The attached educational e-booklet is a compilation of advice, tips and information gathered over the years from various environmental sources. You will find ideas on the topics of green cleaning, gardening, recycling, composting, conservation and general ways to think GREEN!
We gathered at the Museum of Natural History for our tour of the Herbarium and Perkins Wildlife Garden and then on to the Cleveland Botanical Garden to see OrchidMania.
Jen Bromfield from the Cleveland Metroparks gave an interesting and amusing talk about making maple syrup. We especially enjoyed the taste test! See the process at the Rocky River Reservation during the first three weekends in March.
Every year our club participates in CBG’s Glow event by decorating a theme tree. This year’s overall theme was Overlooked Holidays and we selected Groundhog Day. Holly, Eileen, Jean, and Lois and all their helpers came up with creative ideas
Photos from the Christmas Luncheon at the Yacht Club:
This year’s Christmas Greening Workshops were a great success! Enjoy browsing through these photos of all the steps: preparation – workshops – final cleanup :
This year we made arrangements for both the shut-ins served by the Dwyer Center and for cancer patients and their families served by the Village Project. The recipients were very grateful to receive these beautiful decorations.
A dozen of us gathered at the Bay Library to create our artisan terrariums. Artsy Academy provided the supplies, including a variety of Blue Ridge Mountain moss, hand-blown terrariums and decorations to make either a table top or hanging
There were many simple tasks to be done to prepare all the items that go into the various arrangements for the Christmas Greening Workshops. Twenty-seven people gathered at the Bay Library for a fun time socializing while attaching picks to…
A huge thank you to the crew that cleaned up the beds at the Gazebo and City Hall on October 31st: Joyce Cotton, Nancy Kitko, Doris Gorgas, Christine Knott, Ann Litschko, and Dorothy Stewart – Judy Minium, Civic Beautification