2020 July Picnic and August Sale cont.

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HADS OFFICERS

Co-Chairs –
Debi Chowdhury –
and Michelle Young

Secretary – Kathryn Mohr

Treasurer – Carol Volungus

Committee Chairs
Programs – Speakers –
Debi Chowdhury
and Diane Steele

Historian – vacant

Newsletter Editor –
Stephanie Kronau

Hospitality – Barbara Sander
and Don Constantino

Sunshine – Debi Chowdhury

Babysitter Plants –
Frank Almquist
and Sharon Gallucci

Display Garden –
Pat & Don Salhoff

Website – Janet Spychalski

Photographer – Cindi Jones

Membership – Carol Volungus

Publicity – Cathy Fruhauf
and Diane Steele

Scholarship Chair –
Cindy Jennings
We’ll see how things go for September. It may be possible to do a talk through Zoom. Many speakers are using Zoom to present their talks to people. It has worked very well in several presentations.

HADS Scholarship Winner!
From Cindy Jennings, Scholarship Chair

Many “thanks” go out to the excellent committee members who chose a wonderful candidate for the 2020 HADS Scholarship. This year’s student recipient, Samantha Bjorklun was a student from Schenendehowa High School who plans to attend college this fall majoring in Environmental Science at Syracuse Environmental School of Forestry.

While in high school Samantha had excellent school achievement; she was a member of the Science National Honor Society where she became an active participant in food sustainability by helping to implement composting bins throughout the school grounds. She is presently working outside the home to assist her family in making her dream to go to college possible.

Samantha wrote a “thank you” note to the membership expressing her appreciation for being chosen as this year’s scholarship winner. She wrote of her concern as to the future with the COVID-19 virus and how colleges will handle enrollments, but she is hopeful she will still be able to attend college in the fall.

Daylilies is the articles above are:
Greywoods Cowgirl Casanova by Wilkinson, 2012 and Mighty Goliath by Gossard, 2007

2020 June Meeting

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2020 Calendar of Events

June 20th – Members’ Sale –
CANCELLED

July 11th – Picnic

Region 4 Summer Meeting –
CANCELLED July 17th to 19th
– in Avon, CT


August 15th – Big Annual Sale

September 19th – Robert Clyde
Anderson

October 17th – TBD

November 21st – Diane Steele –
workshop on boxwood trees

The Albany Co-Cooperative Ext.
is located at 24 Martin Road,
Voorheesville, NY. 12186.
Meetings begin at 10 am
unless otherwise noted.

The William K Sanford
Town Library is located at
629 Albany Shaker Rd,
Loudonville,NY 12211.

Daylilies in the article are:
Whip City Drunken Monkey
by L. Jones, 2020 and
Big Honking Thora the Viking
by L. Jones, 2020

The daylily in the heading is
Whip City Dangling in the Wind
by L .Jones, 2020

June Meeting

We have decided to cancel the June Meeting and Members’ Sale for this year. The Cooperative Extension offices are still closed.

We are still anticipating holding the Annual Sale at Faddegon’s in August. However, as we muddle through this pandemic, things could change.

Discussions are underway about whether we will be able to hold the picnic. No decisions have yet been made and there will most likely be restrictions.

2020 June Meeting cont.

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HADS OFFICERS

Co-Chairs –
Debi Chowdhury –
and Michelle Young

Secretary – Kathryn Mohr

Treasurer – Carol Volungus

Committee Chairs
Programs – Speakers –
Debi Chowdhury
and Diane Steele

Historian – vacant

Newsletter Editor –
Stephanie Kronau

Hospitality – Barbara Sander
and Don Constantino

Sunshine – Debi Chowdhury

Babysitter Plants –
Frank Almquist
and Sharon Gallucci

Display Garden –
Pat & Don Salhoff

Website – Janet Spychalski

Photographer – Cindi Jones

Membership – Carol Volungus

Publicity – Cathy Fruhauf
and Diane Steele

Scholarship Chair –
Cindy Jennings
We will keep you updated on changes.

Just in case we are able to hold the Faddegon’s sale, keep an eye on your daylilies and see if you have any that can be included in the sale. Many details still remain to be worked out, but we’re trying to plan.

Message from Region 4

We have received a message from Luanne Madden, our Region 4 President, that our votes are needed!

Greetings Region 4 members. I hope everyone is doing well. As we are starting daylily season, I am reminding members to
participate in voting for 2 categories:
1) Regional Director
2) Region 4 Hybridizer Award

Both ballots are available on our website:
www.ahsregion4.org

Please visit the website and take a moment to vote! The Regional Director ballot is due July 2, 2020. The Hybridizer award vote is due September 1, 2020.

Since the Regional Meeting has been cancelled, we need members to participate in the election for Regional Director. Please help us out by downloading the ballot and returning it to Carl Harmon. Thanks in advance and stay safe, Luanne

Daylilies in the article are:
Whip City Lake Breezes, Knoll Cottage Miss Fussy and Whip City Valley Breezes by L. Jones, 2020

2020 May Meeting

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2020 Calendar of Events

May 30th – Zoom meeting –
Shakespeare in the Garden with
Master Gardener Cathie Gifford

National Convention –
CANCELLED
May 25th to 27th 2020 –
in Savannah, GA

June 20th – Members’ Sale

July 11th – Picnic

Region 4 Summer Meeting –
CANCELLED July 17th to 19th
– in Avon, CT


August 15th – Big Annual Sale

September 19th – Robert Clyde
Anderson

October 17th – TBD

November 21st – Diane Steele
– workshop on boxwood trees

The Albany Co-Cooperative Ext.
is located at 24 Martin Road,
Voorheesville, NY. 12186.
Meetings begin at 10 am
unless otherwise noted.

The William K Sanford
Town Library is located at
629 Albany Shaker Rd,
Loudonville,NY 12211.

The daylily in the heading is
Unbridled By Constraints by
C. Hanson, 2014

MAY MEETING

We had to cancel our originally scheduled meeting in early May as you all know. However, the Master Gardeners have graciously set up a Zoom meeting for us so we can all hear Cathie Gifford’s presentation on ‘Shakespeare in the Garden.” The Zoom meeting is set for May 30th at 10:30 am.

It’s very easy to attend a Zoom meeting. Just go to Zoom.us and download the software to your computer, tablet or phone.

There is a link in the notice below which will register you for the meeting. You will then receive an email from the Master Gardeners with the link for the meeting itself. If you have already registered, you should have received a recent email from Carole Henry which also contained a password to join the meeting. In case you have trouble joining the meeting, the password is 8uCJVB.

Just open the email on Saturday May 30th at 10:20 am and click on the link. It will take you out to the meeting where you will be admitted by the meeting administrator.

We’re looking forward to possibly seeing you on Saturday and to hearing Cathie’s presentation.

You are invited to a Zoom meeting.
When: May 30, 2020 10:30 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://cornell.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEpfu-orzgiHdS9VaTrP5FxkP2gZzyF6qGI

2020 May Meeting cont.

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HADS OFFICERS

Co-Chairs –
Debi Chowdhury
and Michelle Young

Secretary – Kathryn Mohr

Treasurer – Carol Volungus

Committee Chairs
Programs – Speakers –
Debi Chowdhury

Historian – vacant

Newsletter Editor –
Stephanie Kronau

Hospitality – Barbara Sander
and Don Constantino

Sunshine – Debi Chowdhury

Babysitter Plants –
Frank Almquist
and Sharon Gallucci

Display Garden –
Pat & Don Salhoff

Website – Janet Spychalski

Photographer – Cindi Jones

Membership – Carol Volungus

Publicity – Cathy Fruhauf

Scholarship Chair –
Cindy Jennings
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Thank you, we are looking forward to providing this presentation on Saturday,
Carole

Carole Henry
Master Gardener Program Coordinator
Cornell Cooperative Extension | Albany County
24 Martin Road, Voorheesville, NY 12186
ccealbany.com

Babysitters

Just a reminder to let Frank Almquist and Sharon Gallucci know how many fans you have on your babysitter plants. We’re still unsure whether or not we’ll be able to hold the June meeting, but Frank and Sharon keep track of all the babysitter plants and how many fans they have each year in any case. So please let them know. Thanks so much for your help.

Frank Almquist
Sharon Gallucci

2020 April Meeting Cancelled

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2020 Calendar of Events

April 18th – CANCELLED
Denise Maurer will talk about “Stunning Succulents”

CanAm Classic –
CANCELLED
May 1st to 3rd,
Mississauga, Ontario

May 9th – Shakespeare in the
Garden with Master Gardener Cathie Gifford

National Convention –
May 25th to 27th 2020 –
in Savannah, GA

June 20th – Members’ Sale

July 11th – Picnic

Region 4 Summer Meeting –
CANCELLED
July 17th to 19th –
in Avon, CT

August 15th – Big Annual Sale

September 19th – Robert Clyde
Anderson

October 17th – TBD

November 21st – Diane Steele
– workshop on boxwood trees

The Albany Co-Cooperative Ext.
is located at 24 Martin Road,
Voorheesville, NY. 12186.
Meetings begin at 10 am
unless otherwise noted.

The William K Sanford
Town Library is located at
629 Albany Shaker Rd,
Loudonville,NY 12211.

Corylopsis spicata or Spike Winterhazel is in the picture

The daylily in the heading is Unbridled By Constraints by C. Hanson, 2014

APRIL MEETING CANCELLED

Not surprisingly, the April meeting was cancelled. We are still under “Stay at Home” orders and businesses are closed, including the Cooperative Extension offices. Many of us were looking forward to Denise’s presentation on succulents; hopefully, we’ll be able to connect with Denise at some time in the future.

Next on the Agenda

We are all waiting to see what happens next with the restrictions on gatherings. It is highly unlikely we will be able to hold the May meeting. But we will let you know when decisions are made.

We are still anticipating holding the Members’ Sale on June 20th. Hopefully we’ll be able to get together by then. We will, of course, let you know more details as we all muddle through this.

From the Co-Chair’s Corner
By Debi Chowdhury

Hi
It was great to see everyone at the Winter Doldrums. Once again, I am back as co-chair of HADS. Thank you for your confidence in me. There have been several cancellations due to Covid19. I am sorry we had to cancel our meetings for March and April. As you may know by now the Regional has been cancelled and rolled over to next year in Hartford, CT, same hotel.

Check out our website for regional news and national news.
www.hudsonadirondackdaylilysociety.org
We also have a Facebook page.