The following is from the
Hudson Valley Iris and Daylily Society Novemeber Newsletter:
Unfortunately, September speaker,
Kathryn Mohr had to cancel due to a death in her family. However, we are very pleased to
have her as our November speaker.
Her presentation is “Historical Iris and Daylilies”. She is a vital and active member of
both Capital Hudson Iris Society and the Hudson Adirondack Daylily Society,
both located in the Greater Albany area. Kathryn has been growing historic iris since she was a teenager. “I
recently became interested in historic Hems, and enjoy their beauty and the
fact that many are season
extenders. I also love newer iris and daylilies”.
The HVIDS meets at the Marlboro Free
Library. Members begin gathering around 1:30PM for refreshments and
socializing. At 2PM there is a short business meeting followed immediately by
the talk. The public is invited and all are welcome.
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Presidents Message By Jim Robinowitz
I
represented our society at the Annual Region 2 Meeting on October 18 & 19
hosted by the Greater Rochester Iris Society. The activities included a Board of Directors Meeting and
General Membership Meeting. The Keynote
Speaker was Stephanie Markham, hybridizer and co-owner of Toadland
Gardens in Norfolk, MA. Additionally, she presented 2 judges training sessions
on both Tall Bearded Iris and Medium Iris. The meeting also included a Silent auction. HVIDS contributed
four lovely items. This years
annual meeting also included: Show
dates for 2014 and Region 2 Show Awards (we get the Peckham Historic Iris
Award), Region 2 Awards
Presentation, and the election of 2014 officers Regional Vice President - Judy Tucholski-Zon, Assistant Regional Vice
President – Dorothy Steifel, Secretary - Marilee Farry, and Treasurer - Vaughn
Sayles.
November 3 MEETING AGENDA
·
2014 HVIDS Officer Elections: Jim Robinowitz - President; Georgette Martin - Vice President; Sue Rivard - Secretary;
Frank Sorbello - Treasurer.
·
Presentation of updated HVIDS By laws (see below)
·
Discussion of possible future meeting locations
HVIDS EVENTS CALENDAR
Dec
1
Annual HVIDS Luncheon,
Shadows 1:30 PM
March
2 Greg Draiss,
Wappingers Falls Adam’s Fairacres Farms Manager will discuss herb gardening
April
6 John Stahl
“Garden Photography
May
4 TBA
May
24
2014 HVIDS Iris Show
May
25
Open Gardens
July
19
2014 HVIDS Daylily Exhibition
July
20 Open Gardens
2013 ANNUAL
REGION 2 FALL REPORT
President, Jim
Robinowitz
Vice President,
Georgette Martin
Secretary, Sue Rivard
Treasurer, Frank
Sorbello
Since the HVIDS is both an iris and daylily club, we
annually present two public shows.
Our iris show was on May 18.
We had three skilled judges:
John Heimke, Gene and Mildred Koscara. Frank Sorbello won Best of Show with Joyce Terry. The show AIS silver medal went to Frank for most
blue ribbons and the bronze went to Sondra Tillou for the second most blue
ribbons. Unfortunately, our
Open Iris Gardens were cancelled due to terrible weather. On July 13, we presented our annual
daylily exhibition. Our annual summer fundraising activities included: iris
rhizome and daylily fan sales at Adams Fairacre Farms, in Poughkeepsie on
August 17, and our Annual Iris Rhizome & Daylily Sale on the Saturday and
Sunday, August 24/25, at the Poughkeepsie Galleria. HVIDS sent a check to the AIS Region 2 earlier this
fall. Additionally, we held a
special raffle of the 2013 Dykes winner “That’s All Folks” at our Galleria
sales. HVIDS is donating all the
money raised ($70) to Region 2 and our club picked up the cost of the rhizome.
In 2013, HVIDS provided our members with many educational
and enjoyable experiences including a series of excellent speakers: We started off our spring season
at the March meeting with a slide show presentation of the National Daylily
Convention by President Jim Robinowitz.
Next, we had a wonderful April presentation by Mark Adams of Adams
Fairacres Farms on the Best Plants of 2013 and at our May meeting, John Capobianco, former President of the
Bonsai Society of Greater NY, provided an interesting and informative
commentary while creating a bonsai from nursery stock. John is the Bonsai
instructor at the NY Botanical Gardens. Gretchen Hitselberger, our talented HVIDS Webmaster,
graciously stepped forward, last minute, and gave our September meeting lecture
on the “Bones of a Garden”. Unfortunately, September
speaker, Kathryn Mohr had to cancel last minute, due to a death in the family. However, we are very pleased to
have her as our November speaker.
She will give a talk on “Historical Iris and Daylilies”. Lee Reich, our October
speaker, presented an enjoyable slide lecture taking
the mystery out of pruning, so that lilacs, roses—all trees and shrubs, in
fact—can be pruned to look their best and be in vibrant health. The year will conclude with our annual
Holiday Brunch on Sunday, December 1.
That’s all folks!
See you next Sunday at the meeting.
