President's Message

President's Message from the Current Newsletter - April 2025

Expressions from Ella!

I am reaching out to our membership to let you know that we need some help on our hosta club board. Currently we need a secretary to take the minutes at our board meetings on the first Thursday of each month at 6:30 for about an hour and a half. I would so appreciate it if someone could fill in. Laura, our current secretary is moving. We also need help with hospitality at the club meetings and help with publicity. I would like to see the library stored at a local business so our members could have better access to resources. If you can help in anyway please contact me or another board member. Remember each board member gets a club hosta for serving. 

We have some great gardens and speakers planned for this year. June will be particularly exciting with a Garden walk, meeting, convention and a bus trip. Looks like all of the flowering trees and shrubs came through the winter and will flower. My spring bulbs are beautiful as well as my hellebores. My hostas haven’t emerged yet but will try the dilute ammonia drench that Kay talked about for spring slug control. 

Our April potluck meeting is usually well attended; hope to see you there. Bring your favorite dish to share along with your garden stories. 

Ella Maxwell.  CIHS President