Upcoming Meeting Information:                                           

FALL AUCTION - SEPTEMBER 6TH

       The Fall Auction of daylilies and other garden related items will be held on September 6 at the Cascade Christian Church, 2819 Thornapple River Drive SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546. Bidding will start at 7:00 pm. Please bring in your daylily and other perennial donations along with silent auction items before 6:30 pm to allow time to organize and display these items. Doors will open at 6:00 pm.

        Any daylily donations you wish to make to the Rockford Farmer's Market Sale, held on September 8th,  will be collected during auction night.  Please divide, wash, trim, and label your daylily donations according to color, at the very least, for easy transport and sale.  Pictures in ziploc bags makes shopping more fun for customers and protects your photo.

       A special group of Curt Hanson plants will be included in this Fall Auction: 

Aegean Wind--2006
Bare Essentials--2006
Boiled Shrimp--2010
Elizabeth Peacock--2013
Jean Hamilton Memorial--2004
Joe the Plumber--2009
Labyrinth of Solitude--2002
Message of Love--2007
Moral Constraints--2006
Patience of a Saint--2001
Self Determination--2004
Soul on Ice--2005
Spock's Ears--2004
Stoned Soul Picnic--2006
Suddenly Last Summer--2007
T-Bone Walker--2001
Ten Cent Wings--2003
Therapeutic Touch--2004
Wicked Insouciance--2003
     Women Seeking Men--1999      

       The public is welcome to attend both events at no charge.

  2018 Calendar of Events

            February 1                          Kimberly Davidson              Horticulturist at Ironwood Golf Course    Green Thumb & Muddy Paws  
Cascade Christian Church   7:00 pm   

March 1
Heidi Grasman

Spectacular New Plants for 2018
Cascade Christian Church   7:00 pm

April 5
Paul Owen from Slightly Different Nursery
Cascade Christian Church   7:00 pm

May 3
     Spring Auction      
           Cascade Christian Church             6:00 pm Arrival - 7:00 pm Bidding Begins

                              June 6 - 9                               AHS National Convention             in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 

 June 14
         Walters Gardens Tour, Zeeland            6:30 pm 

  July 12  
          Open Garden - Nancy Sniff             6:30 pm

July 14
Annual Daylily Show
Frederik Meijer Gardens   10 am to 5 pm

August 2 
      Club Picnic - Dave & Eileen Schmuker      6:30 pm 

September 6
Fall Auction
Cascade Christian Church   6:30 pm

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

October 4
    Saundra Dunn speaking about Al Goldner     Cascade Christian Church   7:00 pm

November 1
  Gus Guzinski - Hybridizer for Early Bloom      Cascade Christian Church   7:00 pm 

                   December 6                                    Christmas Party                        Lucy's Cafe    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 2017