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Wanda Ongaro, Editor 330.405.1216– Phone wongaro@adelphia.net
OUR GARDEN PATHS
March 2014
Volume 9 Issue 1
Celebrating over 51 Years of Service to the Community
Meetings are held the 2nd Thursday of each month at the Twinsburg Community Center, 6:30 pm Sharp
Next Meeting
March 13 6:30PM Twinsburg Community Center
Favorite Vegetables
Rudy Moyer will give a lighthearted presentation on
his favorite vegetables including heirloom and rare
ones. Which ones grow the best, have the most flavor!
Welcome New Members!
Kaye Collins Karen Murphy
Lisa Doty Carol Redmond
Linda Goldner Liz Shorr
Shirley Kondo Connie Solomon
Happy Birthday!
Jean Myers - March 18 Linda Goldner - March 21
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Last Month’s Meeting:
This year’s theme is 50 Years and Still Growing!
New Projects:
Newsletter: Send gardening tips and articles of interest to Wanda
Cookbook: Send recipes to Judy or Melani in Word format
Recipes using garden ingredients are best
Recipe deadline has been extended to April 1st
Preorders are available. Sign up sheet went around
Goal is to have cookbook available for plant sale in May
Publicity: Send ideas for special stories to Nancy Website: Completely redone. Take a look—it’s fantastic!
Send pictures to Laura or Virginia
Grants: Two grants have been applied for:
Fiskars and Master Gardeners of Summit County
Both grants are for “Garden for Kids”
Other News: Our club will provide refreshments for the March Forum meeting
We will participate in the Twins Day parade—no float, just banner, cars and walkers
We will participate in the Taste of Twinsburg
Sue will look into the Habitat for Humanity project in Twinsburg
Garden Tour— recommend houses!
Memorial Day—we should place wreath on the Blue Star Marker. Sue volunteered
to make a live wreath
Fund Raising—we need ideas—send them to Jean
Presentation:
Attracting Birds to your Yard given by Joyce Pelz
Hostesses:
Karen Fullerman & Virginia Schmidt
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Other News:
The Akron Garden Forum ‘s Annual Tea took place
April 13th and Sue spoke of the many new activities
and community projects for this year.
The Garden Club purchased a tree for Twinsburg's Commemorative Tree Program. We
chose a Nyssa sylvatica, commonly known as the black tupelo tree or the black gum
tree. The reasons we chose this particular tree: it is a medium- sized deciduous, orna-
mental, pyramidal shaped tree with a broad, overlapping branch range often used as a
shade tree. The foliage turns purple in autumn and then to a intense, bright scarlet
red. The fruit is black-blue and is a valuable energy food source for migrating birds such as the American Robin, Blue Jay, Wood Thrush, Northern Cardinal, Eastern Blue-
bird, and many more.
Gardening Tips:
Easy way to cut down tall grass plant: Tie rope around base of a tall grass plant
about a two feet up from the ground and tie as tight as possible. Use a
chainsaw to cut straight across underneath the rope, leaving the plant about ten inches or so tall. Have a second person ready to catch clump and stuff in
large yard bag.
Plant showy vegetables in the middle of your mixed flowering pots, such as a
jalapeno pepper. It adds height, interest and color. Add herbs and lettuce
around the edges of pots.
Bring your Boston fern inside for the winter and it will survive inside the house
over the winter. It needs a cup of water every day and placed in a sunny
window.
Reminders:
The discount deadline to register for the GCO convention is March 15th. Most
of us will be interested in April 1st and 2nd.
We need about fifteen jars or small vases for fresh arrangements to sell at the
plant sale. They should be the size of a small mason jar (these are perfect) or
small mayonnaise jar. Approximately 3 ” opening and about 4” tall.
Bring seeds to the March meeting for Seeds of Friendship. Deadline for April’s a garden globe project registration and money is April 1st.
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Invasive Garlic Mustard vs. West Virginia White Butterfly March 13 10:00 AM
Stan Hywet Carriage House
Hummingbirds and Butterflies March 15 2:00 PM
FASN/Visitors Center: 1828 Smith Rd. Akron Hummingbirds and butterflies are two of the most beautiful visitors to
any garden. Join a naturalist to learn how to attract them to your yard.
Plants from the Past March 21 5:00 PM
HH/Main Entrance: 2925 Akron-Peninsula Rd. Akron Learn how common backyard plants were used in the past by American
Indians and pioneers.
Meet Me in the Garden: Succulents March 26 7:00 PM
FASN/Visitors Center: 1828 Smith Rd. Akron Find out how to use hardy and non-hardy succulents in the garden.
History of Salt and Salt Mining April 5 7:30 PM
Look About Lodge — South Chagrin Reservation
Upcoming Events
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Franklin Park Conservatory
The day after Valentine’s Day, my husband and I went to see the Bruce Munro: Light exhibit at the Franklin
Park Conservatory in Columbus. It was beautiful! I highly recommend going. There were light exhibits in
a gallery room, scattered throughout the conservatory and outside in the snow.
Entering the conservatory you
pass between two stunning
white light sculptures.
In the gallery, there were color
changing sculptures.
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Franklin Park Conservatory
Among the plants were huge sculptures hanging
from the ceiling and stairs lit from below. One of
my favorite displays mimicked a summer thunder-
storm, including sound.
Any visit to the conservatory is incom-
plete without viewing the absolutely
splendid Chihuly glass works. (There is
one at the Columbus Art Museum too.)
The one on the left is huge and half of a
pair on either side of an exhibit of mas-
sive tropical trees.
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Franklin Park Conservatory
Outside was a field of nearly 3000 lit circular bulbs
that looked like lollipops. The colors changed in
waves so that blue green lollipops might be to one
side of you and red orange in front of you. Paths
led through the field so you could see them from all
perspectives.
Other outdoor displays consisted
of large glass spheres of different
sizes, red glass swords of light
pointing upwards and towers
built of water bottles.
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Franklin Park Conservatory
Going on at the same time is a wonderful orchid show!
The orchid on the left is a beautiful bronze sculpture about 20 feet tall.
My husband shows the scale.
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Franklin Park Conservatory
In keeping with the theme of light, many plants that are a
normal part of the conservatory were beautifully lit.
I recommend going to the conservatory mid to late afternoon so you can see the permanent exhibits in
daylight: Himalayan Mountain Biome, Rainforest Biome, Desert Biome and Pacific Island Water
Garden. The Bruce Munro: Light exhibit is from 5-11 PM Wednesdays-Saturdays through March 30th.
The Orchid show is through April 13. A Blooms and Butterflies exhibit (with hundreds of butterflies flying
freely in the Pacific Island Water Garden ) opened March 8th and goes on until September 28th. There is a
Gourd Society Show and Sale March 15th and 16th.
Wanda Ongaro