Letter from the President

A kind summer has come and gone and we are now in an autumnal mode. Time for harvesting: cleaning up and disposing spent leaves and gathering special seedpods for sowing later in winter.
We are very excited to have Mike Petrie of J. Franklin Styer Nurseries in Concordville, Pa.,as the speaker at our November 6th meeting. I am sure most of you are familiar with Mike�s innovative garden designs for the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society�s Philadelphia Flower show
each March. We look forward to finding out from Mike how we can be more creative in our own gardens.
Jumping ahead to the March 19, 2005 meeting, our headliner is DVHS�s Charlie Seaver. I know we all will be looking forward to being there. Full details will be in our Winter 2005 newsletter, which you will be getting in your mailboxes in February. Mark this March 19th Saturday date on your 2005 calendars now. July�s wonderful meeting was hosted by Wayne and Doris Guymon. Their garden, WynEden,is fabulous! We had a beautiful day, a nice auction and, yes, I won the raffled stepping stones.
Thank you, Wayne and Doris, for your hospitality.
If you missed the Guymon�s garden, do not fret. It is a scheduled tour garden at the 2006 AHS National Convention. Information on �Philadelphia �06: Hostas by Design� is in this newsletter. By the way, you can guarantee yourself a tour of all the gardens by volunteering as a bus captain. This was my first job at a national convention and it was a lot of fun and easy to do. You will be the face of the DVHS for the Friday and Saturday garden tours. The convention�s transportation committee will provide everything you need. Just bring your smile!
The 2006 convention, while still a while away, is prominent in my thoughts. Conny Parsons, Barbara Tiffany and I (we�re the co-chairs) have begun reaching out to the DVHS membership for help to fill our long wish list for support. We are approaching this convention with an avantgarde spirit, planning to include something for everyone, old and new hosta gardeners and nursery
people. Please remember that this is your convention. We want to hear from you. Please contact any of us on ideas and especially assistance.
We launched the Philadelphia �06 Convention Shirt at the FIRST LOOK meeting in Schenectady, New York, in July...and it was a big success. This is not another T-shirt! It�s a wellmade polo shirt in hosta colors with a beautiful logo, designed by Conny and Barbara, embroidered on the upper-left front. These shirts will be on sale at our November 6th meeting. Price: $25.00
each. They are certain to become hot collectibles for the hosta connoisseur.
Lastly, I have a very special announcement. Wayne Guymon has accepted the nomination for the office of DVHS Vice President. Already he is acting in this role and doing a splendid job. I am very happy to be working with Wayne, and the entire club will benefit form his contributions.
On behalf of our members, thank you, Wayne.
 

Eva Jones

 

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