President Karen O'Hayer 847-362-5492 1st V.P. Delores O’Connell 847-566-4223 2nd V.P. Janice Paulson 847-680-7118

Treasurer Dale Vanderwerff 847-514-9089 Recording Secretary Pat Scales 847-903-0120 Newsletter Editor Rekha Deodhar 847-816-6439 email: deodhar91@gmail.com Newsletter Co-editor Chuck Austin 847-587-6933 DIRECTORS: Arlene Doran, Chuck Austin, Cindy Julian, Jan Van der Wagt, Donna Hughes, Pat Meehan Past Presidents: Susan Plasz, Andy Plasz, Tony Kirch, Jerry Cleland, Andy Kimmel Secateur Submission deadline: 25th of each month Gardeners of Central Lake County’s Website: http://www.gardenersofcentrallakecounty.org/ Monthly Board Meetings: 7 p.m. The board meets the first Wednesday of the month at 359 Merrill Court, Libertyville (just west of Milwaukee Ave, just south of Winchester Road.) The club meetings are held on the second Monday of the month at 7:00 p.m. in the CrossLife Evangelical Free Church on the SE corner of Garfield Ave and Austin Ave. in Libertyville. 13 good reasons to join the Club!

Volume 54, Issue 120 June 2018 President’s Message: by Karen O'Hayer Hello Gardeners, I'm excited to report that I spotted my 1st monarch butterflies of the season on Saturday, March 26th. I was out at the Libertyville Community Gardens when I saw the first one and later when I returned home I saw another. The following day I spotted a couple more at Rollins Savanna Forest Preserve. I always get a thrill when these beauties return each year. However, monarchs face an uncertain future. The orange

and black butterflies that were so abundant in my childhood are now much rarer due to a combination of threats. See the link below for more detailed information on the plight of the monarchs. https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2017/

monarch-butterfly-02-09-2017.php I began growing milkweed in my garden several years ago. Since then I see many more monarch butterflies hanging around my yard. Monarchs are specialists, and the adult female butterflies will only lay their eggs on milkweeds. Adding milkweeds to your landscape is a sure-fire way to draw in the monarchs. And they need all the help they can get. So, consider planting milkweeds this year.

SAVE THE DATE: June 23. Garden Walk

My favorite is the rose milkweed, Asclepius incarnata. In addition to being a good host plant for monarch

caterpillars, it's a great pollinator plant, attracting honey bees, native bees, and a number of butterfly species to its long-blooming pink flowers. Rose milkweed does not reproduce via underground rhizomes and is well

behaved. It does spread by seed, which I love, as the 'babies' that come up in the spring can be easily transplanted to good spots in the garden, and one or two plants can yield a whole bed of rose milkweed after only a few years. I have even read that rose milkweed makes a good container plant, which is something I've just got to try. Our plant sale took place on Saturday, May 12. Despite

the challenge of a very cold spring, we ended up with a large and diverse selection of beautiful, healthy plants, most dug from our member's gardens, some started from seed, and some obtained from

plant rescues. Plenty of enthusiastic volunteers were on hand both the day before and the day of the sale, ensuring that everything went smoothly. A big thank-you to all of our members who contributed plants, time, and talent to help make this event a great success! See photos below. I hope you were able to attend the May 14 meeting,

where our speaker was Beth Botts whose presentation was entitled "Divide and Multiply: When to Divide What (And How)." I enjoyed this presentation and learned why my

day lilies don't bloom the way they used to (they need dividing!). We had a great selection of entries for the plant judging, and the winner was a beautiful bleeding heart. Thanks to our members who supplied treats. Our next club-sponsored event will be our annual garden walk on Saturday, June 23, from 10 am to 2 pm. Alene Doran, Delores O'Connell, and Debbi Hoover have lined up several exciting gardens in the Sylvan Lake area of Mundelein. Thanks to Susan Plasz for writing the garden descriptions and to Subhash Deodhar for creating the map/directions. The walk is free to the public and is

always a great source of gardening inspiration. Our club will sponsor a mini plant sale during the garden walk. The mini-sale is perfectly timed for perennials that emerged too late this spring to be included in our regular plant sale. Please support our club by contributing a few plants to our mini-sale this year! I look forward to seeing you at the upcoming club meeting on Monday, June 11, where we will hold our annual mini-show. I challenge anybody who has not

participated in this event in the past is to bring in at least one entry for the mini-show. I'm sure you have something interesting growing in your yard or your house that you'd like to share with your fellow club members! I get

introduced to fascinating new plants and varieties each year via the mini-show. Remember that during the judging, we will invite club members to share garden-related information, so come prepared to tell us about your favorite gardening tool, a new gardening technique or plant variety, ideas for future club presentations or activities, or anything else you'd like to share. We look forward to hearing from you! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This Month’s Club Activity: June 11 Mini Flower Show/Members Forum June 23 Garden Walk ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Future Programs for 2018 July 20 Annual Picnic Old School Forest Preserve, Shelter D, 5 pm Sept. 10 “Seeds That Are Good for Your Health” / Veggie Tasting Rekha Deodhar

Oct. 8 Backyard Birds and Bird Feeding David Brooks, Spring Valley Nature Center Learn the “how to” of attracting a variety of birds to your yard with feeding stations and food plantings. Program will include who’s-who of common local birds and some of the migrants to be observed in spring and fall.

Nov. 12 Pie Social Dec. 9 Holiday Party and Annual Dinner For useful gardening articles go to: http://gardenersofcentrallakecounty.org/articles/

Welcome New Members: Name: Leticia and Kerry Swift Email: ldswift82@gmail.com Phone: 224-277-4804 Gardening Interests: native plants Other interests: reading, physical fitness, nature walking, and bird watching ------------------------------------------------------------------- Mini Flower Show, June 11 We will be holding our annual mini-show at our meeting on June 11. Be sure to look around your yard and see

what is blooming, fruiting or otherwise providing a wow factor. Sometimes a leaf or a branch can be as stunning as a flower, so think outside the box. During the judging, we invite club members to

share garden-related information, so come prepared to tell us about your favorite gardening tool, a new gardening technique or plant variety you tried this year, or anything else you'd like to share. The rules are attached at the end of this newsletter. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Free Garden Walk, June 23: 10 am - 2 pm The self-guided walk will showcase 5 interesting and

varied residential gardens located in the Sylvan Lake area of Mundelein. Highlights of the gardens include interesting groupings of native perennials, a wide assortment of trees and shrubs, lush containers, shade

gardens, and many more garden gems. Tour the gardens at your own leisure. Rain or shine. A mini plant sale will be held at garden 5. Beautiful perennials, natives, and groundcovers dug from members’ gardens are available. Contact Cindy for any questions at 847-772-2186 or juliancindy@hotmail.com Interactive Map and Directions ------------------------------------------------------------------

Free Garden Walk in Kildeer Home June 15 Can you believe this beautiful waterfall is located in a

back yard in Kildeer? Come see it at a free garden walk, to be held June 15th from 11am-5pm. Donations will be accepted to benefit JourneyCare, the largest

nonprofit provider of palliative, supportive, and end-of-life care in Illinois. Donors will be eligible to win prizes donated by local businesses. You will get address in June issue. Libertyville Gardens: Register for the summer 2018 - Karen O'Hayer The Libertyville Gardens is a community garden that was

founded in 2013 by the Village of Libertyville, The Chapel of Libertyville and the Gardeners of Central Lake County. Each organization contributes to the gardens, with the Village handling

registration, fee collection, and communications, the Chapel providing the land, water, and infrastructure, and the GCLC is contributing gardening expertise. Registration for the Libertyville Gardens is currently open and several plots are still available. If you're interested in growing your own food consider renting a plot at the Libertyville Gardens. Use the link below to register. https://www.libertyville.com/573/Libertyville-Gardens ------------------------------------------------------------------ Photo Contest -Jerry Cleland Next year the photo contest theme is “Art and

Architecture,” so we hope our members will continue to photograph plant- and garden-related subjects while also uniquely incorporating subjects from the annual theme into

their photos. As always, there is no requirement that photos entered into the contest must contain thematic objects. Members who have entered the contest in the past report that having a theme makes the process more interesting both in terms of finding subjects for their own photographs and also in viewing how other members interpreted the theme. Member participation was good again this year, and we hope that will continue forward in the upcoming years. We especially encourage members who have not participated in the past to consider submitting their own

garden-related photos to our contest that will be held in January 2019. As seen in previous contests, entering a winning photo does not require an expensive camera. Many of the winning photos for the past several years have been taken with cell phone cameras. While it may take a couple of tries for a newcomer to be selected as one of the top 20 photos, our goal in beginning this contest over 10 years ago was to make ourselves better garden photographers. As you witnessed in the photos displayed for this year’s contest, we improve our skills each year. 2018 Monthly Plant Competition – May - Andy Plasz In the month of May, we had variety of plants. Best of the show was a beautiful Bleeding Heart. If you have something that looks good to you, please bring it to the monthly meeting and enter it in the competition. You never know it may be the best flower of the show. It is worth giving a try.

2018 Year to Date Results

Name Points Janice Paulson 74 Jerry Cleland 43 Sarah O’Brien 43 Pat Scales 20 Karen O’Hayer 20

Dale Vanderwerff 10 John Adams 10 Lauri Austin 5 Mark Scales 3

May meeting photos

Results of May 2018 Plant Competition Name Plant name Points

Best of The Show Sarah O’Brien Bleeding Heart 10

First Place Laurie Austin Purple Tulips 5 Jerry Cleland Vanda Orchid 5 Jerry Cleland Tricolor Vanda Orchid 5 Sarah O’Brien Korean Spice Bush 5 Sarah O’Brien Lily of The Valley 5 Karen O’Hayer Solomons Seal 5 Karen O’Hayer Red Trillium 5 Karen O’Hayer May Apple 5 Janice Paulson Red Prairie Trillium 5 Janice Paulson White Trillium 5 Pat Scales Rhubarb 5

Second Place Jerry Cleland Dendrobium Orchid 3 Janice Paulson Lily of the Valley 3 Mark Scales Asparagus 3

Gardeners of Central Lake County General Rules Garden Show - June 11, 2018

JUDGING BEGINS AT 7:00PM Sections: 1. Annual flowers: open class, 1, 2 or 3 stems, more if under 1 inch diameter for nice display 2. Perennial flowers: open class, 1, 2 or 3 stems, more if under 1 inch diameter 3. Herbs and Native Plants: open class, 1, 2 or 3 stems or planted in pot 4. Roses: open class, 1 stem per entry 5. Fruits and Vegetables: open class, 1 over 4”, 3 or more for nice display of other sizes 6. Horticultural Novelties/specialties, shrubs /tree branches with leaves and flowers or seed heads

displayed on butcher paper. Fresh or dried arrangements. Enter ornamentals, grasses and any other miscellaneous entry in vases.

7. Potted foliage and flowering plants: open class 8. Junior Class, 18 years and younger: Entries conforming to the above 7 classes **There is a limit of five total entries per member. Entries may be in any section, such as: 2 entries in Section #1 and 3 entries in Section #4, No more than 1 entry of the same plant or variety per exhibitor; but multiple varieties, i.e. tomatoes permitted. Entries are received from 6:00PM to 7:00PM on June 11. Judging will start at 7:00PM Please stage your entries in your own containers. Containers are not provided. Please fill out your entry tag with Section number, plant Variety and your Name on both parts of the tag. We will not use Class numbers We will not use Exhibitor numbers We recommend you use pre-printed address labels. If there is an over-abundance or an under-abundance of plants in a section, the judges may subdivide or merge sections to make the competition level appropriate. MAKE SURE TO COMPLETE THE BOTTOM PORTION OF THE ENTRY TAG ALSO. Again, do not use Class or Exhibitor numbers here.

No Class #

No Exhibitor #

Preparing Exhibits

Flowers Generally, flowers should be cut the afternoon or evening before the show to be at their best at the time of judging, but some fade quickly so a little practice ahead of time is helpful. Hardening over night in a cool, dark, draft-free room with stems deeply immersed in cold water often helps your blooms to maintain good condition. Avoid wetting the blooms. Groom your entries carefully for the show. In most cases, flowers should be displayed with foliage. Clean the blooms as well as the foliage. Remove all spray or dust residues. Remove any blemished petals but don’t leave any traces of that removal. Don’t oil or wax the leaves. Clean them with a damp cloth and/or rub them gently with your fingers to bring out the natural gloss of the foliage. Carefully handle and transport all entries. Keep the flowers separated to avoid breaking, tearing, and bruising the blooms and foliage. This takes a little extra time but it is often the difference between the winners and the others. Generally speaking, very large blooms or individual rose blooms are displayed singly while medium to small blooms are displayed in 3’s and 5’s. They should ‘stand up’ out of their container and ‘face’ the judges in a pleasing form. Viewers should not touch entries prior to judging. Potted plants The same ideas apply as listed above but you must also be sure the pot is clean and not distracting. Outdoor pots do not need to be ‘hidden’ but they should not be cracked, mildewed, or otherwise obviously inadequate. Vegetables Choose specimens that are pleasing to you; if they are not you should probably skip entering them unless due to seasonal or other unusual conditions merely having a specimen is a triumph. Vegetables can be picked several days prior to the show provided they are kept in prime condition in cool or refrigerated conditions without loss of moisture. Make sure you clean, trim, prune, and otherwise improve the appearance and symmetry; wash but do not scrub. Torn, loose, brown, spotted, and otherwise unpleasing material should be removed. Even the finest specimens may be damaged in harvesting, cleaning, storing, and transporting. Great care should be taken in this regard. The most important elements in winning a prize are freshness, overall pleasing appearance, and uniformity in size, color, and shape. All other factors being equal, large size is of importance only where it indicates outstanding cultural practices and quality. Otherwise a moderate size is preferred. All entries Don’t insist on perfection – the blue ribbon may be awarded to a winner less perfect than the one you decided not to bring. Do your best to make each entry pleasing to view. If you are unsure for any particular entry, ask one of the ‘old pros’ and they will be happy to assist.

2018 FREE GARDEN WALK GARDENERS OF CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY

Rain or Shine – Saturday June 23 – 10 AM to 2 PM

Warning: due to similar street names and house numbers in this area we strongly suggest you follow the map and directions in order. GPS will likely take you to the wrong house. Due to limited parking consider

coming after 12 noon .

WELCOME! As visitors to these delightful gardens, please keep children under control and away from garden beds. Please park on the street away from driveways. Keep pets at home. No early birds or latecomers please. Garden 1: Karen and Chris Hinrichsen 21174 W. Sylvan Drive South, Mundelein

A u-shaped deck with vine draped railings shades a spacious patio decorated with lovely planters. Proceed down steps past a large hosta garden beneath the trees. Stroll past natives and hybrids to the delightful garden at the sunny lakeshore then turn back to look at the charming scene. Directions: From Midlothian Rd. & Highway 176, Mundelein, go south on Midlothian. Continue past Rt. 60 approximately 1.5 miles. Turn right on W. Sylvan Dr. S. (Just past Highland Dr.) 21174 is the 3rd house on your right. Gardens 1, 2 & 3 are a short walking distance from each other (0.3 mile). Garden 2: Mary Harroun, 21350 W. Sylvan Drive South, Mundelein

This unique ½ acre tapestry of 30 gardens is filled with natives and hybrids. A thriving sun garden adorns the front. In back lovely paths lined with shade plants wind through the woodland retreat down to the lake. The plantings are designed to retain run off. Directions: Continue on W. Sylvan Dr. S. 21350 is on your right. Garden 3: Tana Hamm, 21454 W. Sylvan Drive South, Mundelein

A vibrant sunny garden overflowing with classic favorites graces the front curb. Enjoy the extensive plantings along the back of the house then wander the stone pathway through the woodland garden with astilbe, ginger, bleeding heart and over 40 varieties of hosta. Directions: Continue on W. Sylvan Dr. 21454 is on your right. (Hint: Watch for the mailbox across the street on your left.) Garden 4: Mark and Patty Anderson, 21267 W. Crescent Drive, Mundelein

The front yard is beautifully manicured with a pleasing variety of shrubs, pots and ground cover. In the back the homeowner has constructed perfectly curved stone terraces filled with shade plants and leading down to a large deck and the lake. Directions: Continue to busy Gilmer Rd. Turn right. Take next right on W. Crescent Dr. Follow Crescent (main road) as it curves around the lake. 21267 is on your right. Garden 5: Sandra Washburn, 21159 W. Sylvan Drive, Mundelein

Linger in the front to enjoy the carefully staged sunny garden. In the back many native plants support birds, bees and butterflies in this shade dappled garden sloping down to the lake. Caterpillars and grandchildren are encouraged. Strategies to minimize run off are in place. Directions: Right away at ‘Y’ in road bare right then right again on Sylvan at stop sign. 21159 is the 3rd house on your right past Bittersweet. Departure: Continue on W. Sylvan Dr. Bear right for N. Highland Dr. Proceed to Midlothian Rd. Mundelein is to your left and Lake Zurich to your right

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Gardeners of Central Lake County : Free Garden Walk

Please visit gardens in order and park on right side of street to lessen congestion.

Raffle tickets will be available for a Pasquesi gift certificate.

There will be a plant sale at garden 5.

June 23, 2018 : 10 AM to 2 PM

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