CIHS Columnist's  Message

CIHS Columnist's Message from the Current Newsletter - October 2025

Expressions from Ella!

Another CIHS gardening year winding down and what a great year for our club. We hosted a National Convention! Over 340 people attended from 25 different states. I heard so many positive comments and conversations about the quality of our event. We also had our garden walk and a catered banquet. What a pleasure to be the president of such a great club with supportive members. I am going to continue writing a short article for our newsletters but am happy to welcome Deb McCollum as our new president for next year. We have already planned most of our meetings. If anyone would like to learn more about being a board member and helping with our club’s activities, please contact me or any board member. You have a whole winter that we can mentor you. I can’t thank our board enough for the hard work and dedication each put into their jobs for our club. I look forward to a new gardening year with educational fun events and tours. 

Now I am back in the garden to start fall clean-up and hopefully a garden in a winter blanket of snow. A gardener’s work is never done. I look forward to seeing you all again next spring. 

Ella Maxwell