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Garden club members learn about heritage of their name PDF Print E-mail
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013 9:10 PM

Eleven members of Shaker Farms Garden Club met for lunch at the Harrison LaRosa’s on Wednesday, Feb. 27. Mary Allen spoke to the members about the Whitewater Shakers and their heritage.

The founding members selected the name Shaker Farms Garden Club because of the closeness to the Whitewater settlement.

Mary Lou Smith talked about raising sunflowers from seed, and Debbie McCane grows her father’s heirloom tomato plants from seed.

Member Diane Packard has published a children’s book, Batina and Croakus. It can be viewed at the Harrison Branch Library.

The club also is putting a fresh floral design at the Harrison branch each month along with some information about the flowers selected.

Several club members attended the winter meeting of Federated Garden Clubs of Cincinnati and Vicinity in January at the Winton Centre. They heard about Vertical Garden from John Spencer, owner of KCAI Green-Design-Works.

Club members are again selling Posy Power, a soil conditioner and fertilizer for home gardens. Order forms are available from any club member, or my calling Gail Chuck 367-0483 or gchuck@fuse.net.

The club received notification it will be presented an award at the Garden Club of Ohio, Inc. annual convention in Akron in April.

The Cincinnati District Spring meeting and luncheon for GCO will be Wednesday, May 1, at Crown Plaza in Blue Ash. Club members also will attend the Federated meeting Wednesday, May.

This month’s meeting on Wednesday, March 27, will include installation of  officers for 2013-2015.
Meanwhile, Twenty-three members of the Shaker Farms Garden Club welcomed Pauline Welling at the 12th annual Christmas party and December meeting at Pat Hill’s home on Morgan Road.

Members started the evening with holiday cheer, finger foods and cookies contributed by all club members. During the holiday season, the club helped three needy families in the area. STAY provided their names.

Environmental Chairwoman Donna Hughes suggested those with a live Christmas tree to place it outside so the birds can use it for nesting or shelter this winter.

After the meeting, members exchanged a re-gifted or recycled Christmas tree ornament, and member Jeanne Wise gave everyone a jar of sorghum she made this year.

The slate of officers was presented and accepted: Mary Lou Smith, president; Peggy Roudebush, vice-president; Debbie McCane, recording secretary; Christy Connelly, corresponding secretary, and Trish Kluener, treasurer. They will be installed in March.

The January meeting was a basket making workshop at the Harrison Township hall on New Haven Road. Basket weaver and fiber designer Judy Dominic was the instructor.

Members are, from left: Judy Noes, Norma Schell, Debbie Datillo, Diane Packard and Jeanne Wise.

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Shakers visit Indiana PDF Print E-mail
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Monday, January 14, 2013 8:03 PM

Members of Shaker Farms Garden Club and guests, Kathy Brater, Nancy Goodyear and Pauline Welling met on Wednesday, Oct. 24, at Biersdorfer Apple Orchard in Guilford for a tour of the processing plant and a delightful talk down memory lane by owner Hilda Biersdorfer.

The orchard has more than 1,000 fruit trees and they make apple cider, apple butter and other fruit butters.  They also sell asparagus in the spring.

After the tour, members had lunch and their monthly meeting at The Applewood Restaurant in Aurora. Nancy Martin’s husband, Dick, made bluebird boxes for new members Paulla Dill and Debbie McCane.
Diane Packard’s gourd ornament won first place at the Federated Garden Club meeting earlier in the month. Nancy Martin talked about starting Zinna seeds, while Shirlee Morgan enjoyed starting squash from seed.

Dianne Jackson had three workshops in the first part of November to make holiday decorations for the Harrison branch library. Members brought ribbons and dried materials, including pine cones, pods and flowers to put on wreaths or in designs for designs for Christmas, Hanukah and Kwanza.

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Old Friends anticipate splendid holiday season PDF Print E-mail
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Tuesday, November 06, 2012 11:02 PM

Old Friends and Bright Beginnings monthly luncheon will be Thursday, Dec. 6, at Dearborn Hills United Methodist Church at 11:30 a.m.

Lunch will be catered by B&P Grubbs, serving roast beef, mashed potatoes, gravy, vegetable medley, Christmas Crunch Salad, bread and dessert. Your reservation and $8 will be appreciated by Saturday, Dec. 1, by contacting Lois Gellert 812-487-2026 or Thelma Stutz 812-637-5569.

We are looking forward to some special entertainment by the 45-member East Central High School Concert Chorus under the direction of Donna Tanner. They will be singing Christmas songs and will be featuring some soloists.

In the spirit of Christmas, we are making our annual plea asking you to bring canned goods and non-perishable food items for the North Dearborn Food Pantry. It is our hope you will be generous at this time of need. Loretta Steffans will be leading the devotions.

We extend a very large Thank You to Jim Helms, Chancellor of Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana for his humorous and challenging speech at the November luncheon.

Thanks to Jon Batch for his timely devotions on counting our blessings, and thanks to B&P for the excellent Thanksgiving meal.
Remember senior volleyball is Thursday, Dec. 13; only once in December due to Christmas week. Next Luncheon will be Thursday, Jan. 3.

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Green thumb group honored by garden club PDF Print E-mail
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Tuesday, November 06, 2012 10:58 PM

John and Bev Cannon, Scott and Shelia Knollman, Maria Lane, Allison Hiler, Robert Tettenhorst, Mary and Ed Klenk and Donna and John Steinriede are this year’s winners of the Shaker Farms Garden Club Civic Beautification Awards program and reception, held Wednesday evening, Sept. 26, at the Harrison Community Center.

Nicki Schunk welcomed this year’s winners and their friends. Peggy Roudebush, chairman of the night’s program, introduced the residential winners, and Mary Lou Smith introduced the winner for the business beautification award.

Smith also gave a power point presentation about the civic beautification projects done by the club. Schunk gave a synopsis of the club’s flower show held in June for National Garden Week.

After the program, the guests stayed for a reception in their honor of punch, hors de houvres and desserts.

Immediately following the reception, Schunk called the September meeting to order, and announced she and Smith won a second, a third and fourth place in the invitational arrangements category at Harvest Home. Diane Packard, Jeannie Wise and Schunk won several blue ribbons in horticulture and design.

Meanwhile, members winterized flower beds at the Interstate 74 interchange in October.

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