Eastern Michigan Hosta Society

Tuesday, August 4, 2020

August 2020 Newsletter

Note from the President- Our July Garden Tour at Pace Gardens was visited by a lot of our members as well as some other people from other garden clubs including NARGS, HPS, and a couple of other garden groups.

Since we are still having to follow Covid-19 restrictions we are going to have the August Garden Tour following the same premise. All attendees will have to wear a face mask while at the gardens, there will be no potluck, and please adhere to the social distancing guidelines. Bottled water will be provided.

The Tour will be at Barb Hunter’s home. Directions will be given below in the next meeting heading. Barb will have plants for sale and her gardens contain an extremely large collection of Hosta as well as other plants.

We are still planning the Annual Plant Exchange although the venue had to be changed because of Covid-19. Plans are to have the exchange at the home of Sandy Vukonich on September 10^th, 2020.

The success of the Plant Exchange depends on the quality and number of plants donated to the exchange. High quality plants can be placed on the $5.00 table at the discretion of the donor of the plant. Rules of the exchange are given below.

There are only a few weeks before our Annual Plant Exchange which is on September 10^th. If you have not already potted the plants you are planning to bring to the exchange, I suggest you do it as soon as possible to give the plant some time to adjust to a pot. This meeting is always a blast and everybody leaves with new plants (sometimes many plants) to use in their own yard.

There are a couple of things to remember about the Plant Exchange meeting; bring something to exchange, each membership (single, couple, or family) gets only one name in the drawing canister, look things over as the drawing is being held as we have to go fast to get finished before dark. Also, please do not bring any invasive species such as Lily of the Valley, Houttuynia (Chameleon plant), Ostrich Ferns, Bishops Weed, Persicaria (Painter’s Palette), etc. Suggestions of plants to bring are Hosta, companion plants, ornamental trees/shrubs, or garden related items such as bird houses, garden ornaments, watering wands, ornamental pots, etc. *Please put a name label in each plant you bring to the exchange (It is nice know what a plant is when you plant it in your garden).

The Plant Exchange drawing is decided by the number of meetings each membership has attended in the past year, starting with the Sept 2019 meeting and ending with the August 13, 2020 meeting. The first set of names will be those that have attended all scheduled meetings since last year’s plant exchange. Next will be those members that attended all but one of the scheduled meetings, and so on. When your name is called you can choose a plant from the main group or you can choose a plant from the $5.00 table, give Cathy your name so she can keep track of your total, then pay Cathy at the end of the Exchange.

We hope to see you at the August Garden Tour at Barb’s on August 13^th.
Sincerely,
Glen Pace
EMHS President

Next Meeting- Our next meeting will be on August 13^th, 2020 at Barb Hunter’s in Lapeer. The address is 316 Davis Lake Road, Lapeer, MI 48446. The phone number at Barb’s is 810-664-7531 if you need to call for additional directions. Barb will be selling plants!

Directions: Driving Directions- (from I-69/M-24) – Drive 3 miles north on M-24 to Davis Lake Road, turn left (West) to 4^th house on right.

(from the Mayfield Twp. Hall) turn left onto M-24 and drive to the first light south of the of the Hall. Turn right onto Davis Lake Road. Park on the shoulder of the road (not over the white line) or park at the bank on the corner and walk to Barb’s.

The gardens will be open from 3 PM to 7 PM.

2020 EMHS Calendar of Events “?” denotes need for topic, speaker, and/or place
Meeting Dates- Places- Speakers/topic

Aug 13- Garden Tour, Barb Hunter’s

Sept 10- Plant Exchange, Sandy Vukonich’s

Oct 08- at Mayfield Twp. Hall

Nov 12- Annual Board Meeting, Whitey’s in Davison

Dec 10- Christmas Party, Mayfield Twp. Hall

Name Badges- If you need one of the new EMHS name badges, please put your printed name on the sign-up sheet at any meeting or you can email Glen with your request. Glen will try to have your name badge at the next meeting.

Comments to the EMHS blog:  I am mentioning blog posting to let you know that your comments to the blog can be published too. All you have to do is go to the EMHS blog at http://easternmichiganhostasociety.blogspot.com  and comment to a blog posting which will alert me that you have made a comment. Once I deem the comment valid for publishing, I will okay and it will automatically be posted. Please note that I cannot edit or spell check your comments, all I can do is to publish, ignore, or delete your comments. All comments will be screened by me to deter any vulgarity or inappropriate comments being published to the EMHS blog.    Glen

Club Members selling Hosta or Related Products-
Please call or email to set an appointment before visiting
Brown, Deb- Aeroponic Tower Garden.
     505-379-9100, www.debbrown.towergarden.com
Hanner, Mark/Becky- Pottery.
     810-631-4292, mhanner@aol.com
Hunter, Barb- Hosta, Daylilies, Pond supplies.
     810-664-7531, baha@chartermi.net
Lisik, Phil/Ginger-Hosta, Daylilies, other plants.
     989-642-5772, lisik46@yahoo.com
Pickard, Carolyn- Hosta.
     989-871-2873, robfamily5 @yahoo.com

Websites of Interest:
American Hosta Society- http://www.americanhostasociety.org/
American Hosta Society Convention Website-   http://www.americanhostasociety.org/Activities/Conventions.htm
AHS Hosta Library Website- http://www.hostalibrary.org/
Michigan Hosta Society Website- http://www.hostahappenings.com/
Eastern Michigan Hosta Society blog- http://easternmichiganhostasociety.blogspot.com/
Hosta College Website- http://ihostohio.com/portal/glhc/

Hosta Society Membership info-
American Hosta Society, $30 individual, $57/2 years, $34 family, $62/2 years
Send dues to: Sandie Markland, AHS Membership Secretary, Post Office Box 7539, Kill Devil Hills, NC 27948
Michigan Hosta Society, Dues are $15 per household for up to two people, good for 2 years. Make checks payable to: The Michigan Hosta Society and send to; Michigan Hosta Society, 2509 Wembly Lane, Troy, MI 48084-1280
Eastern Michigan Hosta Society, Dues $5 per year per household, Make check payable to EMHS and mail to: Barb Hunter, EMHS Treasurer, 316 Davis Lake Rd. Lapeer, MI 48746

EMHS Board of Officers:
President                   Glen Pace
  pacegardens@charter.net    989-244-4029
Vice-President             Becky Hanner
  BGHanner@aol.com             810-631-4292
Treasurer                    Barb Hunter
  baha@chartermi.net            810-664-7531
Secretary                     Marlene Daniels
  gardenfairy50@aol.com       810-664-8317
Past President             Mark Hanner
  mhanner@aol.com               810-631-4292

Fund-Raising Mick and Cathy Hodgson
cehodgso@hotmail.com 810-664-8985

Tuesday, June 30, 2020

July 2020 Newsletter

Note from the President- This is the first newsletter and plans for a meeting for EMHS since our February meeting because all activities for EMHS were cancelled due to the COVID-19 World Pandemic. For our first summer gathering we are going to have an open garden tour at Pace Gardens in Clio. There will be no formal meeting and no potluck, just a few hours to see each other, tour the gardens, and catch up on what has been going on in our lives and gardens. We will ask for a volunteer to host the August meeting during the tour at Pace Gardens. I will provide bottled water for the July gathering/tour so we can minimize contact. Remember we will not have food at this meeting, please plan accordingly. There will be a surprise from the club for every member in good standing that attends this EMHS event. Directions and times are provided below in the heading “next meeting”.

Cathy Hodgson and Gene Arms will be selling the remainder of the plants from the EMHS Annual Plant Sale at the July meeting. If you did not preorder plants you may have an opportunity to buy them on July 9th. For those few that did not pick-up your preorder from Cathy, she will have those orders at the meeting as well.

With the lack of rain (here at Pace Gardens we have had less than one half of an inch in over a month) we are stringing hoses to try to make up for Mother Nature’s lack of moisture for our plants. Hopefully some of you were blessed with the rains that totally missed us. The spring freezes were hard on the martagon lilies and most of them are dwarfed and not going to bloom. Some of those that did emerge are already going dormant from the lack of water. Even most of my Trilliums are going dormant and some of the Polygonatums are already gone for the year. The Hosta are doing okay and most have totally recovered from the freeze damage they received in April. I will be leaving the hoses strung out when you come on the 9^th so you will have to watch your step.

Those of you that have visited Pace Gardens know that there are benches scattered throughout the gardens so there will be some seating, but if you want to stay for a while you may want to bring your own chair.

I ask that everybody please adhere to the social distancing recommendations set by the CDC. I also ask that everybody wear a mask to protect me as well as all other attendees. My father has stage four cancer and I am his primary caregiver so he is very susceptible to anything and everything as are some of the members of our group.

I look forward to seeing you all on July 9^th for our first gathering since February.

Sincerely,
Glen Pace
EMHS President

Next Meeting- Our next meeting will be on July 9^th, 2020 at Pace Gardens in Clio. The address is 2426 Delwood Dr, Clio, MI 48420. The phone number at the gardens is 810-687-2512. If you need to contact me before the day of the meeting, you can call me at home at 989-244-4029.

Directions: From Lapeer, take I-69 West to I-75 North.   Drive North on I-75 to the Clio/Montrose/Vienna Rd/M-57 exit (Exit 131). Turn right (East) onto Vienna Rd and drive 5.4 miles to Bray Rd.   Turn left (North) onto Bray Rd. and drive 1.3 miles to Delwood Dr.    Turn left (West) and drive to the fourth house on the left.
or I-69 East 9.5 miles to M-15/State Rd.   Turn right (North) and drive 11.8 miles to M-57/Vienna Rd. Turn left (West) and drive 7.1 miles to Bray Rd.   Turn right (North) and drive 1.3 miles to Delwood Dr. Turn left (West) and drive to 4^th house on the left.
from Saginaw- Drive South on I-75 to the Clio/Montrose/M-57/Vienna Rd exit (Exit 131).
Turn left (East) and drive 5.5 miles to Bray Rd.   Turn left (North) onto Bray and drive 1.3 miles to Delwood Dr.   Turn left (West) and drive to the fourth house on the left

from the south- take I-75 North to exit 131 and follow the directions above.

The time schedule for the evening is;
1600- Gardens open for visiting/tour

1900- Gardens close

Please Review- the Meeting Minutes from the February 2020 meeting. We will not be voting at the July meeting, but if you have any corrections you can email me or give any one of the Board Members a note while touring the gardens.

2020 EMHS Calendar of Events “?” denotes need for topic, speaker, and/or place
Meeting Dates- Places- Speakers/topic

July 09- Pace Gardens, Clio, MI

Aug 13- Member Garden Tour, ?______________

Sept 10- Plant Exchange, Suncrest of Lapeer

Oct 08- at Mayfield Twp. Hall

Nov 12- Annual Board Meeting, Whitey’s in Davison
Dec 10- Christmas Party, Mayfield Twp. Hall

Fund-Raising Mick and Cathy Hodgson
cehodgso@hotmail.com 810-664-8985

Tuesday, March 3, 2020

February 13, 2020 Meeting Minutes

The Meeting – was held at Mayfield Twp. Hall

Networking -5:00PM doors open, setup refreshments, sign in and pay dues.

Refreshments – The meeting was called to order at 6:00 PM by President Glen Pace, everyone enjoyed a wonderful potluck.

Business Meeting – The meeting was called back to order by Glen Pace at 6:48 PM

Approval of Minutes – there were no corrections to the minutes from the December 12, 2019 meeting. Bruce Pollard made a motion to accept the minutes and it was seconded by Cathy Hodgson. The membership voted to accept the December 2019 meeting minutes.

Treasurer’s Report – Barb Hunter, treasurer stated that we had a beginning balance for December 2019 of $XXX.xx, a total income of .xx and expenditures of $XXX.xx leaving an ending balance of $XXX.xx. January 2020, we had a beginning balance of $XXX.xx, total income of $XX.xx, and expenditures of $XXX.xx leaving an ending balance of $XXX.xx. Robin Bratton made a motion to accept the treasurer’s report and it was seconded by Dyane Moore. The membership voted to accept December 2019 and January 2020 treasurer’s report.

2019 IRS filing – on 01/09/2020 the IRS filing was completed. The review committee will be going over the books. Mark Hanner, Barb Hunter, Bruce Pollard, and Deb Brown will be setting a convenient time for them to complete the audit.

Donation to VoTech – in honor of Jim & Lorraine Jessop for college students going into Agriscience/Horticulture program in college EMHS donated $500.00. This was a one –time donation to the VoTech Agriscience/Horticulture Scholarship Fund.

Proposal for scholarship – Mark Hanner made a motion for the Jim & Lorraine Jessop Scholarship Fund to become an annual donation, as long as we are bringing in $500.00 annually from our monthly fund-raisers and plant sales. After the membership discussed the proposal, Dyane Moore seconded the motion, the membership voted to accept the proposal for the scholarship to become an annual donation.

EMHS Plant Sale 2020 – Cathy Hodgson is taking orders for the plant sale tonight. Plants will be $10.00 each and they are Hosta L.S. Paisley Print, Hosta Diamond Lake, Helleborus Wedding Crasher. The plants will be delivered at the April meeting.

Notice of change in Calendar of Events – May meeting has changed, we will not be going to Melvyn Corner’s greenhouse, and instead, we will be going there on July 9, 2020. At this time we do not have a speaker for our May meeting. We will update you as soon as possible.

Summer meetings – We still need volunteers to host the May, June, August meetings. Glen encouraged members that have never hosted a meeting to consider the opportunity to share their garden with the membership explaining that we all learn something from every garden no matter how new or small the garden.

Hosta College – is being held on March 20 & 21 in Piqua, OH. The EMHS board decided at their October board meeting to give away paid registrations to the 2020 Hosta College for any member that HAS never been to Hosta College. The member would be responsible for the additional class fees as well as their own travel expenses and lodging.

Election of Officers - President and Treasurer Election is held on even years. President Glen Pace asked if anyone was interested in volunteering for either of these two positions, there were no volunteers for either position. Glen and Barb offered to continue in their current respective positions for the next term.

Next Meeting – is April 9, 2020, and will be held at the Mayfield Twp. Hall. Aaron Strouse will be our speaker for the meeting. Remember there will be no meeting in March.

Presentation – Mark Hanner, Tender and Hardy Succulents for Northern Gardeners.

Adjourned – Pat Maitland made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:30 PM

Respectfully submitted

Marlene Daniels

Secretary

Monday, January 20, 2020

EMHS February 2020 Newsletter

Note from the President- Eastern Michigan Hosta Society is celebrating its 25^th Anniversary this year. The very first meeting of EMHS was on May 11, 1995. To commemorate our 25^th year the EMHS Board voted to purchase a gift for each member so they can celebrate with us. We will unveil the gift at the February 13^th, 2020 meeting. To receive your gift, you must be a member in good standing and you must attend the meeting so you can sign the register acknowledging that you received you gift.

Looking out the window today makes me think that maybe winter has arrived to Mid-Michigan. We have been very fortunate this season as far as snow accumulation and temperature goes, but this weekend and the beginning of the week is proving that one can never guess what is going to happen when it comes to Michigan’s weather. The single digit temperatures are hard on the vegetation that is not covered with snow because the dormant stems essentially freeze dry from the cold and winds. Thank goodness we got several inches of snow before this cold snap arrived.

The worry with our Hosta this time of year and even more-so before the ground was totally frozen is the voles that eat the crowns of the plants. I had a clump of Hosta Komodo Dragon that had a base of over two feet in diameter that was totally killed by a family of voles working on it throughout the winter. The next spring, I could find the clump, but there were no growth tips and the plant never did sprout and eventually the old roots just withered away. If you have plants that were fine one fall and never sprouted the next spring you can rest assured that you have voles. There are many control methods that can be searched on the internet to try to eradicate these pests from your gardens.

Don’t forget that you can pre-order your plants from the EMHS Annual Plant Sale at the February meeting. The Fund-Raising Committee will have order blanks at the meeting and will have a display poster that describes each of this year‘s offerings.

To kick-off the 2020 season, Mark Hanner will be our speaker for the February meeting. Mark has a cool greenhouse, lighted racks indoors, and numerous gardens all containing his collection of succulents so he has prepared a presentation on “Tender and Hardy Succulents for the Northern Gardener”. This presentation will give a glimpse into the world of succulents that are available to us. Even if you have never grown succulents in your garden you may find that there are some that will pique your interest in this unique family of plants.

See you at the February 13^th, 2020 meeting.

Sincerely,
Glen Pace
EMHS President

Next Meeting- “Tender and Hardy Succulents for the Northern Gardener” presented by Mark Hanner on February 13, 2020 at the Mayfield Twp. Hall, 1900 N. Saginaw, Lapeer, MI 48446. This is our regular meeting place located just south of the point of M-24 and N. Saginaw, (the driveway just north of the Cemetery).

The time schedule for the evening is;
1700- Open doors to Hall for Networking
1800- Welcome and Introduce Visitors
Dinner Served

1900- Presentation

2000- Break
2015- Business Meeting

Review the December 12th, 2019 Meeting Minutes on the blog. We will vote to accept the minutes at the February 13, 2020 meeting.

2020 EMHS Calendar of Events “?” denotes need for topic, speaker, and/or place
Meeting Dates- Places- Speakers/topic

Jan – no meeting

Feb 13- Mark Hanner- “Tender/Hardy
Succulents”, at Mayfield Twp. Hall

Mar 20 & 21– Hosta College – no meeting

April 09- Aaron Strouse, “Unique Michigan”
at Mayfield Twp. Hall

May 14- Mayfield Twp. Hall, ?_________________

June 11- Member Garden Tour, ?______________

July 09- Member Garden Tour, ?______________

Aug 13- Member Garden Tour, ?______________

Sept 10- Plant Exchange, Suncrest of Lapeer

Oct 08- at Mayfield Twp. Hall

Nov 12- Annual Board Meeting, Whitey’s in Davison

Dec 10- Christmas Party, Mayfield Twp. Hall

Note about the October Meeting- Chris and Connie Green have had to cancel their program scheduled for October. I received the following note from Connie.
“Due to unforeseen travel and health issues that have arisen we have decided to cancel our scheduled Amaryllis talk with your club for October. Sorry for any inconvenience this has caused you. We wish you a blessed year ahead!”
Connie Green

Hosting a Summer Meeting- We need volunteers to host our summer meetings. I will have a sign-up sheet at the next meeting if you are willing to open your gardens to our group and host one of the summer member garden meetings.

Hosta College 2020- is being held on March 20^th & 21^st in Piqua, OH. I sent out the flier for Hosta College on January 20, 2020 so all members would have the most current information about this gathering of Hosta enthusiasts. I have also posted the information on the EMHS blog. At this event you will learn, buy plants, and have a great time with friends new and old.

At the Oct 2019 Board Meeting it was decided that EMHS would give away paid registrations (you will be responsible for your own transportation, lodging, and any additional class fees) for Hosta College 2020 on March 20 & 21, 2020.

We also decided we would pay for email membership to MHS for EMHS members interested in joining MHS. Please let Glen know if you are interested in becoming an email Member of MHS. (This means you get an email newsletter, no snail mail)

Fund-Raising Mick and Cathy Hodgson
cehodgso@hotmail.com 810-664-8985

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