President's Message

President's Message from the Current Newsletter - July 2025

Expressions from Ella!

Do keep your garden watered, weeded, and most importantly enjoyed--my thoughts from last year and so timely. We had an excellent June, chocked full of enjoyable activities and I hope you participated. The garden walk was successful, and each garden showcased beautiful hosta, companion plants, and even fairy houses! 

The convention was successful and well attended. Many thanks to the club for the committee chairs, chairman, and volunteers. I am sure it will be talked about for a long time. We had an evening at Hornbakers. There is still time to visit, and they have excellent selections. There was a leaf show where my husband Dave entered some leaves and won blues. Kay Dye won a blue ribbon for her educational display about engaging the younger generation in gardening. I entered several designs and have realized that hosta leaves are enough to make stunning designs, and I can do this more often for myself, family, and friends. I will have these ideas to share at the next meeting with a program on Japanese flower arranging (Ikebana) and each of you can showcase designs at the August meeting at ICC. We saw many interesting seedlings grown in containers at the show as well as cultivars in the members’ gardens. I think I want to expand my container plantings this year. I got so many great ideas and am looking forward to the bus trip at the end of June to see more gardens and great ideas to adopt. 

Ella Maxwell. CIHS President