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Judy Aplis, Editor 216-970-8838– Phone [email protected]

Twinsburg Garden Club is a member of GARDEN CLUB OF OHIO, INC.

Member of Central Atlantic Region of National Garden Clubs, Inc.

At Naomi

Stutzman’s Barn

9550 Liberty Rd.

Nancy Kinser -- August 4 Karen Murphy -- August 7 Laura Frankito - August 9 Pat Spagnola - August 9 Karen Conrad -- August 19 Sharon Yates -- August 20 Kristen Beason -- August 25 Marcia Carsten -- August 29 Michele Casto -- August 30

Happy Birthday

Welcome to New Member Diane Gecsy

Don’t forget to bring your

side dish, salad or dessert, a serving

utensil and a gently used

white elephant item

for the auction!

Next Meeting August 9th - 6:30 pm

Annual Picnic and Auction

August 2018

Volume 13 Issue 7

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Absent were Co-Presidents Adelle Nyzaka and Valerie Wales and Treasurer

Virginia Schmidt. Vice President Judy Aplis called the meeting to order at 6:15 pm.

Minutes of the June meeting were sent in the Newsletter emailed to each member. There

being no corrections or additions, the minutes were approved.

Judy reported that there is $4,193.878 in the checking account. The scholarship funds

were disbursed to the winner.

Karen Fullerman explained about the entry cards for the Flower Show. The cards will be

checked for errors when displays are entered. She suggested that we not combine the

Flower Show and Garden Tour next year.

Sue Davis reported that eight houses, the VFW and library gardens will be on the Garden

Tour on July 14th. Greeters and owners will be doing the tour on Friday from 6 - 9 pm.

Marianne Pieramici distributed historical society brochures.

Judy reminded everyone of the meeting on August 9th which will be our Annual Picnic/

Auction held at the Stutzman barn. Bring a dish to pass or wine. This is one of our fund-

raisers.

Also, the September meeting will be the hands-on project. Judy asked everyone to save

old shoes and boots to use for the project.

Rita Gabrovsek reported that some Nordonia Garden Club members visited our herb gar-

den on Liberty Road. This would be nice to continue with other garden clubs in the area.

Applause was given to Judy for her work with the Newsletter.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:17 pm.

The program for the evening is Cookie Krizmanich who will tell us “All About Weeds”

Thank you to our Hostesses:

July Meeting Minutes

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Co-Presidents: Adelle Nykaza

Valerie Wales

Vice President: Judy Aplis

Secretary: Bev Helser

Treasurer: Virginia Schmidt

Committees Audit: Flora Carnabuci

Karen Conrad

Benevolence: Mary Gemlich Mary Ann Halfhill

Community Assistance:

Laura Branch Flora Carnabuci

Barb Casterline

Pat & Larry Miller Featured Gardens: Kristen Beason

Field Trips: Mary Gemlich

Ada Pollack

Fill A Bag-Feed A Family:

Sharon Yates

Kristen Rocco Flower Show: Karen Fullerman

Marlene Hatton

Nancy Kinser Pat Miller

Marianne Pieramici

Garden Tour: July 14, 2018

Herb Garden Maintenance:

Rita Gabrovsek

Shirley Condo Historian: Ada Pollak

Holiday Party: Sue Davis

Beverlee Helser Holiday Swags: Flora Carnabuci,

Laura Bianchi,

Barb Casterline Mary Ann Halfhill

Hostess Coordinator: Denise Herman

Library Garden & Bike Path

Garden: Kristen Beason, Sue Davis,

Mary Gemlich, Virginia Schmidt Library Showcase: Sue Davis

Kristen Beason

Membership: Sue Davis Virginia Schmidt

Native Plant Education: Sue Davis

Newsletter: Judy Aplis Picnic: Naomi Stutzman, Lynn Wyse

Plant Sale: Rose Skipper

Virginia Schmidt Publicity: Valerie Wales

Scholarship: Pat Miller

Valerie Wales

Spring Community Education

Program: Sue Davis

Sunshine: Michele Casto Twins Day Parade: Flora Carnabuci

Website: Virginia Schmidt

Yearbook: Judy Frohman

Twinsburg Garden Club

Mission Statement The mission of the Twinsburg Garden

Club is to promote interest in all

aspects of gardening and the

environment, and to encourage

activities that enhance and enrich

our community.

From Our Presidents Thank you once again to Kristen Beason and her son, Cole, for their continued

efforts spreading mulch at the Library Garden this past Thursday. Also, thank you to Kristen for a very successful featured garden season.

Another thank you to all who participated and volunteered at the Garden Tour and

Horticulture Show. We received some very good suggestions and recommendations for future events.

Sign-up sheets will be available for 2019 committees. Please take a moment to re-view all the committees listed in the yearbook.. If you have any questions, please

bring them to the attention of Valerie or Adelle for clarification.




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TGC Hands-On Project September 13, 2018 - Cost: $10.00

Create a planter out of an old Shoe or Boot

Save your old shoes or boots or check out resale shops. Bring a small potted plant of your choice, size to fit your

boot or shoe, along with your shoe or boot to the September meeting at the Stutzman Barn.

We’ll provide the rest.

*Sign-up and pay for this fun and enjoyable project at the Annual Picnic




Upcoming Events

Summit Metro Parks Program Series Yellow Native Flowers - Sunflowers, Goldenrods & more

Sunday, August 12, 2018 1:00 - 2:30pm Liberty Park Nature Center 9999 Liberty Rd., Twinsburg

Summit Metro Parks Pollinators in the Garden

Thursday, August 16, 2018 6:00 - 7:30pm Goodyear Heights Lodge West Room

2077 Newton Street, Akron

Twinsburg Historical Society Olde Thyme Fayre

September 8 & 9, 2018 - 12:00 - 5:00pm They are looking for new and interesting items to be entered with a

chance to win ribbons. Any of the following can be entered: flowers, produce, jams, canned goods, handmade items that are

sewn, knitted, painted, carved or woven, etc. TGC members Naomi Stutzman and Marlene Hatton will be the judges.

For information or questions contact Audrey Kancler at [email protected]

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Feed Ohio Project Update We collected 8 pounds of food at the July meeting which gives us a total of 181

pounds of food collected by our club so far. It was donated to Our Community Hunger Center in Twinsburg.

Don’t forget to bring your food donations to the meeting this month. Food collected this month will go to the food pantry by Twinsburg Square. The collection basket will be at the beginning of the walkway to the barn.

Thank you in advance for your contributions.




2018 Scholarship

It was an honor for me to represent the Twins-burg Garden Club at the 46

th Annual Senior Academic

Awards on May 10, 2019 at Twinsburg High School. I was told by Fran Turle, who worked at the school back in 1980, that there were only three local/community scholarships given to the students that year. This year there were 43 local com-munity scholarships and/or awards given to 136 students who maintained a 3.5 GPA or higher

The recipient of the TGC scholarship is Abigail Rathers from Reminderville. Abby maintained a 3.6 GPA or 4.5 weighted GPA. Her ACT, SAT and STEM scores were high. She was on the varsity soccer team and active in Teen Insti-tute. She worked at Country Livin’ Kennels as an animal caregiver and was a hostess at Panini. Abby also volunteers at Twins Day and at the UH Pediatric Oncology/Hematology Department. In addition, she helped her mom tend the school garden, as well. Her projected major is Biology/Marine Science.

I was very pleased to present Abby with our club’s scholarship and wish her much luck and success in college.

Pat Miller Scholarship Committee

Co-chairperson

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Members of the Nordonia Garden Club vis-ited the TGC Herb Garden on a very hot day in July. Their umbrellas came in very handy that day. Rita Grabrovsek, Herb Garden Maintenance Committee Chairperson, met with them. The discussion focused on the “History and Magic of Herbs.” The ladies were amazed at the origin of some of the herbs and had a lot of fun hearing about the old magical uses for some of them. We look forward to hosting other groups who would like to visit. Rita Gabrovsek

Look what’s happening at TGC . . .




Horticulture Show Great show!! Everyone’s hard work paid off. There were 122 entries in the Horticulture Show which earned us a 90+ rating, making our club eligible to compete for a state award.

The top winners were:

Lynn Wyse - Horticultural Excellence Award for her Succulent Planter

Kristen Beason - Three Grand Awards of Merit for her Spearmint, ‘Queen Red Lime' Zinnia and her ‘Southern Comfort' Heuchera (coral bell) entries

Marianne Pieramici - Arboreal Excellence Award for her 'All Summer Beauty' Hydrangea

Sue Davis - Education Excellence Award for her educational board on the Tinkers Creek Watershed

Ada Pollock - Top Horticultural Excellence Award for her Balloon Flower (Platycodon) and the Grand Prize Winner of the Horticulture Show

Thanks to all who participated and congratulations to all of the winners!

Karen Fullerman & Marlene Hatton Committee Chairpersons

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Garden Tour

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Many of the visitors to the gardens found them inspirational and appreciated being able to talk to the home-owners and ask questions. They also appreciated the hostesses and found them very helpful with answer-ing questions.




Garden Tour Continued

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Since some of the visitors spent more time then they expected visiting the home gardens, they said they would certainly take the time, on another day, to go back and visit the library and VFW gardens.

“I’m so happy the tour

brought atten-tion to these

gardens.” Adele Nykaza

TGC Co-president




Twins Day Parade

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Members of our club had a great time marching in the Twins Day Parade on Saturday, August 4th. Pictured here are Sue Davis, Flora Carnabuci, Bev Hel-ser, Virginia Schmidt and Lois Helmick

TGC members helped carry our club’s sign in the parade.

Everyone enjoyed the festive atmosphere of the parade!!

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