Note from the President- First I want to thank Betty and Andy Malburg
from Campbell’s Greenhouse for hosting our June meeting. I had no idea of what all was involved in
being a plant production greenhouse.
Andy’s enthusiasm about making a stack of trays, some soil, seeds, and
automation turn into a basket of flowering beauty, all done in the shortest
possible time, baffles me, but the proof of his capability lies in the product
he sells. The hanging baskets were
beautiful! The tour of the production
houses and seeing the automated seed planter, soil machine, and temperature
controls as well as the watering computer panels was mind boggling and
inspiring. Betty’s retail management
skills were evident by the amount of things we purchased before the meeting and
her organizing the set-up and tear-down of tables and chairs for our meeting
was greatly appreciated. Thank you Betty
and Andy for a great time and for being wonderful hosts as well as for the hanging
baskets you gave to various members and Melva especially thanks you for the
white rock!
This afternoon I took down the portable greenhouse used each spring to house the orders of plants as they arrive in the mail. The weather forecast is for rain and thunderstorms tonight and the plants will definitely appreciate a good rain after being planted in the open soil.
After this past winter killed all of our Koi, Shubunkins, and Orfe, this is our first year of having a pond without the fish. All of the fish dying had me ready to fill in the pond. I miss my pets as part of them had been in the pond since it was built more than 15 years ago. Not having the Koi greet you at feeding time was a bit depressing as they were always so active and kept the pond alive with movement. But, I have to admit that being able to grow a water lily for the first time is rewarding. The first water lily bloom opened today and it is beautiful. We also started the water fall pump so the falls is at full water capacity so the sound of rushing water adds another interest to the fish-less pond. To sum up my feelings about the pond without fish…..I do miss the activity, but I am thoroughly enjoying the ability to grow the water plants that the Koi used to eat no matter what I did to try and protect them from their hungry mouths.
July 10th is Music-in-the-Garden at the Jessop’s in Lapeer. This meeting involves something new to our group and will be something special. We will have live music for an EMHS Meeting? How exciting! I look forward to seeing all of you on July 10th, 2014 at the Jessop’s.
Sincerely,
Glen
P.S. Don’t forget to bring a dish to
pass for the potluck and a chair to sit on for the meeting.
Next
Meeting- July 10th, 2014 at Jim and Lorraine Jessop’s, 3735 Oregon
Rd. in Lapeer at 6:00 PM. This is the
Music in the Garden Meeting featuring musician Steve Prince playing the Indian
flute. After viewing the gardens Mr.
Prince will give a presentation about the Indian flute. This will be a very interesting meeting as
well as a good time to view Jim and Lorraine’s Daylily and Hosta
collections.
Directions- From our regular meeting
place of the Mayfield Twp. Hall- turn right to get to M-24. Turn right (SSW) and drive 9/10ths of a mile
to Davis Lake Road and turn right (West).
Drive 1.4 miles and turn Left (South) onto Millville Rd. Drive 1.0 miles and turn Right (West) onto
Oregon Rd. Drive 1.3 miles to the destination
(3735 Oregon Rd.) on Left (South) side of the road.
From
I-75 (Saginaw/Birch Run)- Drive South on I-75 to I-475 south (Flint) to
I-69 East and drive 12.5 miles to Exit 149 Elba Rd. Turn left (North) and drive 4/10ths of a mile
and turn right (East) onto Genesee Road.
Drive 3.6 miles and the road curves north and turns into Hayes
Road. Drive another 1.3 miles and turn
Right (East) onto Oregon Road. Drive
2/10ths of a mile to the destination (3735 Oregon Rd.) on the Right (South)
side of the road.
Jim Jessop made a map of the Lapeer area that has been scanned and the file will be attached to your newsletter when it is emailed to you.
2014
Calendar of Events:
EMHS events are noted in bold print and other events are noted in italics.
EMHS events are noted in bold print and other events are noted in italics.
July 10- Garden Meeting at The Jessop’s with
“Music in the Garden” featuring Steve Prince
July 27 . Ed Elslager Hybridizers Group, Ann Arbor
Aug 14- Garden Meeting at Diana O’Riordan’s
Aug. 24 Annual Meeting and Workday, Hidden Lake Gardens, Tipton
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
“Music in the Garden” featuring Steve Prince
July 27 . Ed Elslager Hybridizers Group, Ann Arbor
Aug 14- Garden Meeting at Diana O’Riordan’s
Aug. 24 Annual Meeting and Workday, Hidden Lake Gardens, Tipton
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
Review the last two (2) meeting’s
minutes on the blog. We
will vote to accept the minutes at the next meeting.
EMHS 2014 Gift Plant- Hosta “Bachelor Party” is the 2014
EMHS Gift Plant. H. “Bachelor Party” is
a medium size plant with mature dimensions of 14”H x30”W. Each paid 2014 EMHS Membership will receive
one plant as a gift. More of the plants
are available at the extremely low cost of $3.00 each. You must be present at the July meeting to
receive your free gift plant.
EMHS Business Cards- are still available for members to
take for promoting the club.
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-shirt 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.
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 are three stone stands available at the
price of $20.00 each. If interested in
purchasing any of these at the sale prices listed please call Cathy Hodgson at
810-664-8985.
This is the extra space that needs to be filled with your articles of information for EMHS. Please give any information you want added to the monthly newsletter or the blog to Glen or email it to pacegardens@charter.net
This is the extra space that needs to be filled with your articles of information for EMHS. Please give any information you want added to the monthly newsletter or the blog to Glen or email it to pacegardens@charter.net
Club Members selling Hosta or related products;
Please call or email to set an appointment before visiting
Daniels, Marlene, Bottle Wind chimes. 810-664-8317gardenfairy50@aol.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
Moore, Dyane- Fairy houses https://www.facebook.com/GardenArtAndMoore
Moore, Dyane- Fairy houses https://www.facebook.com/GardenArtAndMoore
Pickard, Carolyn- Daylilies, Hosta. 989-871-2873,robfamily5@yahoo.com
Salk, Pat/Bill Kapustka, Daylilies. 810-678-3519,daylilyabode@msn.com
Smith, Stan/Mary Lou, Concrete leaves, toad houses. 989-845-3455
Websites of Interest:
American Hosta Society-http://www.americanhostasociety.org/
American Hosta Society Convention Website-http://www.hosta2012.com/
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/
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 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
EMHS Board of Officers:
President Glen Pace
pacegardens@charter.net 989-244-4029
Vice-President Pam Walmsley
---no email--- 810-964-2311
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
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
