Note from the President- The
EMHS Membership has voted to have our first in-person meeting since COVID
started. So, on April 14th,
2022 we will have a Mandatory Mask, No Potluck Meeting at the Mayfield
Township Hall in Lapeer. Our speaker
will be Aaron Strouse who will present “Isle Royale, My Journey”. Aaron has done multiple presentations for
EMHS including Michigan’s Native Orchids, Michigan Native Wildflowers, and
Michigan’s Waterfalls. He is a
fantastic speaker and an excellent photographer that always brings photos from
his presentation to sell while he is at our meeting. What a way to celebrate our first meeting,
we get to see one of our own state’s treasures through Aaron’s camera lens.
This being our first in-person sit down
meeting, I know the membership is going to need time to visit before the
meeting starts. Therefore, we will open
the doors at 5:00 PM for networking and the presentation will begin promptly at
6:00 PM.
Wearing a mask is mandatory for
this first meeting. The EMHS Board will
monitor the adherence to this mask mandate and ask any who do not follow the
rule to leave the meeting.
We will discuss the May meeting plans at the
April meeting, but my current plan for the May meeting is to have no speaker,
reintroduce our potluck as we always knew it, and to do no more than to enjoy
seeing each other without masks, with our legendary potluck, and catch up on
each other’s lives over the past two years.
This is of course pending on that there is not another surge in the
COVID virus cases.
The rest of the meetings for 2022 have also
been planned with only the June meeting not quite finalized. For the summer we will be touring gardens of
both EMHS members and EMHS friends. You
can plan on seeing gardens that we have never visited before and all of them
are going to be a treat. The year’s
plans will be presented at the April meeting.
Since we had no meetings in 2020 or 2021 the
Membership dues were waived for these two years per a vote of the EMHS Board. Marlene and I have gone through the
membership records and have updated the Membership directory membership
dates. Please review the directory and
check your status. If the year is in
red next to your name, you need to pay dues.
Such as, if you see 2021, it means that
the last dues you paid were in 2019 and because we gave you credit for 2020 and
2021 your dues need to be paid for 2022.
Dues are still only $5.00 per household per year.
I am really looking forward to seeing all of
you again and hope to see you at the April 14th meeting.
Sincerely,
Glen Pace
EMHS President
Next Meeting- is on April
14th, 2022 at the Mayfield Twp. Hall,
1900 N. Saginaw, Lapeer, MI 48446. This
is our regular meeting place located just south of the point of M-24 and N.
Saginaw, (the driveway just north of the Cemetery).
This
meeting is a mandatory mask, in-person, no potluck meeting.
Our speaker will be Aaron
Strouse who will present “Isle Royale, My Journey”.
The time
schedule for the evening is;
1700- Doors
open/ Networking
1800- Presentation
1900- Break
1915- Business meeting
EMHS Annual Plant Sale- The plants ordered and paid for will be delivered at the
April meeting. I have attached the Plant
Sale Order Form and Flier to the email so you can order plants if you have not
already done so. The EMHS Member gift
plants will be available at the April meeting as well. The only requirement to receive your gift
plant is that your membership be current for 2022. Each paid membership will receive one free
gift plant.
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.
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
Daniels, Marlene- Bottle wind chimes. 810-664-8317, gardenfairy50@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
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- Mick and
Raising Cathy Hodgson cehodgso@hotmail.com 810-664-8985
