The newly formed Highland Park Garden club will be meeting again this coming Saturday at the Union Project at 10:00 Am. Please enter the building from the Stanton side. Its mission statement is as found in the attachment. It is open to everyone regardless of race, color, creed, gender, national origin or employment status. We will be joined by the Boys Scout troupe 123 of Morningside who will help us clean up the landscaping at the Union Project building, corner of Staunton and Negley following a tutorial on weeds and undesirable plants recognition and safe removal. We will have pizza and cookies afterwards. If you'd like to join us please bring gloves, (marked) neigardening tools and your water bottle. Fall is a busy time of the year with debris removal and separating. We offer the following for your enjoyment and love of gardening. Here is a brief outline of the easiest and most successful ways to get free plants. *DIVISION* is the simplest method and should be done every 3-4 years to keep plants healthy & vigorous; there is root ball separation (iris, hostas). Plantlet separation: strawberries and saxifrage *Rules: Spring and summer bloomers, divide in fall. Late summer and fall bloomers divide in spring. Some exceptions* Some plants can be divided any time: sedum,thyme, saxifrage, hardy geranium, agapanthus High degree of success: heuchera, hosta, viola, primrose, oxalis, sempervivum, many grasses *CUTTINGS*- I will describe mostly softwood cuttings. Basal cuttings in the early spring from dicentra, begonia, delphinium also work. The following cuttings have a 90-100 % success rate Spring-autumn: abelia, alyssum, campanula, coreopsis, Echinacea, rosemary (80%), lavatera, fuchsia Autumn-calluna Any time: ajuga, willow, vinca, verbena *Roses* have a 40-90% strike rate. Soft and semi soft cuttings do in the spring.Hardwood in late fall & winter I hope to see you this Saturday 19th at 10:00 AM at the Union Project. Happy Fall gardening! Elisabeth