Upcoming Meeting Information:                                           

NATIVE PLANTS FOR POLLINATORS

       Join the Grand Valley Daylily Society as we kick off 2019 with a colorful presentation by Rebecca Marquardt.  Rebecca is a landscape architect and member of the Native Plant Guild in Grand Rapids, Michigan.  She will present a program about incorporating native plants into daylily and other gardens to benefit pollinators.  The meeting will be held downstairs in one of the new classrooms at Frederik Meijer Gardens on Thursday, February 7th at 7:00 pm.

      The program is open to the public without charge by the club or Frederik Meijer Gardens.

 2019 Calendar of Events

           February 7                          Rebecca Marquardt               Native Plants for Pollinators    
Frederik Meijer Gardens   7:00 pm    

March 7
           Heidi & Rod Grasman            Spectacular New Plants for 2019
Frederik Meijer Gardens   7:00 pm

April 4 
             Steve Williams               Hybridizing at O'Bannon Springs Daylilies 
Frederik Meijer Gardens   7:00 pm 

May 16
     Spring Daylily Auction      
           Cascade Christian Church             6:00 pm Drop-Off - 7:00 pm Bidding Begins

                              June 6                             Garden Tour To Be Determined               6:30 pm      

                      July ?                                Garden Tour To Be Determined            6:30 pm

                    July 10-13                               AHS National Convention           Madison, Wisconsin

July 20
Annual Daylily Show
Frederik Meijer Gardens   10 am to 5 pm

 August 1 
                 Club Picnic                  Location To Be Determined    6:30 pm

 September 5 
              Fall Daylily Auction                         Cascade Christian Church           6:00 pm Drop-Off - 7:00 pm Bidding Begins

 September 7
Rockford Farmer's Market Daylily Sale
54 South Main, Rockford   8 am to 1 pm

October 3
           Program To Be Determined             Frederik Meijer Gardens   7:00 pm

                November 7                                   Ginny Pearce                       Hybridizing for Northern Rebloom     Frederik Meijer Gardens   7:00 pm

                   December 5                                 Christmas Party Poluck                  Location To Be Determined    6:30 pm   

Daylilies coming up

at the May 2019 Auction

        Smoke Scream                    Full Monty
    (Gossard 2004)                    (Mason-M 2000))                  Gossard photo                     National Garden Assoc.

      Thingamajig                        Brown's Ferry Royallty
    (Selman 2011)                    (Douglas-C 2011)                  Selman photo                     G Pearce photo 

  

    Puffer Fish                          Carrick Wildon
    (Gossard 2006)                   (Goldner 1987)                     AHS photo                          G Pearce photo



Past GVDS Gazette Newsletters

February - March 2018

April - June 2018

July - September 2018

October - December 2018