Guest Speaker: Ed Blondin of Hortulus Gardens & Landscapes, Historian
Program: “Monastic Gardens: Begged, Borrowed, and Stolen” Part 2. Much of Western gardening tradition starts here, 900 years before the Black Plague, and owes its aesthetic to Ancient Persia. Throw aside preconceived notions of the dark ages and explore an era that is steeped in eroticism, sensuality, and strict religious dogma, all of which influenced the European agricultural economics. Power Point presentation
Room: Mitchell Hall
Photo Credit: This work has been released into the public domain by its author, Zereshk
Guest Speaker: Greg Schindler, President of Michigan Daylily Society
Program: “The Technique to Hybridizing Daylilies & Daylilies 101” Greg Schindler, who has hybridized lilies for the last 25 years explains techniques, and proudly discusses his newbie creations of a dozen daylilies. Care and culture of daylilies will also be discussed.
Room: Mitchell Hall
Photo by Alexandra Gorn on Unsplash
Guest Speaker: Cheryl English, Clematis Expert and Potter of Garden Art
Program: “Clematis Care & Culture” Cheryl English presents how to care for your clematis. From plant selection and transplanting to pruning and diagnostics, she teaches how to get the most from your clematis selections. Cheryl will display her beautiful garden art and notecards from her business called Black Cat Pottery. Power Point presentation
Room: Mitchell Hall
Photo Credit: StillWorksImagry via Pixabay.
Program: Luncheon, Annual Meeting and installation of Officers
Venue: Dearborn Country Club
Photo by Alexandra Gornago on Unsplash