Chippewa Garden Club Newsletter

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1 Gardens say, Slow down November/December 2016 National Garden Club, Inc. President Sandra H. Robinson National Garden Clubs, Inc Magnolia Avenue St. Louis, MO Central Atlantic Region Director Mary Washauer Rumson, New Jersey Garden Club of Ohio, Inc. President Lynn Fronk 353 Pittsfield Drive Worthington, OH GCO Cleveland District Director Marilee Zarbock 170 E. 194th Street Euclid, OH Chippewa Garden Club Co-Presidents Kathy Habib 3490 Mark Drive Broadview Hts, OH Jo Ann Bartsch 7700 Fitzwater Road Brecksville, OH Vice-President-Kathy Ziemba 8207 Montridge Ct. North Royalton, OH Secretary-Christine Sparano 7443 Old Quarry Lane Brecksville, OH Treasurer-Aggie Goss 8677 Hollis Lane Brecksville, OH Co-Finance-- Lynne Evans 9455 Woodchip Lane Broadview Hts., OH Laura Springer 3665 Meadow Gateway Broadview Hts Historian-Margaret DeWolf 7001 Crestview Drive Brecksville, OH President s Message Dear Members, On September 12, 2016, your Co-Presidents attended a Garden Club of Ohio (GCO) Leadership Seminar. Its purpose was to provide us with information and resources to conduct the business of a garden club. While much of the seminar reinforced many items we were already familiar with (like meeting agendas, Robert s Rules, setting up by-laws, and keeping financial records) there was a lengthy discussion on the IRS regulations that govern us as a 501(c)(3). Here are two bullets of which all of you, as garden club members, need to be aware: Chippewa is a tax exempt organization as a subordinate to GCO. This means donations made to us are tax deductible for the donor. It also means that all our expenditures must reflect our educational objectives. We can t spend money on ourselves. This is something the Board continually reviews during its budgeting, reimbursement, and auditing procedures. In addition, we are also State of Ohio sales tax exempt. Purchasing anything for individual use is not sales tax exempt. Chippewa has sales tax exempt accounts set up at a variety of vendors. You as an individual should not be using those accounts if you are buying something for yourself. If you are buying supplies (like flowers) for one of our civic projects, like a flower show, then that purchase is sales tax exempt. The Board can t possibly know if you are making a personal purchase and not paying sales tax. Don t do it! We don t want to lose our nonprofit status for not following the rules! If you have any questions, or are unsure of what you can or cannot do, please ask. We are able to get clarification from GCO on any situation that may arise. Kathy Habib and Jo Ann Bartsch, Co-Presidents

2 Page 2 November/December 2016 Tuesday, November 8 Election Day Dates To Remember November Tuesday, November 15 7:00 p.m. Chippewa s Holiday Show Christmas From Country To City at the Brecksville Community Center. Doors open to the public at 6:30 p.m. Please bring your raffle donation and bakery by 6:00 p.m. The flyer for the show is page 9. Sunday, December 4 December Annual Meeting and Christmas Tea at 1:00 p.m. at the Brecksville Community Center room A. For more information, the Christmas Tea flyer is on page 10. Garden Therapy July 16, 2016 Light Your Way with paper lanterns November One of our most challenging (there are 29 of them!), yet satisfying, civic projects is helping the Brecksville Beautification Committee decorate for the Holidays. This year, the downtown planters along Brecksville Rd. will be decorated on Sunday November 20. We'll join the Committee at 11:00 a.m. along Brecksville Road between Rt. 82 and Arlington St. Just look for the truck full of greens. Bring your clippers, gloves, and dress in layers. This is Northeast Ohio after all. Watch for an from Jo Ann Bartsch just in case weather becomes an issue and either the date or time needs to be changed. It only takes an hour or so and then you can proudly point out "I did that one..." Here's hoping we can go to Honey Hut for ice cream afterwards! Tuesday, November 29 6:00 p.m. Budget and Board meeting at the Broadview Hts. Club Room. Please attend to submit 2017 requests for standing committee and project budgets as well as to suggest community projects. Residents with CGC members Susan Forest and Sandy Ladebue

3 Page 3 November/December 2016 How To Take A Better Picture Rob Erik, a member of the Cleveland Photographic Society, presented a program on using the rules of photography at our September membership meeting. Rob s handout indicates that these rules of composition are a combination of basic principles and techniques used to create a mood, tell a story, and draw the viewer s eye to the photo. This sounds like floral design where we also invoke rules to create exciting designs. He had a handout listing twelve rules as well as handouts on things to consider when buying a digital camera. Rob discussed the rules using visuals to show us how they worked. The rule of thirds has you mentally visualizing your potential photo with two horizontal lines and two vertical lines, thus creating nine parts. The theory is that if the image you want is placed on one or those lines or on the conjunction of two lines, the image becomes more balance and encourages the viewer to see it more naturally. Another rule involves the horizon line which is literally the height of your eye as you survey your subject before clicking the photo. Experiment with changing the horizon line and using it to invite the viewer to see what you want them to see. educational discussions about nature. The programs were well attended by the residents, and all participants left with successful designs. The program named Leaves, Leaves, Leaves included the creation of a fall floral design and an educational presentation on tree leaves and the science behind autumn leaves color. The program was led by Chippewa Garden Club members Susan Forest, Sandy Ladebue and Lynne Evans who guided residents in creating their own designs and promoted socialization while reminiscing about past fall memories. Chippewa Garden Club has a tradition of offering Garden Therapy to the community, and we are in the midst of developing a fresh and fun schedule for Funds to support this program come from CGC s budget which is funded primarily from our annual Holiday Design Program and through donations. This year s Holiday Program fundraiser will be on November 15th at the Brecksville Community Center. Contact Lynne Evans for more information at Lynne Evans During the second portion of his presentation, Rob discussed the purchase of a digital camera. He listed types of cameras, including cell phones, types of pictures we might take, and our own considerations such as price before we buy a camera. He concluded with three website resources. Pat Gabriel Garden Therapy Chippewa Garden Club has completed another year of Garden Therapy programs for the residents at Pleasantview Care Center. Each program was formulated to incorporate floral design as well as TOP Design Residents Made LEFT Sandy Ladebue and a Resident

4 Page 4 November/December 2016 Garden Club of Ohio Fall District Meeting At the Fall District Meeting held October 19 th, the West Shore Arrangers gave a fantastic design presentation called America the Beautiful. Two of our members participated: Susan Jurecki and Marian Dougherty. The presentation took us from America s West Coast to the East Coast giving us kernels of history and describing how the districts in the National Garden Club were established and what states they encompassed. Each design incorporated something unique to a particular state within the district. For instance, the design presented for Wisconsin was done with yellow cheese boxes (both circular and triangular). The background was even in the pattern of a cow s hide! Susan s design theme was New Orleans, Louisiana. She was all for JAZZ in New Orleans! Her background featured musical notes and a drummer beating out the rhythm. Marian s inspiration was Christmas in Connecticut and we heard the story of the song White Christmas from the musical film Holiday Inn. The poinsettia in the design was really a grouping of magnolia leaves with a pinecone center. We were dutifully warned not to try this in a Flower Show since contrived flowers are not allowed. But don t you agree it sure looked like a poinsettia! Wisconsin New Orleans, Louisiana Susan Jurecki Christmas In Connecticut Marian Dougherty Please turn the page.

5 Page 5 November/December 2016 Garden Club of Ohio Fall District Meeting, cont. The last photo that had to be included in this article was the design for Ohio. O H I O.even the I was dotted with a red carnation (our State Flower.) Seeing designs whets our appetites, don t you think? What are you already thinking about when you think about the Metroparks and our 2017 Flower Show? Let the incubation begin! Jo Ann Bartsch Ohio AWARD UPDATES NATIONAL GARDEN CLUBS, INC. Attending the GCO Fall District Meeting Margaret DeWolf, Jo Ann Bartsch, Jeannette Weaver, Aggie Goss, Noreen Butano, Susan Jurecki, and Judy Guinn. Not pictured is Marian Dougherty On May 6, 2016, National Garden Clubs, Inc. presented three awards to Chippewa Garden Club. They were: A certificate of commendation for Youth Horticulture Education for the Recess Gardening Program at Central School; The Tommy Donnan Certificate of Merit for our Art in the Garden Newsletter; and An Achievement Award (with Rosette) for a Club Standard Flower Show for our 2015 Flower Show Artists in Our Garden. Congratulations to all our members who worked on all these projects. A special round of applause to Pat G. who edits our award-winning newsletter. Jo Ann Bartsch

6 Page 6 November/December 2016 Milkweeds Monarch butterflies cannot survive without milkweed plants. Adult females lay eggs on milkweeds, and caterpillars need the plants to grow and develop. Milkweeds provide nectar sources to pollinators and other butterflies, and many species of insects use milkweed as a primary or major food source. The decline in milkweed plants has led to a decline in the monarch butterfly population. Milkweeds are North American natives. The seeds are spread by wind, and milkweed plants spread by underground rhizomes. Milkweeds contain a toxic milky sap. Some animals can eat milkweed and are not harmed by the sap. When monarch caterpillars eat the leaves, it makes them and the adult butterflies toxic to predators like birds. All milkweeds are low maintenance and deer resistant. They do not transplant well because of their deep tap roots. The Monarch Joint Venture is a partnership of federal and state agencies, non-governmental agencies and academic programs which work together to protect monarch migrations by encouraging the planting of milkweeds. Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) grows up to six feet tall and may be too large for small gardens. It grows in fields and along roadsides. It needs well -drained soil, full sun, and blooms June August. Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) has yellow/ orange flowers and grows one to one-and- a- half feet high. It blooms June-August and requires full sun. Dry to medium dry soil is required, and it is drought tolerant. This plant does well in poor, dry soils but may be slow to establish. Use in butterfly gardens or perennial beds. A less common garden milkweed is Whorled milkweed (Asclepias verticillata). Flowers are white or greenish white. This plant will grow in full sun or part shade and is drought tolerant and blooms June-September. It attracts hummingbirds as well as butterflies. Use in butterfly gardens or perennials beds. Kathy Habib Swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) and butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) are easy to grow and readily available from catalogs or nurseries. Asclepias syriaca Common milkweed Swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) has either white or pink flowers and grows four to five feet high. It blooms July-August and requires full sun. It tolerates clay soil and wet soil. Use this milkweed in butterfly gardens, rain gardens or perennial beds.

7 Page 7 November/December 2016 Getting To Know You Noreen Butano joined Chippewa Garden Club when she moved to Broadview Heights in At that time membership was limited to Brecksville and Broadview Heights residents. Times change, and today membership is open to anyone with an interest in the stated purpose of CGC. Noreen has actively participated in the club as Co- Membership Chair and Co-Vice- President In she served as President. She has chaired the Yearbook Committee, the Publicity Committee, and served as the Broadview Heights Liaison as well as helping on many projects. In 2004 she received the Blue Vase Award which is presented to an outstanding member of the club at our annual meeting. Noreen was the Cleveland District Director for the Garden Club of Ohio in This position is a liaison between the State and the forty plus garden clubs in NE Ohio. She found it thoroughly enjoyable to meet such enthusiastic members, visit at their meetings, flower shows and events, and update those Presidents of the happenings at all GCO board meetings. She also organized the GCO's Cleveland luncheon/seminar/meetings quarterly. Does she make time to volunteer elsewhere? Oh yes, the Church of the Assumption, where she took on chairing the 150th Anniversary Celebration for over 500 in attendance, produced a program booklet, and handled the day's program with all dignitaries and those in attendance. She also headed up the Garden of Memories at the church, obtaining donors and sponsors for the statue, benches and engraved paver bricks, along with creating the design of the garden area and implementing the construction of it. She is currently the Treasurer of the Greene Acres Community Garden, Inc. in Broadview Hts. The garden is now completing its 4th year. This past season over 300 pounds of produce were donated to the Human Service Department for its seniors. Noreen has planted many perennials in her yard, and she enjoys the seasons of blooms, trimming and pruning in the spring and fall. She s extended her veggie and flower gardening to two plots at Greene Acres and enjoys picking produce throughout the growing season. She also enjoys the many bouquets of flowers she takes to the office and gives to neighbors. Her gardening philosophy is Enjoy and have fun! She s always eager to try new plantings and eager to learn. Although she designs her floral arrangements to her own tastes and standards, she does listen to her mentors on the floral design "rules" when entering Flower Shows, and she wins a blue ribbon here and there. But she advises us to enjoy floral design and the comradery of friends and not to stress out about creating a design. Life is precious, enjoy it! She is also eager to learn more design techniques. Please turn the page.

8 Page 8 November/December 2016 Noreen cont. When Noreen has a gardening or design question, she loves the new technology which includes using her cell phone to ask questions and receive answers on a Google app. She also uses the Google search engine to find more information. One of the websites she loves is the Master Gardeners website I asked Noreen what she feels she has contributed to the club and how she has benefitted from her membership over the fifteen years she s been a member. Her response was that she hopes her organizational and marketing skills in helping to notify the public of future and past community projects and events were helpful to the club. Certainly if you look at the local newspapers and many publications in which she has articles and information about CGC, you would wholeheartedly agree. She s benefited from the many friends obtained over the years who also love belonging to a club whose purpose is to help educate and to give back to the community. Her advice for new members? Try it---you'll like it! For all members? Enjoy and have fun. Get involved in a committee, be a co-chair, and do present your new ideas. Sometimes our old ideas get rusty. We are always growing. Pat Gabriel Fabulous Flowering Shrubs At our October meeting, Joanna Thomas who is the owner of Gardenscapes by Joanna, located in Oberlin, Ohio, presented Fabulous Flowering Shrubs. Ms. Thomas is a member of the National Wildlife Federation and is a certified wildlife and landscaping professional. Her goal was to inspire us to plant more shrubs. Shrubs can be mass plantings (same plants in one area) with no gaps; they can be planted in a mixed bed with a variety of plant material; or they can be planted as specimen plants, using each as a focal point. The design of the plantings should benefit the environment by attracting wildlife and minimizing storm runoff. The design in the front of the house should focus on the house-color, shape, size, history and character. Plants should complement, not detract. Less is better as is using the right plant for the right location. Joanna likes to plant larger plants (five-gallon pots) because they can be spaced more realistically. The home owner needs to understand their yard s unique environment in order to calculate plant spacing and size at maturity. Ms. Thomas uses conservation landscaping which includes wildlife habitats, native plants, endangered plants, and plants that attract pollinators and songbirds. She encourages no-mow lawns, using lawn alternatives such as high wildlife value plants and wildlife cover and nesting sites. Grass inhibits tree root growth so she advises using mulch around tree bases. She warns of the pollution caused by lawn mowing equipment. Ms. Thomas cited the importance of soil. It absorbs rainfall, mitigates flooding, removes pollutants, and stores water for plants, wildlife and people. Soil is ever-changing, and we need to improve the soil s organic matter content. Included in the presentation was a handout listing eighteen shrubs for large or small gardens, for shade or sun, and with various bloom times and coloration. Kathy Habib

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10 Page 10 November/December 2016 Annual Meeting/Christmas Tea Presented by: Sandy Kovach Date: December 4, 2016 Place: Brecksville Community Center Rm. A Time: 1:00 pm Starters Four Appetizers Sandwiches Chicken Salad on Croissant Roast Beef Turkey on Orange Cranberry Bread Salad Waldorf Salad Seven Layer Salad Pastries Assorted Holiday Cookies Cheesecakes Kolackies Drinks Punch Hot Tea Please make check payable to Chippewa Garden Club for $ Deadline is November 21, 2016 Mail payment to Kathy Ziemba 8207 Montridge Ct. North Royalton, Ohio (Formal invite will be mailed to you by November 1 st ) Favors and Giveaways!