Chippewa Garden Club Newsletter · 09/09/2017 · White flowers tend to be fragrant at night to attract pollinators. Fragrant flowers don’t last as long as flowers that have no

Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of

the Cleveland Metroparks

Chippewa Garden Club Newsletter

http://chippewagardenclub.com September/October 2017

National Garden Club, Inc.

President—Nancy Hargroves

National Garden Clubs, Inc.

4401 Magnolia Avenue

St. Louis, MO 63110

Central Atlantic Region

Director—Regina Brown

Garden Club of Ohio, Inc.

President—Deanna Stearns

6820 Mapleridge Circle NW

Canton, OH 44718

GCO Cleveland District

Director—Jane Bodnar

21029 Avalon Drive

Rocky River OH 44116-1117

Chippewa Garden Club

President—Kathy Habib

3490 Mark Drive

Broadview Hts, OH 44147

Vice-President-Susan Jurecki

6752 Karen Drive

Seven Hill, OH 44131

Co-Secretaries-

Christine Sparano

7443 Old Quarry Lane

Brecksville, OH 44141

Sandy Ladebue

6522 E. Sprague Road

Brecksville, Oh 44141

Treasurer-Laura Springer

3665 Meadow Gateway

Broadview Hts. 44147

Co-Finance--

Lynne Evans

9455 Woodchip Lane

Broadview Hts., OH 44147

Kathy Ziemba

8207 Montridge Ct.

North Royalton, OH 44133

Historian-Margaret DeWolf

7001 Crestview Drive

Brecksville, OH 44141

A Message From the

President

Chippewa Garden Club presented

our 2017 flower show titled This

Land Is Our Land on July 22 and

23, 2017. Our theme celebrated

the 100th anniversary of the

Cleveland Metroparks. The

show was held at the Brecks-

ville Community Center and

was free and open to the public.

Pamphlets describing the func-

tion of a flower show and detail-

ing the design and horticulture

classes were available to visi-

tors.

Visitors entered the show

through a tree branch arbor cre-

ated by Kathy Ziemba. Container

plant entries lined both sides of the

arbor. Photographs of Metroparks

reservations were staged at each

design and horticulture section.

The design division consisted of 28

entries. Congratulations to Lenore

Siegman for winning the Designer’s

Choice Award, the Seibel Silver

Bowl, the Design Excellence Award,

and for sharing the Design Sweep-

stakes Award with Judy Guinn.

Congratulations to Jo Ann Bartsch

for winning the Petite Award and

the Betty Zuzan Silver Bowl.

A novice class was added this year

for members who have never won a

blue ribbon in design. Congratula-

tions to Karen Peterson for creating

her functional table which won her

her first blue ribbon in design.

There were 53 horticulture classes

with 214 entries. Classes consisted

of both container grown plants and

cut specimens. Congratulations to

JoAnn Sherman for winning the

Collector’s Showcase Award with

her caladium collection and to Deb

Schuckert for winning the Arboreal

Award with her beautiful

hydrangea. Kathy Habib won the

Horticulture Sweepstakes Award.

Kathy Ziemba won the Educational

Award with her display on the 100th

Anniversary of the Cleveland

Metroparks.

Please turn the page

Squire Rich Historical Museum

Brecksville Reservation Cleveland Metroparks

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The Botanical Arts division con-

sisted of two sections:

Photography and Artistic Crafts.

Photographs were judged by

members of the Cleveland Photo-

graphic Society. Congratulations

to Jo Ann Bartsch for winning

the Botanical Arts Photography

Award for her photo of a monarch

butterfly on milkweed.

The Artistic Crafts entries were

decorative birdhouses.

Congratulations to all of our

ribbon winners. Good job!

Check our website Chippewa

Garden Club. com for a complete

list of all of the award winners

and for photographs of the flower

show. Click on individual photos

to enlarge and show a caption.

Thanks to all members and their

families who participated in this

flower show to make it a success.

Kathy Habib, President

A Message From the

President, cont.

Entry to

This Land Is Our Land

Design

Horticulture

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Dates To Remember

Tuesday, September 12

Board meeting at 6:30 p.m. at the

Broadview Hts. Clubroom

Tuesday, September 26

Membership meeting at 7:00

p.m. at the Brecksville Human

Services, Activity Room A

Gary Esmond will present a pro-

gram on Gertrude Jekyll, a Brit-

ish designer and artist who lived

from 1843-1932. She was one of

the first designers to take into

account color, texture, and the

experience of the garden.

Many of Jekyll’s books are availa-

ble from SearchOhio and

OhioLINK, both of which can be

accessed by Cuyahoga County

library patrons (with a Cuyahoga

County library card.) Cuyahoga

County Public Library does not

list any holdings by Jekyll.

Sunday, October 1

Apple Butter Festival at the

Squire Rich Museum and

herb garden. 1:00-5:00 p.m.

Come for apple butter and frit-

ters and help guests tour the

herb garden.

Tuesday, October 3

Garden Club of Ohio Fall Dis-

trict Meeting at St. Michael’s

Woodside in Broadview Hts.

The morning horticultural pro-

gram is “Make Your Backyard

Burst in Spring” by Cynthia

Druckenbrod.

The afternoon design program is

“Headlines—Poster Art Excites

Design” by the Cleveland Flower

Arrangers Guild. Three of our

members—Margaret DeWolf, Ag-

gie Goss, and Judy Guinn—

belong to the Guild and will par-

ticipate in the program. There

will be eleven designs and a

presentation on each design. We

hope to support our three mem-

bers with a great turnout from

our club.

To sit at the same table, make a

check out to Kathy Habib for

$25, and get it to her no later

than September 12.

Saturday, October 7

Garden Therapy, 10:00 a.m.

at Pleasantview Care Center

We will discuss the repeated

mathematical patterns of leaf

placement in nature, and partici-

pants will create a square twig

fall wreath.

Tuesday, October 10

Board meeting at 6:30 p.m.

at the Broadview Hts. Clubroom

Tuesday, October 24

Membership meeting at 7:00

p.m. at the Brecksville Human

Services, Activity room A

Noelle Akin will discuss plant

varieties which we can plant this

fall. Ms. Akin is Director of

Communication and Education at

Petitti’s Garden Center.

Nominating Committee

Notification

This year’s nominating commit-

tee consists of Sandy Ladebue,

Diane Mele, and Sandy Spann.

The following is their proposed

slate of officers for 2018. The

election will take place at our

September 26th membership

meeting at which time the Presi-

dent will ask for nominations

from the floor.

President:

Susan Jurecki or

Kathy Habib

(vote for only one)

Vice President/President

Elect: Jo Ann Bartsch

Co-Secretaries: Sandy

Ladebue and Chris

Sparano

Treasurer:

Laura Springer

Co-Finance: Lynne Evans

and Kathy Ziemba

Historian: Margaret

DeWolf

Submitted by the

Nominating Committee



Garden Mart

On Sunday, August 20, Chippe-

wa Garden Club sponsored a

Garden Mart in conjunction with

the Brecksville Historical Associ-

ation’s annual corn roast at the

Squire Rich Museum. Cleveland

Metroparks provided us with a

tent and several tables, and the

weather was perfect. Members

donated crafts, garden items,

tools, pots and decorative items

for us to sell. It was a long but

very successful day. We will do-

nate unsold pots and baskets to

local florists and books to the li-

brary. Thanks to Kathy Ziemba

and Lynne Evans for their plan-

ning and organization and to all

those who donated, purchased

and worked at the sale.

Garden Therapy

Chippewa Garden Club volun-

teers presented “Wings at Work”

on August 5, 2017, to residents of

Pleasantview Care Center. The

program included information on

one of our most popular pollina-

tors, the nectar-seeking butterfly.

We discussed how butterflies

help maintain pollination of our

food supply. The varieties of but-

terfly species were identified

from The Family Butterfly Book

by Rick Mikula.

We also explained the metamor-

phosis life cycle from egg, larva,

and pupa to adult from The Life

Cycles of Butterflies: From Egg

To Maturity, A Visual Guide To

23 Common Garden Butterflies

by Judy Burris and Wayne Rich-

ards.

Participants reminisced about

their experiences with butterflies

as they worked on creating a

summer grapevine wreath deco-

rated with moss, ribbon, and pa-

per butterflies.

Many thanks to garden club

members Susan Forest, Sharon

Hemeyer, Susan Jurecki, Sandy

Ladebue, Chris Sparano, and

Lynne Evans for contributing

their time to make this program

a success.

We will hold the next garden

therapy program, “Twigs and the

Golden Ratio” on October 7th.

Contact Lynne Evans for more

information and to volunteer to

help.

Lynne Evans

Brecksville Historical Association’s Corn Roast and

Chippewa Garden Club’s Garden Mart at the Squire Rich Museum



There’s More To Orchids

Than Just Phalaenopsis

At our August membership meet-

ing, the guest speaker was Edgar

Stehli, accompanied by his wife,

Kim. The couple owns Wind-

swept in Time Orchids located in

Broadview Hts. Edgar’s presen-

tation was Orchids A – Z, and

they brought many plants to sell.

Edgar began collecting orchids in

high school, and he started col-

lecting a second time when he

met Kim. In 1999, he asked Kim

to sell some of the plants, and a

business was formed.

There are about 35,000 species of

orchids with over 1000 genera.

White flowers tend to be fragrant

at night to attract pollinators.

Fragrant flowers don’t last as

long as flowers that have no fra-

grance.

Orchid flowers consist of 6 flower

parts: 3 sepals and 3 petals. One

of the petals is called the lip and

acts as a landing pad for insect

pollinators.

Most orchids are epiphytic (grow

on trees for support, where they

anchor their roots.) Other or-

chids are terrestrial (live in soil.)

In Ohio there are 42 native ter-

restrial orchid species growing in

moist areas.

There are 100 species of vanilla

orchids. The vanilla bean is the

seed pod and is commercially

grown. Since the flower is only

open 6 hours per day, it must be

pollinated quickly.

Edgar and Kin recommend MSU

orchid fertilizer. Orchids need to

be pot bound because their roots

need air, and a pot bound plant

dries out more quickly. If roots

are exposed, use floral tubes on

several of the roots to maintain

moisture.

Watering with ice cubes is a mar-

keting ploy. The cold water dam-

ages roots. In the wild, orchids

never see temperatures below 60

degrees. Water with room tem-

perature water or a little warmer.

Edgar uses 80 degree water. You

can also soak the pot until it feels

heavy, then drain. Soak the

plant again when the pot feels

light. Another trick or way to as-

certain if the plant needs water is

to insert bamboo skewers

into the pot. If you pull the

skewer out and it’s dry, it’s

time to water.

If your orchid is not blooming, the

cause may be a lack of light

which causes orchids to skip the

blooming phase and to grow

vegetatively. Orchids need good

air circulation, and leaves should

be cool to the touch.

It takes 7 years to become an or-

chid show judge. Judges look for

size, a dark color, and a round

bloom.

Windswept in Time Orchids is

located at 8066 Skyline Drive,

Broadview Hts., (440) 838-5757.

Call for an appointment. Edgar

and Kim have two open houses

each year, one over Memorial Day

weekend, and this year the other

open house will be Nov 4-5, 2017,

11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Kathy Habib

Edgar Stehli



Sedums

Sedums, commonly called stone-

crop, are plants in the family

Crassulaceae. There are hun-

dreds of plant species, both hardy

and tender varieties. Sedums oc-

cur in both the Old and New

Worlds. They are leaf succulents

that range in size from creeping

groundcovers to five-foot tall

shrubs.

Hardy sedums need full sun but

will tolerate some shade. They

need good drainage and are

drought tolerant, and they are

low maintenance. Many make

good cut flowers. Low growing

species such as Sedum acre are

often planted as ground covers

and in rock gardens, while taller

species, such as Sedum specta-

bile, are planted to the rear of

beds.

Pollinators are attracted to their

star-shaped flowers that range in

color from white to red and yel-

low. Increasing popularity has

nurseries offering many new spe-

cies of sedums in recent years.

Creeping sedums are often

used in green roof tops, which

reduce runoff by absorbing rain

and keep the building cooler in

the summer.

Many tender sedums can be

grown in part shade, as full

sun will burn their leaves.

One of the most commonly

grown tender sedums is Sedum

morganianum, also known as

burro’s tail. It is native to Mex-

ico and is often grown in hang-

ing baskets because of its trail-

ing nature. It can be propagated

by leaf or stem cuttings.

Some interesting species of se-

dums that are available from

Bluestone Perennials are:

Sedum “Dazzle Berry”, 4-8” tall,

red flowers

Sedum “Blade Runner” 12-18” red

flowers

Sedum “Lime Ginger” 6” tall,

pink flowers

Sedum spectabile “Brilliant” 18”

tall, pink flowers

Sedum “Firecracker” 6”

tall, pink flowers

Sedum “Thunderhead”

30” tall, red flowers

Kathy Habib

New Member

Jeff Ardo is our newest garden

club member and a Brecksville

homeowner with a passion to

make his yard lush with beautiful

green shrubs and colorful

plants. Like the rest of us, deer

have made this a chal-

lenge. Frustrated with his own

damage, he and his wife sought

out a solution and started their

own deer deterrent company, En

Garde Deer Defense LLC. For

more information about this prod-

uct, contact Jeff. By joining the

Chippewa Garden Club, Jeff

hopes to hone his skills in his

plant knowledge. Please stop to

say hello, introduce yourself, and

welcome Jeff at our next meet-

ing.

Green roof, Dayton Nursery

Sedum spectabile

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