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The purpose of the Garden Club is to stimulate interest in gardening, preserve and enhance the natural beauty of the Village of Gates Mills, and promote charitable, educational and scientific endeavors related to gardening. |
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Greetings from our President...
Kelly Siemborski |
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Dear Friends,
It is an honor to lead this organization of brilliant and talented women and men. This year’s theme is "To Give and Grow”. Giving can be in many forms such as the gift of your time in the cottage gardens, helping with a committee, sharing a special talent or a making a financial gift. Growing can take place in the dirt, as well as in reaching out to the community at large, advancing our online experience, and archiving our club’s history.
The Garden Club will be growing in our efforts to involve youth. This summer we presented a program to a group of 13 local youth at the Barn. The program featured the book “The Saved Seed” written by Brenda Moore and illustrated by Emily Lackey, copyrighted by National Garden Clubs, Inc.
Our magnificent Flower Show, Holiday Enchantment, is October 12th and 13th. Come and celebrate the holidays with us. Thank you in advance to the dozens of volunteers who will be helping in so many ways.
We have been enhancing our existing website and turning it into a creative and friendly tool. The website is used by our members, communities and other garden clubs to share the talents of our membership. The Website was a fabulous asset for the Garden Tour to share information with guests and allowed them to pay in advance with PayPal. Please take a look at the "Happenings" tab to learn about our "Community Outreach" projects and the new "Out & About" which features gardening related events around Cleveland.
Some of our projects in 2017 and 2018 are installing new plaques on specific trees on our property to memorialize our deceased members, creating displays for our national and state awards, and adding new plants and evergreen specimens to our cottage gardens.
As I look forward to the months ahead, I'm filled with excitement! If you haven't been active in the recent past and would like to be active this year, even in a small way; please feel free to contact me. I would love to hear from you. Stop by the cottage and see the beauty! It will take your breath away!
May you find joy in gardening,
Kelly
It is an honor to lead this organization of brilliant and talented women and men. This year’s theme is "To Give and Grow”. Giving can be in many forms such as the gift of your time in the cottage gardens, helping with a committee, sharing a special talent or a making a financial gift. Growing can take place in the dirt, as well as in reaching out to the community at large, advancing our online experience, and archiving our club’s history.
The Garden Club will be growing in our efforts to involve youth. This summer we presented a program to a group of 13 local youth at the Barn. The program featured the book “The Saved Seed” written by Brenda Moore and illustrated by Emily Lackey, copyrighted by National Garden Clubs, Inc.
Our magnificent Flower Show, Holiday Enchantment, is October 12th and 13th. Come and celebrate the holidays with us. Thank you in advance to the dozens of volunteers who will be helping in so many ways.
We have been enhancing our existing website and turning it into a creative and friendly tool. The website is used by our members, communities and other garden clubs to share the talents of our membership. The Website was a fabulous asset for the Garden Tour to share information with guests and allowed them to pay in advance with PayPal. Please take a look at the "Happenings" tab to learn about our "Community Outreach" projects and the new "Out & About" which features gardening related events around Cleveland.
Some of our projects in 2017 and 2018 are installing new plaques on specific trees on our property to memorialize our deceased members, creating displays for our national and state awards, and adding new plants and evergreen specimens to our cottage gardens.
As I look forward to the months ahead, I'm filled with excitement! If you haven't been active in the recent past and would like to be active this year, even in a small way; please feel free to contact me. I would love to hear from you. Stop by the cottage and see the beauty! It will take your breath away!
May you find joy in gardening,
Kelly
Stars and Stripes Forever
Centerpieces for Meals on Wheels
Fifteen “Meals on Wheels” clients of Fran Raishart (Marilyn’s husband) received a beautiful 4th of July arrangement for their tray! They were very touched by the surprise. Thank you to Fran, Barbara Schuh and Margaret Duff for all of their efforts to create this wonderful arrangement.
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Service Department Lunch
We provided a red, white, and blue themed lunch for the Service Department to thank them for watering our bridge boxes at 8:30am on Saturday and Sunday morning during the heat wave.
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Kelly Siemborski and the Silver Trophy
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Gates Mills 4th of July Parade
Standing ovation for the parade committee!!!
The Gates Mills Garden Club won the SILVER TROPHY and MOST BEAUTIFUL FLOAT! Special thanks to our Float Chair, Gail Palmer and her float committee: Susan Daugherty Nancy Hooker Ann Hunter Terry Ivancic Janet Kirschendbaum Molly Laks Peg Lencewicz Sue Marston Gail Palmer Laurel Smith Ann Steele |
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Holiday EnchantmentAn NGC Standard Flower Show
Esquire's Cottage
1280 Chagrin River Road Gates Mills, OH 44040 Free and Open to the Public
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Don't miss this special opportunity to view creative and beautiful floral designs to celebrate the upcoming holiday season. A wide variety of floral designs, including tablescapes, petite arrangements, lighted and reflective creations, and large scale arrangements will be on display to depict several upcoming fall holidays, such as Thanksgiving table artistry and cookies for Santa! In addition, horticulture speciments, home grown harvest vegetable displays, house plants, youth exhibits, educational exhibits, and a display of botanical photography prints, will all be available for your perusal on the grounds of beautiful Esquire's Cottage.
For details,
please email: JanetKirschenbaum@gmail.com or visit: TheGatesMillsGardenClub.com
please email: JanetKirschenbaum@gmail.com or visit: TheGatesMillsGardenClub.com
Scenes from the 2016 Primary Colors Flower Show (Above)
To Give and Grow...Feeding the Community
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The Gates Mills Garden Club is participating in the Garden Club of Ohio's outreach program to help feed the needy in Ohio. We will be in competition with other garden clubs in Ohio to see who can contribute the most pounds of food to their community food pantry. Beginning September 1st, a plastic bin will be placed inside the Cottage porch to collect non-perishable food items such as canned vegetables, beans, low-sodium soups, peanut butter, canned tuna, pasta and brown rice, etc. Each month we will encourage our members to donate to this worthy cause to help those less fortunate.
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The Gates Mills Garden Club
is a member of these organizations:
Garden Club of Ohio, Inc.The Garden Club of Ohio, Inc., a federated garden club, is a 501c3 non-profit volunteer organization. It is open to anyone in the state of Ohio who is a member of a local garden club. GCO currently has 4,348 individuals in 148 clubs across the state of Ohio. The Garden Club of Ohio, Inc., is a member of the Central Atlantic Region of National Garden Clubs, Inc.
GCO supports endeavors in every aspect of gardening through educational programs, horticulture and floriculture. Our goal is to be the source for gardeners and members for everything related to horticulture, landscaping, floral design, and environmental news and issues through local club meetings, district events, and annual state conferences. |
National Garden Clubs, Inc.National Garden Clubs, Inc. is composed of 50 State Garden Clubs and the National Capital Area, 198,595 members in 6,218 member garden clubs. National Garden Clubs, Inc. is proud to recognize 447 International Affiliates…from Canada to Mexico and South America…from Bermuda to South Africa, Australia and Japan, as well as 149 National Affiliates within the United States.
National Garden Clubs is the largest organized group of gardeners in the world. The mission of National Garden Clubs is to provide education, resources, and networking opportunities for its members to promote the love of gardening, floral design, civic and environmental responsibility. |