Eastern Michigan Hosta Society
June 2023 Newsletter
Next tour is on Thursday
June 8th, 2023
Note from the President- Spring is here and
instead of a spring like we would like with moderate daytime temps and cool
nights, we are getting hot daytime temps and moderate nights and there has been
no rain in weeks with none forecasted for the next ten days. The drought is rough on plants that are
coming out of dormancy and trying to push heavy amounts of new growth. Thank goodness I have an outdoor well to
keep things from succumbing to the drought.
I am trying something
new this year to help conserve ground moisture. While at the Primrose Society meeting last
month, one of the presenters said to leave the fallen leaves in place in the
gardens. I have always vacuumed up the
leaves with my WORX vacuum/blower/shredder then spread them back onto the
gardens. The differences in the two being
that the shredded leaves look much better and the plants get through the
shredded leaves easier than whole leaves.
But, leaving the leaves whole saves a lot of work and time.
June starts our
summer garden tour season. For June we
will visit the garden of Rick and Nancy Stout in Oxford. I have also spoken to Stan and Matt at the
Rochester store of Piechnik’s Greenhouse and have set up for us to visit their
location. For those that have only
ever been to the Clio location of Piechnik’s, you are in for a treat. The Rochester location has so much more than
the Clio store both in plant offerings and hard goods. Sandy Vukonich has suggested a couple other
places to stop so I will add those to the directions below. The tour hours are 3:00 PM-7:00 PM. You are free to start and finish at either
end of the tour.
Carolyn Pickard is
working on a trip to Dow Gardens and Dahlia Hill (both in Midland) and I will
group email the info to the membership as soon as I receive it from
Carolyn. The date Carolyn has chosen
for the trip is Saturday September 9th. If you are interested in this trip, please
use your phone and message Carolyn at 1-989-326-5946. She needs to get a count as to how many
people want to attend this as well as whether you want to carpool to Midland or
want to pay for a bus to drive. This
will be the Saturday before our September Plant Exchange on September 14th.
Our July tour will be
in Fenton and Linden and the August tour will be in Davison.
We look forward to
seeing you on June 8th!
Glen Pace
Sincerely,
EMHS President
Next Meeting- (tour times 3PM-7PM) is the
beginning of our summer garden tours.
No membership meetings will be held during the summer months. For June we will be visiting the garden of
Rick and Nancy Stout in Oxford and a few places that Sandy Vukonich has
suggested on the way to Piechnik’s Greenhouse in Rochester. Directions from downtown Lapeer are below.
(Sandy’s suggestions)-
Bailey’s Ice Cream- 3546 S.
Lapeer Rd-
South on M-24, 6.8 miles
with destination on right.
The Farm Girl- Fruit and
Veggie stand with small selection of plants-
South on M-24, 1.1 miles to destination on
left.
Rick and Nancy Stout- 5855 Ludwig Rd., Oxford, MI 48371
South on M-24, 3.3 miles to Ludwig Rd. Turn right (West). 2/10ths of a mile to destination on
left.
or {From M-24 Downtown Lapeer- South on M-24
approximately 11 miles to Ludwig Rd.
Turn right (West). Drive 2/10ths
of a mile to the destination on your left.}
Piechnik’s Greenhouse- 1095 Rochester Rd., Oakland Charter Twp., MI
48363
North on Ludwig Rd. 0.2 miles
to M-24. Turn right (South) and drive 5.1
miles to Burdick St. Turn left (east)
and drive 0.3 miles (turns into Lakeville Rd).
Continue onto Lakeville Rd. and drive 5.8 miles to Rochester Rd. Turn right (South) and drive 3.4 miles to the
destination on the left.
The EMHS 2023 Calendar of Events
May 11
- Mayfield Twp Hall
June 08 – Oxford Garden Tour
July 13 -Jim Pabst in Fenton, Paul Laidler
in Linden
Aug 10 -Carolyn Koning, Tina Metzger in Davison
Sept 14- EMHS Plant Exchange, at Suncrest
Oct 26- Japanese Maple Color Tour at
Pace
Gardens in Clio
Nov 09- Board Meeting
Dec 07- 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.
EMHS information- Up-to-date information
about EMHS meetings can be found at all times on the EMHS blog at: http://easternmichiganhostasociety.blogspot.com
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-
HostaCollege.org
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
