Eastern Michigan Hosta Society
December 2022 Newsletter
Next Meeting is on December
8th, this is the Annual Christmas Party
Note from the President- First I want to apologize
that I have not sat down to write the Newsletter and get it sent out. We are having the Annual Christmas Party
this year with our biggest potluck of the year. The ham is already ordered so we have the
one main dish, but it is up to all of you to bring your favorite dish to
pass. So, please reserve December 8th
for the festivities.
Next, I want to thank
Aaron Strouse for doing our first presentation since Covid started back in
2019. Aaron is always a welcome face
to our group and does a wonderful presentation every time he is our speaker. I also want to thank the following people for
hosting this year’s summer tours; Teresa Dillon, Michael Scherbovich, the
Native Plant Nursery, Karen & Larry Erickson, Janis and Dennis Pardeik,
Dawn and Gary Kendall, and Jim Slezinski.
As always, every garden we visit has something different to offer. This year we got to see the spring garden
plantings of a butterfly garden, a beautifully manicured garden with a
fantastic array of miniature Hosta and other perennials, fantastic Daylily
gardens with fields of daylily hybridizers results, woodland gardens, ponds in
gardens and ones used for irrigation of the plants, and tropical gardens with
numerous Musa (banana) varieties as well as some rare cannas and other unusual
tropicals, and of course every garden had fantastic garden art. If you have not gone to these summer tours
you are really missing out on some unbelievable gardens and some of the kindest
people you will ever meet that are so generous with their gardening knowledge
and the techniques they use.
We already have some
volunteers to host next year’s summer tours, but if you are interested in
offering to host a tour of your own garden or know of a garden that you feel
should not be missed, please let me know by email or at the December
meeting.
We do not have any speakers
scheduled yet for the 2023 calendar year.
If you know of somebody you would like to hear speak at EMHS, please let
any of the Board members know.
The EMHS Board was
not able to have their annual Board meeting in November due to illness, so we
will be meeting at the township hall before the Christmas Party. If you want to come early to decorate,
please feel free to do so as we will be busy with our meeting in one corner of
the hall.
I look forward to
seeing everybody at our party.
Happy Holidays!
Sincerely,
Glen Pace
EMHS President
Next Meeting- THE
EMHS 2022 Christmas Party will be held on December 8th, 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).
The doors
will open at 5:00 PM for decorating, Networking at 6:00 PM, Dinner at 6:30 PM,
Business Meeting at 7:30 PM, and Gift Exchange at 7:45 PM.
This annual event is always a
lot of fun and a great way to end the year for the club. The Club will provide the meat (ham) and
table set-ups. We do ask that everybody
bring a dish to pass as this is our biggest potluck of the year.
We will be doing the gift exchange
as we have done in the past. If you are
interested in exchanging gifts, all you have to do is bring a wrapped
non-gender-specific gift with a value of $10.
All the gifts will be laid at the back of the room and during the party
we will call names from the sign-up sheet of the people who brought gifts. When your name is called you go pick out a
gift. Nobody is required to bring a gift
for the exchange, but if you do not bring one, please understand that you will
not be able to place your name on the list to pick one out. This is the only way to assure that all
people who bring a gift will receive one.
The EMHS 2023 Calendar of Events
2023 Meeting Dates- Places- Speakers
Jan 12 -___No
Meeting___________________
Feb 09 -___SPEAKER_?__Mayfield Twp Hall
Mar 09 -No Meeting, Hosta College-March 17 &
18, in-person for 2023
April 13 -__SPEAKER_?_Mayfield Twp
Hall
May 11 -__SPEAKER_?_Mayfield Twp
Hall
June 08 -Sandy Vukonich in Oxford
July 13 -Jim Pabst in Fenton, Paul
Laidler
in Linden
Aug 10 -Carolyn Koning in Davison & ?
Sept 14- EMHS Plant Exchange, at Suncrest
Oct 12 -___SPEAKER POSSIBLE_
Nov 09- Board Meeting
Dec 14- Annual Christmas Party,
Mayfield Twp. Hall Lapeer, MI
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
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-
https://hostacollege.org/
EMHS information- Up-to-date information about EMHS meetings can be found at all times on the EMHS blog at: http://easternmichiganhostasociety.blogspot.com
Hosta Society Membership info-
American Hosta Society, $30 individual, $57/2 years, $34 family, $62/2 years
Send dues to: Barry Ankney, AHS Membership Secretary, 1104 Oxford Ct., Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181-5249
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/Cathy Hodgson
cehodgso@hotmail.com 810-664-8985
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