Chippewa Garden Club Newsletter March/April 2016 Gardens say, Slow down hp://chippewagardenclub.com/ President’s Message 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 Brecksville, OH 44141 Treasurer-Aggie Goss 8677 Hollis Lane Brecksville, OH 44141 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 Brecksville, OH 44141 I started gardening when I was seven years old. Cleveland Public Schools offered a gardening program where a student could buy seed sets to fit the size of their garden plot. It was the basic onion sets, radishes, lettuce, and beans, etc. In the summer someone would come around to each garden and give it a grade. When I moved to Broadview Heights twenty-five years ago, I had a large vegetable garden BD (that’s before deer) that I grew mostly from seeds. Each year I grew one plant that I had never grown before. Some were failures, and some were successful. Among my experiments were to- bacco, cotton (I got one cotton bole), sorghum, broom corn, Indian corn, min- iature blue corn, tomatillos, and miniature pumpkins. Since the garden is now mostly perennials, I grow very little from seed. Now I try new varieties of perennials or new tender perennials to grow in pots. Last year I tried some new elephant ears which are easy to grow and deer resistant. I have already ordered several more varieties of elephant ears from a catalog to try this year. I am always looking for unusual suc- culents. There are so many more varieties of plants available than there were twenty-five years ago. Try new plants just for the fun of it. If they fail, so what, you tried. They may end up being successful and satisfying. Kathy Habib Orchid Mania Editor’s thanks to Marissa Abraham for her beauful Orchid Mania orchid photos and to Joann Sherman who suggested the arcle on poisonous plants and pets. Email newsleer suggesons to [email protected]
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Chippewa Garden Club Newsletter
March/April 2016
Gardens say, Slow down
http://chippewagardenclub.com/
President’s Message 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
Brecksville, OH 44141
Treasurer-Aggie Goss
8677 Hollis Lane
Brecksville, OH 44141
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
Brecksville, OH 44141
I started gardening when I was seven years old.
Cleveland Public Schools offered a gardening
program where a student could buy seed sets to
fit the size of their garden plot. It was the basic
onion sets, radishes, lettuce, and beans, etc. In
the summer someone would come around to each
garden and give it a grade.
When I moved to Broadview Heights twenty-five
years ago, I had a large vegetable garden BD
(that’s before deer) that I grew mostly from
seeds. Each year I grew one plant that I had never grown before. Some
were failures, and some were successful. Among my experiments were to-
bacco, cotton (I got one cotton bole), sorghum, broom corn, Indian corn, min-
iature blue corn, tomatillos, and miniature pumpkins.
Since the garden is now mostly perennials, I grow very little from seed.
Now I try new varieties of perennials or new tender perennials to grow in
pots. Last year I tried some new elephant ears which are easy to grow and
deer resistant. I have already ordered several more varieties of elephant
ears from a catalog to try this year. I am always looking for unusual suc-
culents. There are so many more varieties of plants available than there
were twenty-five years ago.
Try new plants just for the fun of it. If they fail, so