Olmsted Falls Garden Club

10/15/2026

“New this winter! Explore lush tropical plants, island-inspired adventures, a festive marketplace, and delightful surprises around every corner” - Cleveland Botanical Garden’s winter show is November 21 through January 3. Our craft group is busy making ornaments for the Olmsted Falls Garden Club’s tree that will help decorate the indoor paradise.
Cleveland Botanical Garden

10/14/2026

Fall tip for the garden.

Put the shears down when you reach the sedum this fall. Its broad flower heads are still working.

The UC Master Gardener Program of Sonoma County says that if the flower stalks are left standing until spring, the deep mahogany seed heads give the garden winter interest and feed birds, which sit on the flat heads and pull out the seeds. Purdue Extension's LaPorte County Master Gardeners add that sedums like Autumn Joy have thick, fleshy stems that hold up well through winter.

When to cut? In late winter or early spring, the UC gardeners say, cut or snap the old stalks off at the ground, where the new buds are forming. 🍂

10/09/2026

These cute hula dancer ornaments are some of the creations of our talented crafters for this year’s tree - one of the many featured at the Cleveland Botanical Garden’s holiday show. Just a hint of what this year’s overall theme is going to be!

10/08/2026

Concentration around the craft table is intense - what cute items are they making? Hint: It is something for the Cleveland Botanical Garden’s winter show! Watch this space for the crafty creations made by this talented group!

10/07/2026

Thank you to the five members who spent a few hours cleaning up the raised garden beds at Village of the Falls assisted living. Even after removing overgrown perennials - many will be potted up to sell at our May 2 plant sale- the garden beds are still full of color. Zinnias, ageratum, sedum and goldenrod bloom well into October!

10/06/2026

Fifteen members brought plants from their yards, sorted pots, and then used those pots to hold divisions of hostas, daylilies and iris from to winter over for next year’s May 2 plant sale. We had a beautiful day to sort, pot and prepare!

10/05/2026

Perfect day for Falls Day in the Park! So perfect, we ran out of our 200 pumpkins before 2 p.m. Thanks to everyone who visited the Olmsted Falls Pumpkin Decorating station - and to all our members who volunteered during this annual city celebration!

09/30/2026

Come for the CLE Market, pumpkin decorating, tasty food, Bulldog Marching Band and more - Sunday, October 4, 12 to 4 p.m. at East River Park.

09/29/2026

A very local fall festival!

09/28/2026

Our crew cleaned up the space we use to winter over our fall divisions for our plant sale coming Sunday, May 2, 2027. Lots of weeds to pull - it is amazing how tall things grow with little rain, no care and rocky soil (mostly stuff we do not want in our gardens!) Many thanks to new members Brittney (also our photographer) and Barry, Vikki, Dave, Gretchen, Janice, Mary Ellen and Terry. Managed to tidy up our storage area, too! Thank you!!