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Our 2018 Programs and Field Trips ~ An Amazing Season!
*Please scroll down to review updates! Updates are made regularly. Also the seminar flyer is below for everyone to download and share now ...
2018 is our 61st Season! Join us on the gardening adventure...
We are sowing the seeds for another great year! Welcome back to our current members and welcome in to our new members! Anyone who has an interest in gardening is welcome to attend. We do ask that you kindly RSVP to us so we can prepare for YOU!
Guests are always welcome! Email Bath Gamma Garden Club for more information. (Click on the link to email us!)
We are sowing the seeds for another great year! Welcome back to our current members and welcome in to our new members! Anyone who has an interest in gardening is welcome to attend. We do ask that you kindly RSVP to us so we can prepare for YOU!
Guests are always welcome! Email Bath Gamma Garden Club for more information. (Click on the link to email us!)
April 4, 2018 Gathering 7:00PM
Unique to our menu of gatherings this season - come join us for this fun time!
Make & Take Hypertufa
Hypertufa is just a fancy name for a type of concrete that contains lighter, softer "stuff" like perlite or vermiculite. Bring your own form or use one provided to make your own lightweight concrete planter. [Prepare to get a little messy.]
Location: Mary Anne Slattery's garage
Refreshments: Pat Barb, Kathy Arthur, Cindee Herderick, Patti Sinar
Guests are always welcome! Please RSVP by email to: Bath Gamma Garden Club
Hypertufa is just a fancy name for a type of concrete that contains lighter, softer "stuff" like perlite or vermiculite. Bring your own form or use one provided to make your own lightweight concrete planter. [Prepare to get a little messy.]
Location: Mary Anne Slattery's garage
Refreshments: Pat Barb, Kathy Arthur, Cindee Herderick, Patti Sinar
Guests are always welcome! Please RSVP by email to: Bath Gamma Garden Club
April 2018 "Blooming" FIELD TRIPS (check for updates!)
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Daffodils at Lakeview Cemetery
[Cleveland Heights area] Plan to join your BGGC friends to welcome Spring! Full bloom time TBD. Check back for updates! Trilliums on River Styx Rd. [Medina area] Approximately April 26. Bluebells at Everett Rd. [Peninsula area, Covered Bridge location, weather permitting. April 23 10-11:30 AM April 28 10:30-noon, times available] Guests are always welcome! Please RSVP by email to: Bath Gamma Garden Club |
May 2, 2018 Annual Community Seminar and Raffle!
Doors open at 6:30PM ~ All are invited!
RSVP early! Space is very limited!
Ohio Heritage Garden ~ The Power of Plants Connecting People, Places and the Environment
Rebecca Lewis, Ambassador to the Ohio Heritage Garden at the Governor's Residence, is our guest. Hope Taft, First Lady of Ohio, 1999-2007, started the Heritage Garden in 2000 to help visitors realize the beauty and diversity of plant life in Ohio. The Heritage Garden encompasses the five physiographic regions of the state. It is the official botanical garden of native plants. Rebecca will take us on a virtual tour of the garden's evolution and development.
Location: Bath Township Admin. Building, Trustees Meeting Room (lower level)
3864 W. Bath Rd., Akron, OH 44333
Annual Raffle: Tickets 6/$5.00 or 12/$10.00 (pre-order your tickets now!)
Great Baskets and prizes from all over the area including: a beautiful Adirondack chair, bird houses, gardening supplies, wines and more!
All Proceeds Benefit Community Service and Planting Projects in the local Bath area.
The event is FREE but you must RSVP! Email: Bath Gamma Garden Club for your reservation to this fantastic event!
Rebecca Lewis, Ambassador to the Ohio Heritage Garden at the Governor's Residence, is our guest. Hope Taft, First Lady of Ohio, 1999-2007, started the Heritage Garden in 2000 to help visitors realize the beauty and diversity of plant life in Ohio. The Heritage Garden encompasses the five physiographic regions of the state. It is the official botanical garden of native plants. Rebecca will take us on a virtual tour of the garden's evolution and development.
Location: Bath Township Admin. Building, Trustees Meeting Room (lower level)
3864 W. Bath Rd., Akron, OH 44333
Annual Raffle: Tickets 6/$5.00 or 12/$10.00 (pre-order your tickets now!)
Great Baskets and prizes from all over the area including: a beautiful Adirondack chair, bird houses, gardening supplies, wines and more!
All Proceeds Benefit Community Service and Planting Projects in the local Bath area.
The event is FREE but you must RSVP! Email: Bath Gamma Garden Club for your reservation to this fantastic event!
May 19-23, 2018 Bath Township Plantings
Beautify Bath, Beautify Others
Numerous small teams of Bath gardeners install plants at the Bath Township Administration Building, the local cemeteries, and the Post Office. Date and time to be decided by each group. Group leaders will form teams and provide further direction. Sharing personal gardening supplies are needed as well as gallons of water to prepare the sites. Please contact your committee chair for more details and updates!
Rain Date: TBD
Numerous small teams of Bath gardeners install plants at the Bath Township Administration Building, the local cemeteries, and the Post Office. Date and time to be decided by each group. Group leaders will form teams and provide further direction. Sharing personal gardening supplies are needed as well as gallons of water to prepare the sites. Please contact your committee chair for more details and updates!
Rain Date: TBD
June 6, 2018 Gathering 7:00PM
The Wonderful World of Dahlias
Jerry Moreno, President of the Dahlia Society of Ohio, and Tony Evangilista have been growing award winning dahlias for over 44 years! They will share their knowledge on how to start, grow and store dahlia tubers. A dahlia garden tour will follow in September.
Location: Sue Pye's home
Refreshments: Karen Barta, Tina Siniawski, Joan Marsh and Claire Purdy
Guests are always welcome! Please RSVP by email to: Bath Gamma Garden Club
Jerry Moreno, President of the Dahlia Society of Ohio, and Tony Evangilista have been growing award winning dahlias for over 44 years! They will share their knowledge on how to start, grow and store dahlia tubers. A dahlia garden tour will follow in September.
Location: Sue Pye's home
Refreshments: Karen Barta, Tina Siniawski, Joan Marsh and Claire Purdy
Guests are always welcome! Please RSVP by email to: Bath Gamma Garden Club
June 19, 2018 FIELD TRIP 5:30-9:00PM
Merwin's Wharf (on Irishtown Bend in the Flats area Cleveland) Dinner and BOAT RIDE to follow! [Dinner at 5:30PM; Boat ride from 7-9PM)
*UPDATE* Please meet at the Bath History museum at 4:45PM sharp to carpool to dinner early. Merwin's Wharf offers green space and locally sourced menu items. It is owned and operated by the Cleveland Metroparks. Please RSVP to Jenny if you plan to join the group for dinner before the boat ride. Or email: Bath Gamma Garden Club Jenny will make the dinner reservations so kindly RSVP by June 10.
Details: Take a boat ride down the Cuyahoga River and enjoy tour guide Doug Kusak share the river, watershed, trails and local industry story. Each person MUST make their OWN boat ride reservation. NO ride reservations will be processed through the Garden Club. Contact Doug directly at 216-206-1000 for your reservation - $15/person. Reservations accepted beginning May 21, 2018.
*UPDATE* Please meet at the Bath History museum at 4:45PM sharp to carpool to dinner early. Merwin's Wharf offers green space and locally sourced menu items. It is owned and operated by the Cleveland Metroparks. Please RSVP to Jenny if you plan to join the group for dinner before the boat ride. Or email: Bath Gamma Garden Club Jenny will make the dinner reservations so kindly RSVP by June 10.
Details: Take a boat ride down the Cuyahoga River and enjoy tour guide Doug Kusak share the river, watershed, trails and local industry story. Each person MUST make their OWN boat ride reservation. NO ride reservations will be processed through the Garden Club. Contact Doug directly at 216-206-1000 for your reservation - $15/person. Reservations accepted beginning May 21, 2018.
July 11, 2018 Gathering 6:30PM
Progressive Garden Party [*Carpool from The Bake Shop in Ghent, 800 Wye Rd. due to limited parking available!]
First, we begin at the home of Cathy Parker to tour her lovely garden and enjoy a light lemonade refreshment and shortbread with lavender. Next, we carpool to Mary Anne Krejci's garden for a tour while enjoying Sangria along with Pepper Jack cheese and crackers. Finally, we carpool to conclude our party at Nancy Mazak's gardens with an assortment of savory and sweet snacks and refreshments.
*Carpool is required for participation.
Co-hostesses: Linda Littler (@ Parker home), Eileen Simon (@ Krejci home), Annette Brady, Rose Kleidon, Sally Schneider and Wilma Martino (@ Mazak home)
Guests are always welcome! Please RSVP by email to: Bath Gamma Garden Club
First, we begin at the home of Cathy Parker to tour her lovely garden and enjoy a light lemonade refreshment and shortbread with lavender. Next, we carpool to Mary Anne Krejci's garden for a tour while enjoying Sangria along with Pepper Jack cheese and crackers. Finally, we carpool to conclude our party at Nancy Mazak's gardens with an assortment of savory and sweet snacks and refreshments.
*Carpool is required for participation.
Co-hostesses: Linda Littler (@ Parker home), Eileen Simon (@ Krejci home), Annette Brady, Rose Kleidon, Sally Schneider and Wilma Martino (@ Mazak home)
Guests are always welcome! Please RSVP by email to: Bath Gamma Garden Club
July 17, 2018 FIELD TRIP Departure time: 10:30AM
Ohio Heritage Garden Center ~ Columbus, Ohio
Tour the gardens which represent the different physiographic regions of Ohio. Plants from each region are represented in the gardens. The tour highlights the importance of using native plants in the landscape for environmental, economic and aesthetic purposes. Contact information from Ohio nurseries selling native plants will be provided to all. The Heritage Garden is listed as a Certified Wildlife Habitat in addition to a Monarch Butterfly way station. The garden also features: a medicinal garden, a cutting garden, and an agricultural garden. Don't miss this great trip!
Carpool details forthcoming.
Guests are always welcome! Please RSVP y email to: Bath Gamma Garden Club
Tour the gardens which represent the different physiographic regions of Ohio. Plants from each region are represented in the gardens. The tour highlights the importance of using native plants in the landscape for environmental, economic and aesthetic purposes. Contact information from Ohio nurseries selling native plants will be provided to all. The Heritage Garden is listed as a Certified Wildlife Habitat in addition to a Monarch Butterfly way station. The garden also features: a medicinal garden, a cutting garden, and an agricultural garden. Don't miss this great trip!
Carpool details forthcoming.
Guests are always welcome! Please RSVP y email to: Bath Gamma Garden Club
August 1, 2018 Gathering 7:00PM
Culinary Magic: Creative Uses for Leafy Greens and Fresh Herbs
Presented by the The Summit County Master Gardeners, we will all benefit from this educational gathering.
Location: Barb O'Malley's home
Refreshments: Pat Witmer, Jenny Elzemeyer, Libby Littler, Rachel Luther
Guests are always welcome! Please RSVP by email to: Bath Gamma Garden Club
Presented by the The Summit County Master Gardeners, we will all benefit from this educational gathering.
Location: Barb O'Malley's home
Refreshments: Pat Witmer, Jenny Elzemeyer, Libby Littler, Rachel Luther
Guests are always welcome! Please RSVP by email to: Bath Gamma Garden Club
August 2018 FIELD TRIP ~ still in progress ...
Stay tuned for another fun-filled gardeners field trip with your friends!
September 5, 2018 Members and Friends Annual Picnic 6:00PM
Enjoy connecting with fellow club members and their guests. All members bring an appetizer, salad, side dish or dessert to share. As a special treat we will take in the beauty of the Bath Preserve on a wagon ride before we picnic then savor the sunset afterwards ...
Location: Regal Beagle Pavilion, Bath Nature Preserve, 4266 Ira Rd., Bath
Location: Regal Beagle Pavilion, Bath Nature Preserve, 4266 Ira Rd., Bath
September 16, 2018 FIELD TRIP 2:00PM
Dahlia Gardens ~ Chagrin Falls, Ohio
Details: Please consider inviting a spouse or a friend! In the area of the gardens there are many good garden centers and shopping.
Location: 8431 Tulip Lane, Chagrin Falls, 44023
We will tour locally grown dahlias some qualifying for competitions. This is a follow up from our June 2018 speakers.
Guests are always welcome! Please RSVP by email to: Bath Gamma Garden Club
Details: Please consider inviting a spouse or a friend! In the area of the gardens there are many good garden centers and shopping.
Location: 8431 Tulip Lane, Chagrin Falls, 44023
We will tour locally grown dahlias some qualifying for competitions. This is a follow up from our June 2018 speakers.
Guests are always welcome! Please RSVP by email to: Bath Gamma Garden Club
October 3, 2018 Gathering 7:00PM
Flower Arranging Tips (Make & Take)
Barb Earnhardt of the Hudson Garden Club will share her amazing talents just in time to make your own masterpiece from your own garden! This is a make-n-take so be sure to bring floral material cut from your own garden to incorporate into a creation to enjoy throughout Ohio's fabulous fall.
Location: Hale Farm & Village, 2686 Oak Hill Rd., Bath
Refreshments: Mary Anne Krejci, Patti Sinar, Cathy Parker and Joan Marsh
Guests are always welcome! Please RSVP by email to: Bath Gamma Garden Club
Barb Earnhardt of the Hudson Garden Club will share her amazing talents just in time to make your own masterpiece from your own garden! This is a make-n-take so be sure to bring floral material cut from your own garden to incorporate into a creation to enjoy throughout Ohio's fabulous fall.
Location: Hale Farm & Village, 2686 Oak Hill Rd., Bath
Refreshments: Mary Anne Krejci, Patti Sinar, Cathy Parker and Joan Marsh
Guests are always welcome! Please RSVP by email to: Bath Gamma Garden Club
November 7, 2018 Gathering 7:00PM
The Horticulture of the Holidays Part 2 *NOTE LOCATION CHANGE!
Lee Paulson, Master Gardener, will expand on last year's program of using horticulture to celebrate the holidays!
Location: Claire Purdy's home
Refreshments: Beverly Cinovec, Amy Crawford, Pam Reitz, Nancy Mazak
Lee Paulson, Master Gardener, will expand on last year's program of using horticulture to celebrate the holidays!
Location: Claire Purdy's home
Refreshments: Beverly Cinovec, Amy Crawford, Pam Reitz, Nancy Mazak
December 5, 2018 Holiday Gathering 6:30PM
Happy Holidays to All!
Installation of Officers and the Annual Gift Exchange
Bring a gift to exchange for the party. Handmade gifts preferred; please keep to budget $20.00.
Hosted by the Board of Gardeners
Location: Firestone Trace Community Room ~ 4115 Ira Rd. Bath 44210
(entrance off Firestone Trace Drive)
Refreshments: Members bring an appetizer, salad, side dish or dessert to share!
Co-Hostesses: Elise Bennett and Diane Collins, BGGC Board of Gardeners
Guests are always welcome! Please RSVP by email to: Bath Gamma Garden Club
Installation of Officers and the Annual Gift Exchange
Bring a gift to exchange for the party. Handmade gifts preferred; please keep to budget $20.00.
Hosted by the Board of Gardeners
Location: Firestone Trace Community Room ~ 4115 Ira Rd. Bath 44210
(entrance off Firestone Trace Drive)
Refreshments: Members bring an appetizer, salad, side dish or dessert to share!
Co-Hostesses: Elise Bennett and Diane Collins, BGGC Board of Gardeners
Guests are always welcome! Please RSVP by email to: Bath Gamma Garden Club
Beautifying Bath since 1957
Founded in 1957 as the garden club for women who work professionally, we still schedule monthly meetings (gatherings) in the evenings to accommodate the busy lives of women! Most of the field trips we plan are scheduled on Saturdays as much as possible. Our name, Bath Gamma Garden Club, has an historical significance related to the time period. Gamma indicates the numerical order of the development (founding) of multiple garden clubs which existed in Bath at that time. We were the third of four clubs which formed (Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta). Today, we are the only remaining club from that era. With the onset of environmental concerns currently in our culture, we foresee a long, "green" future ahead of us in the landscape of possibility! Our goal is preserve the legacy of community landscape for younger generations!
Members plan, install plantings, water and weed our own well-loved gardens as well as the four public gardens we created in Bath in order to keep Bath beautiful. We come together to share ideas, trends, methods and of course, FUN! New members are always welcome. (Beginner gardeners encouraged!)
We share our interests in the love of gardening and nature with each other at our monthly meetings and with our community through published articles and community-wide events. (Look for "Plant of the Month" in the Bath Country Journal). Our Annual Community Seminar and Raffle is well known and free to the public. Always a fun evening with loads of gifts baskets and prizes.
To learn more about membership, events or donations/contributions, contact:
Pam Reitz, at 330-665-5855.
Members plan, install plantings, water and weed our own well-loved gardens as well as the four public gardens we created in Bath in order to keep Bath beautiful. We come together to share ideas, trends, methods and of course, FUN! New members are always welcome. (Beginner gardeners encouraged!)
We share our interests in the love of gardening and nature with each other at our monthly meetings and with our community through published articles and community-wide events. (Look for "Plant of the Month" in the Bath Country Journal). Our Annual Community Seminar and Raffle is well known and free to the public. Always a fun evening with loads of gifts baskets and prizes.
To learn more about membership, events or donations/contributions, contact:
Pam Reitz, at 330-665-5855.