#1. “You Are My Sunshine” quilt hanging on wooden rack- 66” x 90” (rack not included) A bold, colorful celebration of our precious bees, use this to relax on Fall weekends.
Retail Value $50 Opening Bid $10.00
#2. Framed watercolor done by Michelle Darvis, Plein Air artist and creator of our beautiful conference logo.
Michelle studied Fine and Professional art at Kent State University and worked as an Architectural Design Consultant before opening her own gallery in Hudson, Ohio.
Retail Value $100 Opening Bid $25
#3. Gorilla Cart
Holds 4 cu. ft. of soil, mulch. Strong tubular frame,
10-inch pneumatic all-terrain tires, 600 lb. capacity. Patented “roll-over” dumping function makes it easy to unload anywhere.
Retail Value $129.00 Opening bid: $30
#4. Artisan-made decorative garden leaf made by Richard Schneider and signed copies of our keynote’s books: 50 High-Impact Low-Care Garden Plants and the Well-Tended Perennial Garden
Retail Value: $55 Opening Bid: $15
#5. Hot Skwash Silk Velvet Pumpkins:
If we absolutely had to turn into a pumpkin at the stroke of midnight, we’d request to be one of these velvet beauties. Handmade in Oregon by a talented textile artisan, each Skwash is whimsically one-of-a-kind, with lifelike shapes and delicious colors. And a real, yes real, stem is added as the finishing touch.
Retail Value: $85 Opening Bid: $20.00
#6. Set of 2 Cleveland Browns Tickets
Retail Value $280.00 Opening Bid $60.00
#7. Decorative Artisan Pottery Trio and Candle
Sherry Becker-Gorby creates hand crafted, functional, and decorative wheel-thrown pottery. Each vase is individually formed on the potter’s wheel using white stoneware clay. Nature serves as the primary inspiration for her craft by using flowers, leaves and vines to decorate each vase. To Sherry, pottery should extend the invitation to delight the tactile sense asking to be held so as to share in a piece of the creative process.
Retail Value $100.00 Opening bid: $20.00
8. Hot Skwash Silk Velvet Strawberries
These gorgeous bejeweled strawberries would make a great addition to your home décor– imagine them added to the centerpiece bowl on your table. Each one is whimsically one-of-a-kind, lifelike enough to eat – almost! These silk velvet strawberries are hand cut and sewn to order by a trained Hot Skwash artisan. They are finished with Dupioni silk leaves and individually appointed crystal seeds. Timeless sweet treats that are guaranteed to make you smile.
Retail Value: $150 Opening Bid: $30.00
#9. Magnificent Monarchs
Two 15” square Monarch pillows from the Cleveland Botanical Garden Gift Shop
($40 each). Matching Hydrangea sconce and copy of Xerces Society “100 Plants to Feed Monarchs”.
Retail Value $90 Opening Bid: 20.00
#10. Set of 4 Cleveland Guardians Tickets
Section 153, Row R, Seats 7-10, just behind Home Plate.
Specific game day to be determined after 2023 Schedule is released and by mutual agreement between winner and donors. Most likely a choice of a July or August game.
Call Katie Swanson to discuss details: 440-666-3327
Retail Value $284.00 Opening Bid: $60.00
#11. Hot Skwash Silk Velvet Pumpkins
If we absolutely had to turn into a pumpkin at the stroke of midnight, we’d request to be one of these velvet beauties. Handmade in Oregon by a talented textile artisan, each squash is one-of-a-kind, with lifelike shapes and delicious colors. And get this: a real, yes real, stem is added as the finishing touch. Retail Value: $85 Opening Bid: $20.00
#12. Decorative Artisan Horsehair Pottery and Candle
Horsehair pottery is a unique technique combining western adaptations of the ancient Japanese raku firing process with the application of a horse’s mane or tail hair. Never are two pieces alike. The horsehair applied on this pottery was donated compliments of Sandstorm, a wild mustang rescued by Black Sheep Vineyard. Sandstorm is a rescue mustang from the US Bureau of Land Management Horse and Burro Adoption Program. All feathers are from anonymous donors
Retail Value $100.00 Opening Bid: $20.00
#13. Exquisite circular Dragonfly Glass Birdbath and wrought iron stand.
Purchased at Cleveland Botanical Garden Gift Shop. Dragonflies and Damselflies book by Semroc and Roche, from the Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Retail Value $165 Opening Bid $35.00
#14. Hoppin’ Frog Composter
Just load it up, close the sliding door and use the convenient built-in handholds to give it a turn every couple of days to produce finished compost in just weeks. Also, you can conveniently roll this batch composter to your garden to dump the finished compost or move the composter to a different location in your yard. Holds 37 gallons. Weatherproof.
Retail Value $249.00 Opening bid: $50
#15. 4-Tier Mini-Greenhouse
Keep your plants safe from cold weather and rodents with this portable greenhouse. The rolling design with caster wheels provides easy placement indoors or outdoors. With an opaque cover, this greenhouse offers impressive air circulation and protection from outdoor elements.
Retail Value $50.00 Opening Bid: $10
#16. New England “Westwood” Arbor Unbelievably, this company donated and shipped this incredible garden sculpture for our Silent Auction! If you win this beauty, you’ll have to pick it up at one of our MGs homes in Cleveland Hts.
It’s cedar, weighs 48 pounds and seven feet tall.
Overall Dimensions: 59″W x 18″D x 86″H
Mounting: place in ground with included anchors
Construction: cedar
Mfg. Warranty: 1 year warranty
Brand: New England Arbors
Item Number: UAC-VA68890
Shipping Weight: 42 lbs
Retail Value $329.00 Opening Bid: $100.00
#17. Rustbelt Riders 25 pounds of TILTH Raised Bed Mix
Made from food scraps salvaged from Cleveland’s finest restaurants, it’s some of the richest compost you’ll ever use.
Retail Value: $15.00 Opening Bid: $ 10.00
#18. Pinus densiflora ‘Pendula’ 5 gallon with blue ceramic pot
Weeping and trailing Japanese Red Pine Zone 5-9
Height and spread variable. Can grow to five feet if staked. I have not staked mine and it is 2 feet tall, very rounded with long spreading limbs in 3 years. (Sandy Welches) Full sun to part shade
Market Value: $ $230.00 Opening Bid: $50.00
NOTE: THIS PLANT IS SITTING IN IT’S NURSERY POT. YOU MUST PLANT IT IN THE GROUND
#19. Picea ‘Montgomery’ (Globe Form) #5 gallon w/ blue ceramic pot Zone 5-9
Dwarf Blue Spruce, slow-growing; can reach 6 feet high and 6 feet spread in 10 years. Full sun to part shade.
Market Value: $190.00 Opening Bid: $45.00
NOTE: THIS PLANT IS SITTING IN IT’S NURSERY POT. YOU MUST PLANT IT IN THE GROUND