days and cool nights of autumn are revitalizing.
Read MoreHaving trouble looking at photos? Finding the current newsletter? Pulling up an old newsletter? Finding an article by a certain author or topic? Here are a few tips. Contact Dozie Herbruck if you need help in any way with the Shaker Lakes Garden Club website.
Read MoreWhat's the news? What did you hear over the garden gate? Notice any errors in the new Directory? 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 MoreOn August first Tom Rapini and Valerie Garratt graciously hosted a group of Shaker Lakes members, one daring husband, and one guest from GCC at their farm in Mentor.
Read MoreDear Friends,
It’s hard to believe we are mid-way though summer and our Shaker Lakes Garden Club calendar year 2017 – 2018 has begun. We concluded the year with two lovely and well-attended events. Many thanks to Margaret Ransohoff for hosting the Annual Meeting luncheon and Judy Eakin for hosting the Provisional Tea.
Read MoreJane Ellison was awarded the Garden Club of America Zone Conservation Award on June 14, 2017.
Read MoreCongratulations to the following SLGC members who won awards at the Annual Meeting and luncheon in June.
Read MoreThis is People’s Choice Contest. Once the submission process is complete, the images will be sent to SLGC members for their votes around October 23rd. Votes can be submitted in emails between October 23rd and November 10th. Full voting instruction will come later.
Read MoreIn June, Cathy Miller and I entered an invitational two-sided arrangement class in the GCA Major Show in Chicago, The Show of Summer. A two-sided design is in itself VERY difficult, and because the class was invitational, we found ourselves among some of the hottest shots in the country. Oh dear....
Read MoreWhat's the news? What did you hear over the garden gate? Notice any errors in the new Directory? 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 MoreDid you notice an announcement of a Conservation Study Trip here in Cleveland in your latest GCA Bulletin? Here's the scoop:
The GCA 2017 Conservation Study Trip will be an exploration of the largest fresh water ecosystem in the world; the history, the challenges, the successes, the beauty. It will be a grand adventure exploring Lake Erie's shores and islands between Cleveland and Toledo.
Read MoreA big year is in store for members of SLGC! There is a permanent link to the list of 2017-2018 programs on the Members Only page of the Shaker Lakes Garden website.
Read MoreShaker Lakes Garden Club welcomes six new provisional members:
Deborah Donahey Coakley
Lori Hull Cohen
Elizabeth Commes Faremouth
Meg Walsh Furey
Jennifer McCreary Hartford
Suzanne Moore Taigen
I had the pleasure of attending the Zone X Meeting in early June and discovered my new favorite thing….the city of Cincinnati! The Town & Country Garden Club treated us to two days of tours, and dinner in members' homes. We visited Greenacres Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to generative farming, conservation, art, music and education. Wow!
Read MoreAs I write, our beloved Cavs are midway through the 2017 NBA Eastern Conference finals. The prospect of a sequential NBA championship title has Clevelanders rallying together for this unprecedented and exhilarating potential victory.
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