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

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