You can find out more about this celebrated speaker and author and also purchase tickets at the Berkshire Botanical Garden’s website:
http://www.berkshirebotanical.org/

The National Convention is June 6-9, 2018, at the Sheraton Myrtle Beach Convention Center in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The 2018 Convention Website is:
http://www.ahs2018convention.org/

Contact the Sheraton hotel directly for reservations on 888-627-8203 by 5/5/18 and identify yourself as part of the Daylily Convention to receive the negotiated rate of $149.

For more information contact convention
co-chairs:

Kathy Tinius
Gadc2018@gmail.com
1-843-238-1548

Heidi Douglas
Gadc2018@gmail.com
1-843-240-2532

There will be a Regional Meeting in 2018 – it will be held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, July 27th to 29th. The website is up and running with hotel information, schedules and registration information. The keynote speaker is Allan Banks, who is a member of the Nova Scotia Daylily Society and hybridizes locally in Nova Scotia. He has 30 registered daylilies. Get more information on the website:
http://www.nsdsregion4.com/

• Appoint new or reappoint
  committee chairs after
  the election

• Set dates for meetings at the
  Cooperative Extension
  and Colonie Library

• Insure Treasurer sends
  Insurance Certificate to
  the Cooperative Extension

• Insure auction plants are selected
  for the Members’ Sale

• Be available if Babysitter Committee
  needs help

• Submit paperwork for a table at the
  spring Garden Show

• Prepare and submit article for the
  Regional newsletter twice a year

• Make sure there’s a committee for the
  annual sale and tasks are outlined so
  everything is done on time

• Keep and update a calendar of events to
  insure all tasks by operating committees
  are accomplished on a timely basis and in
  time for the event

• Keep in touch with Regional leaders to be
  informed about Regional events.
  Make arrangements for attendance at
  Regional meetings

Christmas Hugs by Shooter, 2013

Notes from HADS meeting September 16, 2017

We are planning on holding elections in October.

Display Garden – the garden needs weeding again. It may be necessary to dig up the daylilies, amend the soil and replace the daylilies. We are still looking to hire someone, possibly a Master Gardener, to weed the garden on a regular basis. Pat and Don will check with the Coop. Ext. to see if we can run water lines to water the garden on a regular basis.

A question arose as to whether we should continue to renew the AHS Display Garden status. After some discussion, a motion was made and seconded to keep the display garden. Pat and Don agreed to chair a committee to investigate questions of water, weeding, edging and compost. It was agreed to offer $20/hour to the person for garden maintenance – motion made and seconded and passed. We will wait for answers to questions before proceeding.

Treasurer’s Report – we sent $924 to Region after the annual sale. We had $4,436 in sales and $738 in expenses. We currently have $6,152 in a Money Market and $12,600 in the checking account. A motion was made and seconded to move money from the checking account to the money market.

There was discussion of having a second person who could sign checks in case Carol was unavailable. Carol will remain the primary person handling the accounts; the second signatory would only be needed if Carol was not able to sign checks. The Chairperson would be the second signatory. Motion was made and seconded and passed. This will be implemented after the next election.

Glorious Autumn by D. Kirchhoff, 2005

Gardening Lectures

If you’re looking for gardening things to do in January, February and March, consider attending some of the lectures and workshops given at the Berkshire Botanical Garden. Their website is:
http://www.berkshirebotanical.org/
and the garden is in West Stockbridge, MA; less than an hour’s drive from Albany. On January 28th you can attend a lecture on growing fragrant plants indoors with Barbara Pierson from White Flower Farm and a workshop on growing succulents, agave and aeoniums with Rob Gennari of Glendale Botanicals.

The garden also sponsors a Winter Lecture with the Lenox Garden Club. This year the program on February 11th is given by Thomas Woltz, an acclaimed landscape architect, who shares his design philosophy and his superb sense of plantsmanship. Woltz will focus on landscapes that he has created in the region, from private gardens in New York State to Hudson’s Olana and Coastal Maine Botanical Garden.

David Culp, author of ‘The Layered Garden,’ will be giving a lecture and booksigning on March 4th at the Garden on Perennials: The Best of Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.

Noel Kingsbury, renowned British plantsman and writer, will give a workshop and lecture on March 18th.

Find out more about these and other lectures at the Berkshire
Botanical Garden’s website: http://www.berkshirebotanical.org/

Bill welcomed everyone. There was no Treasurer’s Report and no Sunshine Report. The Hospitality committee indicated a new coffee maker was needed. A motion was made and seconded to purchase a new coffee maker.

We are still waiting for the Capital District Garden and Flower Show people to send us the information to reserve a space for the show table for the three societies – Daylily, Hosta and Iris. We expect the table will be located in the ice rink arena as it was last year. That’s a prime location as people pass by to see the landscape projects. We also need information on reserving a room for our meeting.

Bill introduced Frank Almquist, who gave a wonderful and informative talk on ponds in the garden.

Now is a great time to think about pruning while our shrubs are dormant. We can easily see the structure of the plant without leaves getting in the way and there is less bleeding of sap and damage from insects.

Plants that bloom in spring or early summer should not be pruned now unless there are damaged branches. Pruning these shrubs at this time of year will sacrifice flowers next spring. Early blooming shrubs should be pruned after they finish flowering.