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It Takes a Village: The Village Garden Club, the Fight to Stop the Freeway, and the Growth of the Cherry Grove is on exhibit at the Shaker Historical Society from August 1 - October 18, 2020. All objects are from the archives of the Village Garden Club unless otherwise noted.
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Help maintain the beauty of Shaker Heights and the cherry tree grove by adopting a tree! Click the arrow to learn more.
Adopting a tree includes:
Weeding the bed under the tree. This includes pulling out weeds, de-heading flowers, including daffodils (if in the bed), and cutting down the leaves of daffodils and other flowers.
Cutting suckers which may grow from the roots of the tree as they sap the tree's energy.
General tidiness including removing debris in the bed.
Reporting any damage to the tree or dead limbs to the Village Garden Club
Adopting a tree does not include:
Mulching (done by professional landscape)
Re-planting of trees
Deer protection
Watering
Using chemicals or pesticides
Fertilizing
Plantings bulbs or flowers or placing any objects in the tree bed
Edging (done by professional landscape)
Interested? Contact the Village Garden Club at villagegardenclub1930@gmail.com.
The Shaker Historical Society
16740 South Park Blvd.Shaker Heights, OH 44120
216.921.1201 or 800.860.6078
Museum Hours
Wednesday-Friday: 11am-5pm
Saturday: 12-5pm
First hour reserved for high-risk visitors
Sources
Chew, Megan Lenore. "Shaker Heights’ Revolt Against Highways." Master's thesis, The Ohio State University, 2009.
Clark Freeway papers, from the collection of The Shaker Historical Society, Nord Library, Shaker Heights, Ohio
Club records, minutes, photographs, and papers from the archives of the Village Garden Club, Shaker Heights, Ohio
"Ornamental Crabapple Wins 2011 Heritage Tree Award." Shaker Life 29, no. 5 (2011): 4.
Pacini, Lauren R., and Laura M. Peskin. Preserving the Shaker Parklands: The Story of the Nature Center at Shaker Lakes. Cleveland: Artography Press, 2016.
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