GREEN
by Bill Storz
April 24th Meeting - 1:00 p.m.
Our Redeemer Lutheran Church
Glen Ave. & Reynolds Street
Scotia, NY 12302
May 22nd Meeting - 1:00 p.m.
Annual Member Plant Sale & Meeting
Janet Vinyard�s
597 State Highway 162
Sprakers, NY
June 13th Meeting � 1:00 p.m.
Picnic and Plant Swap
Ed Pollick & Neil Thorpe
4109 Consaul Road
Niskayuna, NY 12309
July 17th - 18th -- FIRST LOOK
Holiday Inn Schenectady
100 Nott Terrace
Schenectady, NY 12308
August 7th � Meeting � 10:00 a.m.
Speaker � Bob Solberg
Schenectady Public Library
September 11th - 1:00 p.m.
Annual Member Picnic
Dan & Joanne Maier
11 Anders Lane
Glenmont, NY
October 23rd Meeting - 1:00 p.m.
Schenectady Public Library
Liberty Street
Schenectady, NY 12308
It was good to see and talk to Hosta friends at the March meeting while we enjoyed Fred Breglia�s presentation on �New and Unusual Ornamental Trees for Landscaping�.
By the time you receive this Newsletter, spring will have arrived and our focus will be on the garden � what survived the winter? � What to add, move, or divide? -- How better to create the ideal landscape. I am anxious to see if our early blooms can survive the bud-eating squirrels and how many of our Hosta succumbed to voles. Hope you don�t face these same problems.
Just as spring is a time of renewal, so is your commitment to UNYHS. If your address label shows an �03�, it�s time to renew your membership. More importantly, it�s a time to think about why you joined this organization. What do you expect from UNYHS? What are you willing to contribute to meet these expectations?? The Board of Directors works very hard to achieve the goals of this organization ��to focus on the society�s needs, to be responsive to the membership, and to advance genus Hosta within an educational and social atmosphere�. This is difficult to accomplish when less than a third of the membership attends meetings and events. Communication is critical. Attendance, at the meetings, is the forum that allows the membership active participation in determining the direction of UNYHS. PLEASE, make the effort to attend and participate. We all enjoy plant sales and picnics, but there is more ---- programs, nursery/garden visits, and events (such as First Look) create vibrancy in the organization and enhance personal horticultural growth.
Your Board has put together a very aggressive program to meet these needs --- Your involvement and commitment will make them all the more successful.
Attend the April 24th meeting
Come to the plant sale and pot luck � May 22nd
Identify now!! That unique Hosta that you can divide and
share at our first Hosta Exchange and pot luck June 13th
Commit early on to attend and help at First Look -
July 17 & 18
Support Bob Solberg�s program on August 7th
I could go on and address each of these in depth, but that is what our meetings and articles within the Newsletter do. The informational exchanges and friendships that come out of these events are what make our society special.
Won�t you become an involved participant of the UNYHS experience???
