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National Garden Club, Inc.

President—Sandra H. Robinson

National Garden Clubs, Inc.

4401 Magnolia Avenue

St. Louis, MO 63110

Central Atlantic Region

Director—Mary Washauer

Rumson, New Jersey

Garden Club of Ohio, Inc.

President—Lynn Fronk

353 Pittsfield Drive

Worthington, OH 43085

GCO Cleveland District

Director—Marilee Zarbock

170 E. 194th Street

Euclid, OH 44119

Chippewa Garden Club

Co-Presidents—Kathy Habib

3490 Mark Drive

Broadview Hts, OH 44147

Jo Ann Bartsch

7700 Fitzwater Road

Brecksville, OH 44141

Vice-President-Kathy Ziemba

8207 Montridge Ct.

North Royalton, OH 44133

Secretary-Christine Sparano

7443 Old Quarry Lane


Treasurer-Aggie Goss

8677 Hollis Lane


Co-Finance--

Lynne Evans

9455 Woodchip Lane

Broadview Hts., OH 44147

Laura Springer

3665 Meadow Gateway

Broadview Hts. 44147

Historian-Margaret DeWolf

7001 Crestview Drive


Chippewa Garden Club Newsletter

May/June 2016

Gardens say, Slow down

http://chippewagardenclub.com/

President’s Message

Dear Chippewa Garden Club Members,

You may think that this has nothing to do with

gardening, but it has everything to do with

continuing to do whatever activities that you

choose to do.

The day after returning from the GCO Conven-

tion in Dayton, I experienced chest pains.

I googled heart attack symptoms in women.

These include vomiting, nausea, sweating , pain

in neck, arm ,jaw or shoulder. I had none of

these, but I did take a baby aspirin. I refused to go to the ER until I had a

UT infection two days later.

I did have a heart attack, and they put in a stent because of a 90% block-

age in one artery. The lesson here is that heart attack symptoms in women

are different than those in men. If you have chest pains that last longer

than 5 minutes, call 911. Don’t let someone drive you to the ER.

The life you save may be your own.

Kathy Habib

Kathy, Chippewa Garden Club

members thank you for your

advice and hope you heal quickly

and stay well.

http://chippewagardenclub.com/


May/June 2016

Dates To Remember

May 2-6 NCG Convention, Grand Rapids,

MI

Tuesday, May 10

Board meeting at 6:30 p.m. at the Broadview Hts.

Clubroom

Saturday, May 21

Annual Plant Exchange at 11:00 a.m. at the

Meadows Picnic Area in the Brecksville Reserva-

tion of the Cleveland Metroparks. Bring your la-

beled plants if you have some to share, but come

even if you don’t; there’s always plenty. Please

bring a side dish or a dessert for lunch. The

Board will provide a main dish and beverages.

For those of you who signed up for the Living

Wreath, we will have every thing there you need

like gloves, planting sticks, wreath frame and

succulents.

People with a dish garden, bring your dish with

the succulent soil inside ready to plant.

Kathy Ziemba

June 5-11 National Garden Week

Tuesday, June 14

Board meeting at 6:30 p.m. at the Broadview Hts.

Clubroom

Saturday, June 25

Brecksville Branch of the Cuyahoga County Pub-

lic Library at 10:00 a.m.

Carol Burns who is our Library Liaison will pre-

sent a program, Stories for Gardening, and will

read gardening stories to school age children.

Each child will leave with a plant donated from

Heinen’s. Contact Carol if you would like to vol-

unteer to help with this delightful program.

Friday, June 24-Sunday, June 26

Brecksville Home Days—Contact Margaret De-

Wolf to sign-up to work at our Chippewa Garden

Club booth.

Tuesday, June 28

Membership Meeting at 7:00 p.m. at the

Brecksville Human Services, Activity Room A.

Master Gardener Kathy Habib will present a pro-

gram on both culinary and ornamental alliums.

Combination Planters

At our March 22 Membership meeting, OSU Mas-

ter Gardener Barb Frantzen presented the basics

of successful container gardening. Containers are

an easy and colorful way to garden and are par-

ticularly effective in hard-to-garden spots. Barb’s

handout included a list of tools and necessities

such as a variety of containers, a garden bench/

cart, potting soil such as Pro-Mix, time release

fertilizer such as Osmocote, and hooks for hang-

ing pots on fences or deck railings. She stressed

that containers can be anything that can contain

soil and are capable of adequate drainage, and

she used an old garden boot as an example. She

uses many different containers and has at least

forty pots on her own patio. She demonstrated

how pots can “direct traffic” and add a welcome to

a front entrance, and she suggested placing pots

in a variety of settings around the yard.

Barb’s handout also included a list of annuals

and perennials for sunny areas, for semi-shade

areas, and for shade areas. She showed slides

with various combinations and had a list of

plants for each combination. Use plants with

similar cultural requirements and mix colors and

heights. At the end of the season, throw away

potting mixtures and wash containers with a 10%

bleach solution.

Kathy Habib, Lynne Fronk, and Jo Ann Bartsch

GCO 2016 Spring District Meeting

Garden Club of the Year

Dear Members,

At the GCO Convention in Dayton today, Chippewa Garden Club

received the following Awards:

1. 108.2-B Trees- Mature - First Place

2. 108-B Trees-Seedlings First Place

3.119-B Butterfly Second Place

4. 131-B Garden Therapy First Place

5. 140-B Garden Club Youth First Place

6. 181.2 B Publication - Flier First Place

7. 182B Club Newsletter First Place

8. 183A-B Website Second Place

9. 200C Yearbook First Place

10. 301B Standard Flower Show First Place

11. 308A Best Schedule in A Standard Flower Show Second Place

12. 321A Best Educational Exhibit in A Standard Flower Show Third Place

13. 400B Outstanding Garden Club First Place

14. 401 Garden Club of Year First Place

Congratulations to you all, President Kathy Habib


May/June 2016


May/June 2016

Brecksville Central School

Monarch WayStation

When Chippewa was planting the Monarch WayStation at Central School, the very curious students

were interested not just in the Monarch butterfly, but in other butterflies as well. Many of the nectar

plants we planted there are also host plants for other caterpillars. If you too want to see more butterflies

in your yards, here are some of the native plants and the butterflies that use them. Think about working

one or two into your landscape!

I’ve just about planted every herbaceous perennial.

I’m off this season to incorporate shrubs for butterflies.

And, oh yes, if you ever see someone selling a pipevine…call me!

Jo Ann Bartsch

Plant Name Butterfly/Moth

Arisolochia virginiana (Virginia snakeroot) Pipevine Swallowtail

Asclepias, sp. (Milkweed) Monarch

Aster sp. Pearl Crescent, Checkerspots

Baptisia australis (Blue False Indigo) Wild Indigo Duskywing

Chasmanthium latifolium (River oats) Northern Pearly Eye

Chelone glabra (Turtlehead) Baltimore Checkerspot

Cornus sericea (Red twig dogwood) Spring Azure

Helianthus sp. (Sunflowers) American Lady, Silvery Checkerspot

Helenium autumnale (Sneezeweed) Silvery Checkerspot

Humulus lupulus (hops) Eastern Comma

Lindera benzoin (Spicebush) Spicebush Swallowtail

Panicum virgatum (Switchgrass) Delaware Skipper, Northern Broken Dash

Prunus virginiana (Chokecherry) Red Spotted Purple, Coral Hairstreak

Rudbeckia hirta (Black-eyed Susan) Silvery Checkerspot

Schizachyrium scoparium (Little Bluestem) Dusted Skipper, Leonard’s Skipper

Veronia sp. (Ironweed) American Lady

Viburnum sp. Spring and Summer Azure

Viola sp. Fritillaries (Great Spangled, Aphrodite, Mead-

ow)


May/June 2016

Garden Therapy

On April 2, 2016, CGC presented the Garden

Therapy program “Spring Protager” to Pleas-

antview Care Center residents.

The program included a history of French potager

kitchen gardens and an overview of the design

style and grace of these ornamental and edible

gardens.

Residents were then guided in creating their own

spring flower arrangements with which to decorate

their rooms.

Many thanks to CGC volunteers Sharon Hemeyer,

Susan Jurecki, and Sandy Ladebue for sharing

their talents and helping to make this event a suc-

cess. One resident commented “We always do fun

things in this group!”

The next Garden Therapy program will be on Sat-

urday, July 16th, at Pleasantview Care Center at

10:00 a.m.

Call Lynne Evans if you are interested in helping.

All volunteers are welcome!

Lynne Evans

Wildlife Habitats

At our April 26 membership meeting, Bob

Heidelman presented a program on creating back-

yard havens for birds and butterflies. Birds need

food, water, shelter, and a place to raise their

young. There are many trees and plants which at-

tract birds including elderberry, service berry,

white pine, dogwood, beech, and redbud.

Avoid invasive species such as multiflora roses,

honeysuckles, and buckthorns. Flowers that at-

tract birds and butterflies include sunflowers,

phlox, columbine, asters, daisies, black-eye Susans,

purple coneflower, butterfly weed, goldenrod, blaz-

ing stars, ironweed, and Joe Pye weed.

The Ohioline.osu.edu website has relevant fact-

sheets in its wildlife series: coping with Canada

geese, native landscaping for birds, bees, butter-

flies, and other wildlife, backyard enhancement for

wildlife, and managing for forest songbirds.

Other resources include the Cuyahoga County

horticulture hotline (216) 429-8200 ext. 235

and 236,

and the Master Gardener Diagnosticians web-

site: http://extension.osu.edu/ask-an-

expert/ask-master-gardener

Squire Rich

Spring Cleanup of our herb garden at Squire Rich

has begun. Had the weather cooperated, it would

be finished and lovely! Hopefully Friday, May 6,

will be a sunny spring morning, and the garden

will be ready for planting later in the month. Then

our regular Friday weeding therapy sessions will

begin. We meet at 10 o’clock on Friday mornings –

sometimes there isn’t much to do – sometimes,

weeds have started to take over the gravel path.

It’s a good time to socialize and to get to know

other garden club members, learn about herbs,

weeds, using herbs, history of herbs, and the histo-

ry of the Squire Rich Museum. The Museum will

be open on Sundays for tours after Memorial Day,

and the garden will be planted and ready for

visitors at that time.

Judy Guinn


May/June 2016

Arbor Day 2016

This year Arbor Day was celebrated officially on April 29th. We traditionally

schedule our distribution of trees the week of Arbor Day which is also Earth

week.

Thank you to the many volunteers who helped with Arbor Day tree distribution

to all of our 3rd graders in the Brecksville-Broadview Heights school district.

Without your dedicated support and selfless volunteering of time this community

service project would not be the success that it is today. In addition to Hilton, Highland Drive,

Chippewa, and Assumption Academy, we were able to distribute trees to two girl scout troops. At

our April membership meeting, tree seedlings were also available to all members.

Lenore Siegman

Third-graders at Assumption and Chippewa elementary schools receiving white pine seedlings and

instructions on how to care for their trees


May/June 2016

Miller Nature Preserve and Lakeview Park

The Miller Nature Preserve and Lakeview Park are both part of the Lorain Metroparks and are easily

toured in one day.

The Miller Nature Preserve, 2739 Center Road, (Rte. 83) Avon, sits on 78 acres and opened in May

2011. Included are walking trails, gardens, a visitor center, a conservatory and a butterfly house. The

visitor center has a café, gift shop, and demonstration kitchen. There is a $2.00 fee to enter the 5000

square foot conservatory which is attached to the visitor’s center. The conservatory has collections of

orchids, bromeliads, ferns, bonsai, desert plants and other tropical plants, along with seasonal displays.

The butterfly house is open during summer months, allowing you to view butterflies close up and to get

ideas for your own butterfly garden.

Lakeview Park, 1800 W. Erie Ave, Lorain, is a short drive from the Miller Nature Preserve. The park

contains a historical rose garden and views of the Lorain lighthouse. The rose garden was dedicated in

1932 and was sponsored by 17 community organizations. The roses are planted in a wheel with 8 spokes,

which is the emblem of the Rotary Club, one of the sponsors. There are 2,500 roses in 48 beds with walk-

ways in between. The rose garden was renovated in 2005. Don’t miss dining at the Rose Garden Café

with its excellent food and views of Lake Erie and the lighthouse from the deck.

As indicated in our Yearbook, our club will travel to the Miller Nature Preserve on Saturday, July 9.

For those interested in car-pooling, we’ll meet at Broadview Hts. City Hall at 9:30 a.m. After visiting

the Visitor Center and Conservatory, we’ll have lunch at the Orchid Café where the food is prepared by

Chef Mario G. Izzo and then tour the gift shop.

Kathy Habib

The Rose Garden at Lakeview Park

The Conservatory at the

Miller Nature Preserve


May/June 2016

Periodical Cicadas

Periodical cicadas will emerge suddenly from their seventeen year existence underground sometime

this spring. I don’t remember them in 1999, but I sure do in 1982. We had just moved to Brecksville in

January, and the four of us were watching our first Memorial Day parade in downtown Brecksville

where cicada shells littered the sidewalks. The crunching underfoot and the sound of their chorus was

quite astonishing. Although they’re referred to as locusts, they’re not. Locusts are a species of grass-

hoppers that migrate in swarms causing agricultural devastation whereas cicadas are plant suckers,

feeding on roots before they erupt above ground.. As the female cicada slits small branches to lay her

eggs, some tree damage can occur. Usually a healthy tree will only sustain cosmetic damage, but small

trees and shrubs may not be able to survive.

To protect your young woody plants, cover the leafy area with netting, and tie the netting below the

lowest branch. The time to do this is when the males begin to sing their courting songs. It’s best not to

plant young trees and shrubs until their cycle is completed, and they’ve returned underground.

Don’t use insecticides as these don’t offer much protection and can cause other environmental problems.

Pets and wildlife that eat the poisoned cicadas can become sick. Stay indoors if you dislike dealing

with the insects, making sure that they can’t invade your home through insufficient screening.

Their journey above ground lasts about a month.

Pat Gabriel

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