Abstract
Anne de Coningh of Chagrin Falls has been a member of Village Garden Club since 2003. In this interview, she recalls moving from Cleveland to Shaker Heights in the late 1950s, her time as a schoolteacher, skiing and sailing, garden club activities including during the Covid-19 pandemic, the club’s Cherry Tree Grove, club members’ role in stopping the construction of freeways through the Shaker Lakes, her opinions about the Horseshoe Lake dam controversy, and her current leadership of the Chagrin Falls Parks Commission and its role in downtown beautification.
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Interviewee
de Coningh, Anne (interviewee)
Interviewer
Cameron, Caitlen (interviewer)
Project
Shaker Heights Historical Society
Date
8-19-2021
Document Type
Oral History
Duration
61 minutes
Recommended Citation
"Anne de Coningh interview, 19 August 2021" (2021). Cleveland Regional Oral History Collection. Interview 918006.
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/crohc000/1241
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