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Chris Franco of the Gateway Rose Society gave us a great presentation on growing and showing roses. It was very informative with beautiful pictures. As always we had a delicious luncheon by our Hospitality Committee.
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The October meeting was held at Ives Grove Golf Course. It was on annual VIP award Dinner. This year we had CO WINNERS in Bonnie and Mary Ellen. They have been coordinating the Williamsburg Garden for us as well as contributing in a myriad of other ways. They are most deserving of this award. Our speaker was Cindy Rabe of Lake Geneva. She spoke to us about using our Garden to keep Healthy. The dinner was catered by Danny's Meats and enjoyed by all. The April meeting was held at Gateway in Kenosha. Greenhouse shopping was followed by the general meeting and an excellent talk on "Fertilizers & Plant Disease" by Ali Schultz who is a Horticulture Instructor at the school. The hospitality committee provided an excellent variety of snacks and a pretty bouquet. Thanks to Mary C, Bonnie S, Julia L and LaVerna P for the lovely table. Susan gave a blessing for the Madri Gras Tea. We were awash in Green, Gold and Purple. We tried some hurricanes and ate too much. It was another successful fun fellowship. We did not have a formal meeting, but Mary Ellen was installed as the Vice President as she wasn't at the December meeting. Lucky had a guest from Chicago, Jeanne. The food was wonderful! Our March meeting put us in the mood for Spring! Bill Thompson gave a presentation on Day Lilies. Our hostesses made a lovely Spring table and we welcomed several new and prospective members. At his home Bill have 46 garden beds filled with 1600 variety of lily! He said he first got a few from a friend and then it took off from there. The first record of lilies is in China in the year 2697 BC. They were used for food & medicine. The first written record of the flower in Europe was in 1576. Immigrants brought the bulbs with them to North America. Hybridizing began in the late 1800s. A Wisconsin man, Orlo Stout, was a famous botanist who furthered day lily colors and varieties. Initially, day lily were yellow or orange. Stout bred the first red day lily in 1934. Today, many hybridizer's goal is to bred a blue day lily. Day lily varieties now number over 70,000! Day lily are easy to grow and hardy. They can handle sun (preferred) or shade. Dave says to divide them every 3 to 5 years as they will continue to multiple. The January meeting was held January 14th. We tried something new with a "Soup's Ready" luncheon. It's a new favorite and destined to become an Annual Event. Beth Goepinger presented, "Building a Place for Pollinators" which was a wonderful, informative program. |
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