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1 President s message Newsletter for Since 2000, and still growing we dig life! May is already gone and June will fly by just as quickly. We had, once again, a great Plant Sale, thanks to so many of YOU. Our thanks to Alida Moonen, for taking on this big challenge and making the Plant Sale a success. We had a great location, once again this year, at the former Macedonia Fire Station. With any luck, hopefully we can come back again next year. Our Garden Tour is coming up Sunday, June 10, and I hope to see everyone there!! Best Wishes, Our Board Members Lilian Board Members Lilian Coluccio President lilianc456@yahoo.com V. President Kerry Wichert sogreenwithenvy@aol.com 2 nd V. President Carmen Park rpark21643@yahoo.com Phyllis Kluber Secretary phylliskluber@yahoo.com Sandy Bednarik Treasurer sbednarik@agility-inc.com Committee Chairpersons By Laws Photographer Garden Tour Wayne Meyer waynemeyer@windstream.net Bob & Carmen Park rpark21643@yahoo.com Phyllis Kluber phylliskluber@yahoo.com Historian Carmen Park Rpark21643@gmail.com Pam Bof pweisie@aol.com Membership Mary Chieffe mary.chieffe@gmail.com Newsletter Editor & Peg Krutko Web Editor pkrutko@windstream.net Public Relations Bob & Carmen Park Rpark21643@yahoo.com Mary Chieffe Refreshments mary.chieffe@gmail.com Joyce Stayanchi joystayanchi@yahoo.com Sunshine & Raffle Elaine Nidy CTBEAR24@aol.com Ways & Means Alida Moonen alidamoonen@gmail.com Phyllis Kluber (Secr.), Sandy Bednarik (Treas.), Carmen Park (2 nd VP), Kerry Wichert (VP), Lilian Coluccio (Pres.) Special Events Adrien Coluccio Adrien.coluccio@yahoo.com

2 Sunday, June 10th Member Garden Tour - see page 8 for details. Wednesday, June 20 th Leaf Castings Wednesday, July 18th Leaf Castings Painting Wednesday, June 27 th Leaf Castings (RAIN DATE) Wednesday, July 25 th Leaf Castings - Painting (RAIN DATE) Saturday, July 21st Visit to local botanical gardens and lunch in Little Italy. (Wait list available) Saturday, August 11 th Tour of Kingwood Gardens and Luncheon to follow. Saturday, August 18th Dinner Garden Party and Slide Show. Wednesday, September 19th Picnic in the Park Pavilion Wednesday, October 17th Member panel on fall garden activities--getting ready for winter. Saturday, October 27th Fall Fund Raiser Club Meetings 3 rd Wednesday of Month 6:30 PM. (Doors open up at 6:00 PM) Board Held at: Meeting Sagamore Hills Township February 6, :00PM at Cyrano's. Wednesday, November 14th Denise Ellsworth, OSU extension will talk on Phenology and Pest Management. Wednesday, December 5th Annual dinner and Installation of new officers. Submitted by: Carmen Park, 2 nd V.P. Board Meetings 1st Monday of Month 7:00 PM

3 RAFFLE We will be having TWO separate drawings at our meetings - one for the donated food items and the other for paid tickets. We will issue a raffle ticket for each food item you donate to the Emergency Assistance Center. So, please remember your canned items (See page six in our newsletter for a list of suggested food items needed). And, we will be selling tickets for 50 cents. If you would like to donate items for our raffles, please bring them to our club meeting or call me. Thanks, Elaine Nidy MEMBERSHIP DUES Dues are $15.00 for individuals, and $20.00 for family memberships. Make check payable to NHGC Send payment to: Pam Bof Dunham Road Sagamore Hills, OH SUNSHINE REPORT JUNE Pam HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISHES TO: Imre Papp 6/2 Janet Rudder 6/4 Mary Ann Coneglio 6/9 Jane Lebzelter 6/9 Dottie Krieger 6/19 Elaine Thompson 6/27 Happy Father s Day to all the wonderful dads in our club. June Refreshments Pot Luck Dinner after member gardens tour. Members attending, please bring an entrée, side dish, salad or dessert, and any additional beverage you would like. Please pass along to Elaine Nidy if you know of any member who could use a card of get well, best wishes or congratulations from our Club. June Flower of the Month The Rose CTBEAR24@aol.com The meaning of the June Birth Flower, the Rose, is passionate love and beauty. Sign of the Zodiac and Dates: Gemini May 21 June 21 June Birthstone: The Pearl (Please try to have refreshments at meeting by 6:15 PM) Mary Caudill Chieffe ( ) Joyce Stayanchi ( ) A new broom sweeps clean, but the old broom knows the corners. Irish saying.

4 JUNE GARDEN CLUB FEATURE JANE LEBZELTER How long have you been gardening? For as long as I can remember I have enjoyed playing in dirt and watching things grow. I helped my grandmother weed her garden and still have a bleeding heart from that garden. How long have you been a member of the club? I joined in the club's third year. If time or money would not be a factor, what would you add to your garden? I like plants with interesting foliage--variegated, gray, and spiny, etc. I would like to design and plant a foliage garden using these plants. I could use the smoke tree that I bought at the plant sale for a focal point. What are some things you really enjoy about gardening? Walking around my yard each morning with my coffee and my kitty to see what has changed from the day before, gives me the most satisfaction. What plant or flower has been your biggest challenge? Delphiniums have given me problems. If you could have only one plant in your garden, what would it be? I won a beautiful Lace Cap from Suncrest at a club meeting. Hydrangeas have become a favorite. They're long blooming and easy to care for. Are you going to try anything new this year in the garden? No, I haven't yet. We have sent a Thank You card to the Girl Scouts (Troup from Lee Eaton Elementary) for their help at our Plant Sale. In addition, each girl received a small Mother's Day potted plant. Their Troup was building a butterfly garden and mentioned this to us the day of our Plant Sale. We donated the following for their project. 59 Daffodils a bin of day lilies 6 Irises 1 Heuchera 2 Grasses 1 Liatris 1 Forget-me-not It is proudly displayed on the north east corner of Routes 82 and Old 8.

5 NHGC 2012 ANNUAL PLANT SALE! Macedonia Fire Station Sandy Bednarik Our belle of the sale! Ready get set... Let s Sell. And we did! Mary Chieffe & Jackie Polcen Kerry, Lori, Lilian, Alida and more! Greg Bednarik & Sue Jerabek Cashiers

6 Pam Bof / Membership Table NHGC 2012 ANNUAL PLANT SALE! Bob Park arranging plants & checking em twice! Lori Vicic-Bake Sale Smiling - Elaine Nidy An awesome day for a Plant Sale!!! Sandy Bednarik & Wayne Meyer cheers! Raffle Table Volunteers from Girl Scout Troup of Lee Eaton Elementary, assisted customers at the Plant Sale. Looks like they got a new member to join their Troup Sandy?

7 Treasurer s Report by Sandy Bednarik Date Check# Description Income Deposits Expense Balance 3/31/2012 SC March Service Charge , /4/2012 Dep Dues: Dreier Huntley-Gesinsky Lebzelter Papp Polcen Rhoa Spagnola Wichert , /19/2012 Dep Dues: Cerveny Krutko Park Rispo Uridel Tirpak Wharton Wharton - Club Donation , Dep Club Meeting , Dep Setele - Leaf Casting Project , Void 4/20/ R Park - Bus Payment for July Tour , /25/ Midwest Graphic NHCG Banner Deposit (L Collucio) , /29/ Midwest Graphic NHGC Banner Balance ($95. total) , /29/ Classic Designs-Change of address stickers for signs , /30/2012 SC April Service Charge , /10/ Old Brooklyn-71 baskets x $8.25 for Plant Sale , /10/ Gales Gardens-30 baskets x $10.00 for Plant Sale , /11/ Cash - Start-up money for 5 cash boxes for Plant Sale /14/2012 Dep Deposit - Cash , /14/2012 Dep Deposit - Cash , /14/2012 Dep Deposit - Cash , /14/2012 Dep Deposit - Cash , /14/2012 Dep Deposit - Cash , /14/2012 Dep Deposit - Cash , /14/2015 Dep Deposit - Cash , /14/2012 Dep Deposit - Cash , /14/2012 Dep Deposit - Cash , /14/2012 Dep Deposit - Checks , /14/2012 Dep Deposit - Checks , /14/2012 Dep Deposit - Checks , /22/ J. Filmeck - Reimbursement , /25/2012 Dep Deposit: Leaf Castings Gloves , /25/2012 Dep Glove 5/16 Plant Exchange Meeting , /30/ Palmflex-144 pr gloves (Reimbursement S. Bednarik) , /4/ E. Nidy-Single raffle tickets , /4/ C. Park-Lowes/Ltrs and grommets for banner , /4/ R. Park-2 Plant Sale ads on 5/3 & 5/10 in Recorder , /4/ M.A. Drier-Lowes/Annuals for Mother's Day gifts June, ,007.37

8 2012 NORDONIA HILLS GARDEN CLUB GARDEN TOUR Grab your gardening hat! This Sunday, June 10, 2012, is our annual garden tour rain or shine. Six of our members have graciously opened their gardens for our members to tour, starting at 1:00 p.m. Then at 4:30 we will have a pot luck at Phyllis Kluber's home. Paper and plastic ware will be provided along with coffee and non-alcoholic beverages. Please bring an entree, side dish, salad or dessert to share along with any additional beverage you may want. And don't forget, there will be a prize for the Best garden hat! When visiting the gardens watch for curbside signs with our pink and green logo or NHGC on it with balloons. This year's gardens--- Dottie Krieger, 146 Lowrie Blvd., Northfield Village, Ohio Dottie's garden sits amongst some very tall trees, so her garden is shaded most of the day. Come see her brick patio surrounded with plants of many different colors and shapes, most of which are perennials. She has a lovely stone walkway in the back of the yard leading to a bed of ferns and hostas. Jackie Seremak, 62 Butternut Lane, Northfield Center, Ohio Jackie's gardens are a mix of sun and shade plants and everything in between. She has been at her home for 40 years so her gardens are well established, but always changing she says. She has it all; a pond, windmill, barn, a bella garden, along with vegetables mixed into the established beds. A screened porch and sunroom offers beautiful views of the outside and all are used daily. She thinks of her home as a cottage, inviting to all, but especially to her wild musicians, ducks, insects and even her four legged furry friends. They are all welcome on her acre of heaven where The Door Yard is always open. Sue Jerabek, 127 Kenwick Drive, Northfield, Ohio This shaded yard was home to an in-ground pool from 1970 to 2000 when it cracked, died and was buried. She has now designed a raised garden in its place and has been trying to raise some sun-loving plants in about the only sun she has in her oak wooded grove. Joanne & Lowell Altizer, 117 Scupper Lane, Northfield, Ohio Joanne says she is a novice gardener still trying to find what works best for them. There is a circular bed in the backyard that is mostly perennials. They have a little bridge in the back of the yard that goes over a small creek and a nice mix of annuals and perennials backed by a small hill going to the neighbor's property that is natural and wild. There is a small pond area and waterfall on the backside of the house containing pond plants. They have a deck with two levels where they have a few container gardens. As an interesting side note, she has bordered the back beds in red brick which are from the home she grew up in. A great memory for her. They are about 80 years old, the bricks, not her she says! Necia Cerveny, 6361 Olde Eight Road, Boston Heights, Ohio Color, I have color now that I garden in the sun! says Necia. She just installed a preformed pond last weekend and is quite proud of that. She says her gardens will always be a work in progress and some need to mature, but otherwise her backyard is a paradise to her and her family. (Continued on next page)

9 Phyllis Kluber, 83 W. Hines Hill Road, Boston Heights, Ohio Sitting amongst a mature pine forest can make gardening in dry shade challenging. There is a woodland garden in the backyard and a goldfish pond next to the patio behind the house. Up beyond the barn you will find a vegetable garden with an A-frame cold frame made from discarded windows and Plexiglas. Surrounding the vegetable garden is a perennial border, one of the few areas with some full sun. Be sure to stop and say hello to the chickens. NHGC GARDEN TOUR DIRECTIONS While it is not necessary to follow along in this order, it may be more convenient for most members. Dottie Krieger, 146 Lowrie Blvd., Northfield Village Take Northfield Road north toward Northfield Plaza to Lowrie Blvd, just past Kennedy Blvd. Lowrie is on the Left. 146 Lowrie Blvd. is on the Left. Jackie Seremak, 62 Butternut Lane, Northfield Center From Dottie's, go back to Northfield Road/OH 8 and turn Right (S). You will then turn Right onto Olde Eight Road (Lawrence School is on the corner). Take Olde Eight to Butternut Lane. (If you reach Northfield Library you have gone too far.) Turn Left onto Butternut Lane. 62 Butternut is on the Right. Sue Jerabek, 127 Kenwick Drive, Northfield From Jackie's go back to Olde Eight Road and turn Left. Take Olde 8 over Rte. 82. Continue on Olde Eight (the Left fork in the road). Travel along Olde Eight for approximately 1.7 miles. Turn Right onto Marwyck Drive (just past Karen Lane). Take first Left onto Dorwick Drive Take first Right onto Kenwick Drive 127 Kenwick is on the Right Joanne & Lowell Altizer, 117 Scupper Lane, Northfield From Sue's go back to Olde Eight Road. Turn Right onto Olde Eight Road. Take Olde Eight Road south to Twinsburg Road. Turn Left onto Twinsburg Road. Turn Left on Anchor (If you reach the Rte. 8 overpass, you have gone too far.) Take Anchor to the end which is Scupper as the road veers left. 117 Scupper Lane will be on the Right on the bend. Necia Cerveny, 6361 Olde Eight Road, Boston Heights or From Joanne & Lowell's go back to Twinsburg Road and turn Right. Take Twinsburg Road to Olde Eight Road and turn Left. Continue south on Olde Eight (Akron/Cleveland Road) beyond Hines Hill and Boston Mills Road Olde Eight is on the Left. If you reach Rte. 303 (W. Streetsboro Road) you have gone too far. You may pull up into driveway. Phyllis Kluber, 83 W. Hines Hill Road, Boston Heights Pot Luck at 4:30 From Necia's turn Right out of her driveway onto Olde Eight Road. Take Olde Eight (North) to Hines Hill Road. Turn Left onto Hines Hill. 83 W. Hines Hill Road is on the Right. You may park on right hand side of road (during daylight hours) or in the driveway. Any questions call Phyllis

10 NORDONIA HILLS GARDEN CLUB MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION DATE SINGLE MEMBERSHIP ($15.00) FAMILY MEMBERSHIP ($20.00) NAME (s) ADDRESS: PHONE: ADDRESS: Who referred you to the club? Birthday: Month Day Are you a Master Gardener? Yes No (this is not required) What particular interests do you have in gardening Make your check payable to: Please return or mail this form along with your payment. Send payment to: Pam Bof Dunham Road Sagamore Hills, OH 44067

11 2012 Refreshments You will be called 4 to 5 days in advance to remind you. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. ** Please arrange for a sub to bring refreshments if you become unable to contribute on your chosen day. Date Print Name Phone Number September 19 Picnic Bring side dish or dessert Separate sign-up sheet October Ann Milicia 2. Mary Ann Coneglio 3. Elaine Juchnik November Gerry Setele 2. Linda Gesinsky 3. Backups 1. Mary Chieffe 2. 3.