Use the form on the right to contact us.
123 Street Avenue, City Town, 99999
(123) 555-6789
email@address.com
You can set your address, phone number, email and site description in the settings tab.
Link to read me page with more information.
This News section contains information that has appeared in a monthly newsletter, pertaining only to Club members. The newest articles appear at the top of the page. Each entry is categorized for easy sorting and archiving.
Filtering by Category: Newsletter
If you visit my garden in summer, you will see clematis growing in every corner. It is probably my favorite perennial and I have devised many ways to take advantage of the color and dimension they provide.
Read MoreOne of my favorite spring shrubs is Calycanthus Venus. It is the white flowered version of Calycanthus Aphrodite.
Read MoreOne of the plants at the top of my favorite perennial list is Baptisia australis, False Indigo. Native to many of the states in the Midwest, it is reliably hardy and tolerant of most soils.
Read MoreNo doubt many of us are in full plant-buying mode right now. If you are looking to add new perennials, annuals or shrubs and trees to your gardens, check out the Audubon Society’s native plants database: https://www.audubon.org/native-plants
Read MoreThe Healthy Yard Pledge is the TOP Priority of GCA’s Conservation Committee this year! Please go to the GCA website’s Conservation Committee home page and read about this pledge, and how you can make your yard healthy for family and neighbors, as well as for nature!
Read MoreYou’re not alone! The multicolored Asian ladybeetle (Harmonia axyridis) can be a frequent visitor inside our warm homes in the winter, sometimes to our great consternation. Introduced in to the southern US in the early 1900’s to control soybean aphids, the Asian Ladybeetles are now well established across much of the country, to the detriment of native lady bug species.
Read MoreThe Origins of Garden Design in the Western World
Historically, garden designs in East Asia developed distinctly differently than those of the Mediterranean basin and, subsequently, Europe and the European-inflected Americas. So I will begin this year’s Garden History and Design articles with a look at the traditions of garden design that we typically associate with the “Western World”, from which the majority of our greatest American gardens derive their style.
Read MoreIn May, at the Shaker Lakes Garden Club flower show, Cynthia won the prestigious Catherine Beattie Medal. The Award is named in honor of Mrs. Samuel Beattie, a member of Carolina Foothills Garden Club and former President of GCA.
Read MoreYears ago, the first fall in a new house and garden I was surprised when lots of lilac colored flowers appeared in September. They looked like crocus, but blooming at the wrong time of the year.
Read MoreThe entries are in and it's time to vote on your favorite in each class! Take a look at all the entries (click on the photos to enlarge them) and then click on the link at the bottom of the page to vote. Voting is open from September 10 until September 25, and the results will be announced in the October newsletter.
Read MoreCharitable Projects is pleased to announce the grant recipients for 2016-17.
Washington Park Environmental Studies Academy- $5000
Conservancy of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park - $4000
Dunham Tavern Museum- $3000
Thank you to the SLGC members for your generous donations that enable our club to support projects like the ones above. And it’s not too late to still donate! Kate Stenson is happy to take your check. Please mail one to her if you have not donated this year. It’s a great way to honor or memorialize someone!
Read More