Note from the President- First I want to thank our host for
last month’s meeting, Diana O’Riordan.
The setting was fantastic, the gardens beautiful, the weather great, the
food fantastic as always, then we had a meeting which was short and to the
point to give us more time to enjoy the friends we only see once a month. Diana, you and your husband were wonderful
hosts and we thank you!
The September meeting is our Annual Plant Exchange and is
typically our largest meeting of the year.
Pam Walmsley has a long narrow driveway, so we ask that you use the
driveway as a drop off for food and plants, and then follow the signs to park
your vehicle.
As always we ask you to not bring invasive plants to the meeting
as they will not be permitted into the exchange. We changed the way the plant exchange is
done last year, but you can rest assured that you will go home with a few
plants to add to your garden. 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 this meeting; bring something to
exchange, each membership (single, couple, or family) gets only one name in the
drawing canister, look things over before the meeting and as the drawing is
being held as we have to draw the names quickly to get finished before dark,
don’t bring invasive species to trade, don’t bring any plants with known
disease or insect infestation, the exchange is not limited to plants, be prepared to have fun, the
drawing starts promptly at 6:00 and goes fast, the drawing will be extremely
high speed so be ready to jump up and pick out a plant.
A few
things to consider when deciding what to
bring; please put a name label in each plant you bring to the exchange,
please do not bring any invasive species such as Lily of the Valley, Houttuynia
(Chameleon plant), Ostrich Ferns, Bishops Weed, etc. Suggestions of plants to bring are Hosta,
companion plants, ornamental trees/shrubs, or garden related items such as bird
houses, ornaments, watering wands, jewelry, etc.
As per the membership vote in December 2013, the drawing for
the Plant Exchange will be done according to the number of meetings each
membership has attended from last October through August of this year. The other change voted into effect for the
exchange is that there will be a $5.00 table where the more desired plants will
be placed. When a name is drawn the
person can choose a plant from the open exchange or they can pay $5.00 and
choose a plant from the $5.00 table.
I may be a bit late for the meeting as I am teaching for the
Emergency Nurses Association that day and don’t get out of the class until
4:30. Please bear with me, I will be
there to run the exchange.
See you all at the Plant Exchange,
Glen
Review the August 14, 2014
Meeting Minutes on the blog. We
will vote to accept the minutes at the next meeting.
Next Meeting- is September 11th,
2014 at 6PM at the home of Pam Walmsley, 8123 Perry Road Grand Blanc, MI
48439, Ph. 810-964-2311. The time schedule is; 4:30 PM- Tour Gardens, 5:00 PM-
Potluck, 5:45 PM- Business Meeting, and 6:00 PM- Plant Exchange. This schedule may vary slightly depending on
weather, touring, darkness, or other issues, but please respect the host by
cleaning up after yourselves and leaving when the meeting is over.
Directions to get there from the
corner of M-24 and I-69; Remember that you cannot go
under the viaduct at Irish Road so these directions take you into Hadley
instead of onto I-69.
-On M-24, drive south 5 miles to Pratt Road.
-Turn right (West) and drive 7.5 miles,
continue onto Hill Road, drive another 2.5 miles (West) to State Road (M-15), you will see the Last Chance Party Store on
your left.
-Turn left (South) and drive 0.5 miles to
Perry Road
-Turn right (West) and drive 1.6 miles into
Hadley turning right to continue onto Perry Road for another 0.8 miles to the house on the right (North) side of the
road.
Directions to get there from I-75;
-Take I-75 to
I-69 East
-Drive East on
I-69 to Irish Road (Exit 143)
-Turn right
(South) and drive 5.2 miles to Perry Road
-Turn left
(East) and drive 0.2 miles to the house on the left (North) side of the
road.
*The EMHS meeting sign will be at the
driveway*
*Don’t forget a dish to pass, a chair
to sit on, and plants for the exchange.
2014
Calendar of Events:
EMHS events are noted in
bold print and other events are
noted in italics.
Sept 11- EMHS Plant Exchange at Pam Walmsley’s
Oct 9- Mayfield Twp. Hall, speaker Tony Reznicek
Nov- No Meeting
Nov.
2 Ed Elslager Hybridizers Group, Ann Arbor
Dec 11- Mayfield Twp. Hall, EMHS
Christmas Party
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 it 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
EMHS Business Cards- are still available for members to
take for promoting the club. Ask any
Board Member for details.
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.
The
EMHS T-shirts featuring Joseph
Tychonievich's Hosta Addiction self-test are $18.00 each for an EMHS
Member and $20.00 each for a non-member. Sizes available are XXL and
XXXL.
The proceeds from the sale of this shirt go to
promote our “Purpose” which is, to promote the interest of hostas and
shade gardening; to extend horticultural education and activities to its
members and the community.
2015 EMHS
Hosta Stones- per a vote taken at the
August Meeting, the EMHS 2015 Hosta Stone will feature Hosta “Rhino Hide” by
originator, Don Rawson. Cathy Hodgson
will contact Don to begin the 2015 Project.
2014 Hosta Stones- The hybridizer for 2014 is Hans
Hansen and the plant is Hosta “Joy Ride”.
H. “Joy Ride” was introduced by Walter’s Gardens. It forms a wriggly, broadly mounding mass of
very wavy blue-green leaves accented with upright folded edges, grows to 16 x
36, and has 24 inch scapes of widely flared, tubular, light lavender flowers
produced in midsummer.
Also
available are 3 Iron colored 2013 Hosta Stones featuring "Indiana Bob" Balitewicz’s Hosta
“Krugerrand” and 2 Brown 2012 Hosta Stones featuring Ron Livingston’s H.
“Alakazaam” at the sale price is $30.00 for each stone. In addition we have one Natural color 2011
Stone featuring Van Wade’s H. “American Halo” at $25.00 each. All of the aforementioned stones are for sale
on a first come first served basis.
There is one stone stand available at the price of $20.00. If interested in purchasing any of these at
the sale prices listed please call Cathy Hodgson at 810-664-8985.
Club
Members selling Hosta or related products;
Please
call or email to set an appointment before visiting
Mitchell, Dyanna- Internet Rep. for Garden
Inspired Products. gardenuity.com/dyanna
Websites
of Interest:
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
Saginaw Valley Hosta Society, Dues $5 per year per
household, Make check payable to SVHS and mail to: Marge Greskowiak, SVHS
Treasurer, 10025 Lakewood Dr., Saginaw, MI 48609
Vice-President Pam
Walmsley
no email 810-964-2311
Fund- Mick and
Raising Cathy Hodgson cehodgso@hotmail.com 810-664-8985
