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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. During the month of August, eleven children participated in our youth educational event. The children, ages 3 years to 11 years, were taught about succulents and, then, they were given the opportunity to choose and plant personalized dish gardens. Each child chose three different succulents and a brightly colored container in which to plant them. Guided by members of the GMGC (Marilyn Pettegrew, Kelly Siemborski, Barbara Schuh, and Margaret Duff), the children had a ‘hands on’ experience in choosing pebbles, soil, and natural decorative items (e.g., stones, twigs) to enhance their dish gardens. The children will care for their succulent gardens at home until October 11th. They will, then, enter their creations in the “Holiday Enchantment” Flower Show on October 12th and 13th for judging. This was a fun, educational event enjoyed by the children, their parents/grandparents, and GMGC members!
Our magnificent Flower Show, Holiday Enchantment, is Friday, October 12th from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm and Saturday, October 13th from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. It will be held at Esquire's Cottage, 1280 Chagrin River Road
in Gates Mills and is free and open to the public! Come and celebrate the holidays with us! All Horticulture entries are open to the public. If you have any healthy fall specimens, please enter them in our show. If you have any questions, please contact our Flower Show Chair, Janet Kirschenbaum at JanetKirschenbaum@gmail.com. Please view other related Flower Show information below. 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. During the month of August, eleven children participated in our youth educational event. The children, ages 3 years to 11 years, were taught about succulents and, then, they were given the opportunity to choose and plant personalized dish gardens. Each child chose three different succulents and a brightly colored container in which to plant them. Guided by members of the GMGC (Marilyn Pettegrew, Kelly Siemborski, Barbara Schuh, and Margaret Duff), the children had a ‘hands on’ experience in choosing pebbles, soil, and natural decorative items (e.g., stones, twigs) to enhance their dish gardens. The children will care for their succulent gardens at home until October 11th. They will, then, enter their creations in the “Holiday Enchantment” Flower Show on October 12th and 13th for judging. This was a fun, educational event enjoyed by the children, their parents/grandparents, and GMGC members!
Our magnificent Flower Show, Holiday Enchantment, is Friday, October 12th from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm and Saturday, October 13th from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. It will be held at Esquire's Cottage, 1280 Chagrin River Road
in Gates Mills and is free and open to the public! Come and celebrate the holidays with us! All Horticulture entries are open to the public. If you have any healthy fall specimens, please enter them in our show. If you have any questions, please contact our Flower Show Chair, Janet Kirschenbaum at JanetKirschenbaum@gmail.com. Please view other related Flower Show information below. 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
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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)
Horticulture Entries
Horticulture entries are open to the public.
If you have any healthy fall specimens, please enter them in our show.
ALL container-grown plants need to be registered
by October 5th with Susan Caito at sicaito@bellsouth.net
Horticulture, including container-grown plants, will be received:
Thursday, October 11 from 12:00p.m. to 8:00p.m.
No entries will be accepted after this time.
If you have any healthy fall specimens, please enter them in our show.
ALL container-grown plants need to be registered
by October 5th with Susan Caito at sicaito@bellsouth.net
Horticulture, including container-grown plants, will be received:
Thursday, October 11 from 12:00p.m. to 8:00p.m.
No entries will be accepted after this time.
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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. |