Are You Afraid to Enter the Flower Show?
Martha Marsh
Are you afraid you will commit social suicide if you do not clean up all the awards?
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We Will Show You How!
Robin Schachat
August 29 at 10 am
Learn to fill out a Flower Show entry card.
Read MoreHorticulture Workshop
Jennifer Hartford
August 8, 9:30 am
2761 Chesterton Rd, Shaker Heights
Thinking of entering a horticulture class in A Fantasy?
Read MoreNature in my Backyard
Robin Schachat and Jane Ellison
Nature in my Backyard is a joint pilot program of the Shaker Lakes Garden Club and the Audubon Society of Greater Cleveland. We have been working together to develop this program for many months, and it is now in operation! Hurrah!
So WHAT exactly is this program? It is an education and certification program designed to help you understand the most essential steps to building biodiversity in your backyard. Birds, fireflies, butterflies, ladybugs, and their native friends can once again become regular visitors and residents in your garden. Native plants will return birdsong and fluttering wings to fill your very own yard. Here are the basics:
Read MoreCommon Ground Collaborative Grants
Ruth Swetland Eppig
Common Ground Collaborative Grants were created by GCA to help clubs build long term relationships with diverse community groups to develop, improve and maintain public land and programs.
Read MoreGCA Scholarship Committee Awards
Leslie Marting
The Garden Club of America Scholarship Committee awarded a record $405,000 to 86 recipients in the spring of 2023.
Read MoreGCA 2023 Annual Meeting
Leslie Marting
Zone X can be very proud of the success of the 2023 GCA Annual Meeting, held in Columbus, Ohio May 2 -24. More than 550 garden club members from around the country gathered for two full days of meetings, meals and workshops,
Read MoreTentative Shaker Lakes Garden Club Programs 2023-2024
Cynthia Druckenbrod
It looks to be an exciting year of programs for SLGC! Stay tuned for the final list of programs in your 2023-2024 Directory.
Read MoreAward Winners from the Annual Meeting
Cynthia Druckenbrod
Congratulations to all the award winners recognized at the Annual Meeting in June! Thank you Robin for hosting a beautifrul party. And thanks to Stacy Goldberg for capturing the event with her camera.
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!
THIS IS THE LAST SUMMER NEWSLETTER POST!
Read MoreFrom Cynthia...
Cynthia Druckenbrod
Dear Friends,
Having just come home from the GCA Annual Meeting in Columbus, my head is filled with ideas for engaging our members, offering new and interesting programs and making a greater impact in our community.
Read MorePlease Come to the Annual Meeting!
Amy Miller and Hallie Stewart
SLGC Annual Meeting
Wednesday, June 28
11:30 - 1:00
at the home of Robin Schachat
Read MoreFlower Show Classes to Enter By June 7!!
Martha Marsh and Robin Schachat
These two classes require advance entry, using the Horticulture Entry Form that can be found on page 43 of our Flower Show Schedule. Entries for each must be planted by June 7th. One class is for members of all GCA clubs – but it would be swell if our own members could fill this class! The other is open to MALE MEMBERS of SLGC households.
Read MoreIt's Lightning Bugs Time Again!!
Jane Ellison
A lone female flashing on the ground is saying: "Hey fellas!". Hopefully you left some areas in your garden with leaves over the winter and it won't be long until the whole yard is full of fireflies at dusk.
But wait…..it might not happen even if you did "leave your leaves." If you or your neighbors have outdoor lights on at night it can harm lightning bugs, pollinators, and many other insects. Half of all insect species are nocturnal. They need darkness, except for moon and star light to orient as they search for food and a mate.
Read MoreConditioning Cut Flowers for Floral Design or Cut Horticulture Entry
Martha Marsh
Cut with sharp clippers, preferably in the evening when plant is filled with carbohydrates, or in early morning when dew is on the flowers.
Read MoreCan You Help?
Robin Schachat
The beds are prepared with soft soil and compost, the plants have been picked up in Wooster, now all we need is YOU…..in your garden clothes, with a trowel.
Read MoreThe Truth about “No Mow May”
Robin Schachat
Recently there has been a great deal of press given to “No Mow May,” a movement that started in England a couple of years ago.
Read MoreNew Provisional Members 2023-2024
Amy Paine
Welcome to our eight new provisional members! We are excited to introduce this engaging, talented and civic minded group of women, with varied interests including horticulture, flower arranging and conservation. Please see their attached bios and look for them at the June 28 Annual Meeting.
Read MoreA Rain Garden in the GCA Flower Show
Jennifer Hartford
The GCA Annual Meeting flower show Where The Wild Things Are was held in Columbus May 22nd- May 24th. The GCA invited each of the Zone X clubs to enter the educational component class #32, a native plant container rain garden
Read MoreHull Award Winner
Jane Ellison
Richard Banish "Buster” was nominated by SLGC for The Garden Club of America Elizabeth Abernathy Hull Award …..and he has won!
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