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