April 2022 Newsletter

 

Note from the President- The EMHS Membership has voted to have our first in-person meeting since COVID started.   So, on April 14^th, 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 14^th meeting.     

 Sincerely,

Glen Pace
EMHS President

Next Meeting- is on April 14^th, 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