Tuesday, November 28 at 10:00 Location: Rid-All 8129 Otter Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44104
Rid-All is a community based organization in Cleveland's Kinsman neighborhood that turned this forgotten area into an urban farm that grows produce to provide healthy local food to area institutions.
One or the many advantages we all receive, as members of a Garden Club of America, is the opportunity to take wonderfully curated garden trips to faraway places with similarly-minded garden club ladies.
II enjoy watching Monty Don’s Gardeners’ World. Monty always reminds viewers to use peat free compost, his plea made me wonder why is peat so bad? In the United Stated, peat is commonly used to aerate soil and to promote water retention. Peat is used in most seed starting mixes. Peat is formed over thousands of years in bogs know as peatlands, and most of the peat used in the United States comes from Canada.
In this Newsletter you will see ideas from the GCA for glorious overseas travels, for one-day garden visits at Martha Stewart’s home in Maine or, during the freezing season at home, in Naples, Florida, for those of you who winter near there.
Do all of you SLGC ladies know that, in addition to the major trips GCA offers through our Visiting Gardens initiative, GCA also offers one day special tour events within the USA?
With many of us experiencing our first frost, dahlia season has come to an abrupt end. But that’s ok, because it is time to dig and divide now. I first begin by cutting the foliage back to about 6” above the ground.
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!
A HUGE Thank you to Robin and Martha for coordinating a successful, FANTASTIC flower show! Nothing but the highest praise has come from the many out-of-town judges. This was such a wonderful team effort and many of us in the club worked very hard to ensure a lovely show- THANK YOU!
Coffee will be served at 9:30am Meeting will begin promptly at 10:00am
Location: Shaker Heights Public Library 3450 Lee Road in the Boulevard Meeting Room
Speaker Ted Auch will speak about the environmental justice impacts from the Ohio River Valley to the Gulf Coast by way of aerial photography and drone technologies.
Have you ever seen all the good your dollars are doing?
Yep, your contributions to the Shaker Lakes Garden Club Charitable Projects Annual Fund are making a big difference in our community and we challenge you to go out and find five of the projects we have funded.
The past ten years have seen four Flower Shows produced by Shaker Lakes Garden Club, beginning with our Perennial Centennial in our club’s centennial year, followed by The Flowers that Bloom in the Spring, Tra La; Cornucopia; and now A Fantasy.
Please click here to sign up to become a hostess at a membership meeting. As mentioned in our Standing Rules, serving as a host is an obligation of Active membership.
Do you have time to help clean up a therapeutic garden for foster children?
Location: Applewood Residential (3518 W 25th St, Cleveland, OH 44109) *Date: October 20th *Time: 9:30-11:30 (but even an hour will help!) *Tasks will include: final weeding, compost and straw and other cleanup as necessary
Join us! Contact Petra Moran by October 13 if you can join!
The Master Gardeners of Cuyahoga County have invited SLGC members to join them for the Garden Walk the day before their 2023 Fall Seminar “Flowers, Trees, Backyards and Bees”.