Horticulture Committee

The Horticulture Committee seeks to nurture the knowledge and love of gardening, to promote useful and valuable plants and to conserve those at risk. It informs GCC members in their efforts to educate themselves in responsible ways to plant, propagate, grow and show. 
Some past speakers in the area of horticulture have been:

Jeffrey Havel, Havel's Greenhouses & Garden Center -- Using Succulents as Design Elements in Outdoor and
     Indoor Gardens

Kathleen Gagen, Peony's Envy -- Designing a Garden with Peonies
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Susan Bercheck, Sunnybrook Farms -- Heavenly Hydrangeas
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Emily Pek, Frayed Knot Farm -- Regenerative Agriculture Through Flowers

Andrew Lance, PhD, Case Western Reserve University -- Restoring Native Ecologies in NE Ohio 

Beth Schreibman, Western Reserve Herb Society -- Herbs and Winter Wellness

Charles Tuebesing, Holden Forests -- The Whys and Hows of Propagation

Dave Tomashefski,  Gardening for Native Pollinators, from Meadow City Native Plant Nursery
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​​​The Garden Club of Cleveland is a  501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization and a member of the Garden Club of America.
The Garden Club of Cleveland is dedicated to charitable and educational purposes including stimulating the knowledge and love of gardening, sharing the advantages of association by means of educational meetings, conferences, correspondence, and publications, and restoring, improving, and protecting the quality of the environment through educational programs and action in the fields of conservation and civic improvements.