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 10th, 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 10th.
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 13th.
Sincerely,
Glen Pace
EMHS President
Sincerely,
Glen Pace
EMHS President
Next Meeting-
Our next meeting will be on August 13th, 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 4th 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
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
cehodgso@hotmail.com 810-664-8985
