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GULF COAST DAYLILY SOCIETY
Past Meetings in 2008
MAY 28, 2008 (Wednesday)-- Tour of Shangri La
Botanical Gardens and Nature Center
in Orange, Texas and Hoyal's Garden in Vidor, Texas
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A group of
Gulf Coast Daylily members and others toured Shangri La Botanical
Gardens and Nature Center, 16th Street and Park
Avenue
Orange Texas (click
here for map)
Shangri La has it's grand re-opening in the Spring
of 2008. We'll tour these historic gardens in Orange, Texas
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MAY 24, 2008 (Saturday) -- SPRING PLANT SALE
CENTRAL MALL (Mid-Jefferson County)
MAY 22, 2008 (Thursday) -- Plant Sale Workday
at The Hoyals
Many club
members worked together, as usual, to prepare for the big Spring Plant
Sale.
MAY 14, 15, 16, and 17, 2008 -- National AHS
CONVENTION in Houston.
More than 20 members enjoyed participating in the annual meeting of the AHS
in Houston. Several of our members provided leadership
CLICK HERE FOR PICTURES AND STORY ABOUT
AHS CONVENTION
MAY 7, 2008 (Wednesday) -- Tour of Beaumont
Gardens 9:00 a.m. - until
About two dozen
club members and friends enjoyed a cool (temperatures in the 70s), cloudy
morning making their way through three member gardens -- The Broussards, The
Merriams, and The Faggards. We enjoyed the roses and daylilies and
cannas. We enjoyed good food at each home and a sack lunch afterwards
at the Garden Center at Tyrell Park.
APRIL 19, 2008
(Saturday) -- Workday at Tyrrell Park Club Daylily Beds
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About a dozen of us showed up in our garden work
clothes and pulled weeds, trimmed plants, divided old clumps, and
planted a new bed of daylilies at Beaumont Botanical Gardens.
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APRIL 12, 2008
(Saturday) -- MEETING AND CLUB AUCTION, 11:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
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THE PROGRAM was guest hybridizer,
NICOLE HARRY.
Click here for her website.
Nicole gave a delightful program, including a beautiful PowerPoint
presentation with many of her current collection of daylilies and
some of her seedlings. She told about how her parents and some
of the great Florida hybridizers have influence her in her love of
raising daylilies. She shared very helpful information on her
fertilization, pest treatments, watering, and general approach to
growing and hybridizing. Well done, Nicole!
More than 40 members and guests enjoyed the meeting.
She also brought several of her
cultivars for sale at the Auction. Thanks! |
Nicole Harry |
| CLUB AUCTION.
Club members bid on and bought on a number of excellent clumps of
daylilies, raising hundreds of dollars for the club.
Several decisions were made by
the club, including: to cancel the 2008 Daylily Show,
maintaining the Club Daylily Sale in May, though. |
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APRIL 5, 2008
(Saturday) -- PLANT SALE AT HERB FEST, 8:00 a.m. - until
We joined several other
clubs -- herbs, african violets, orchids, and more. Hundreds
of people came through to buy plants. We sold out again,
netting about $1,500 for the work of the club. Thanks to all
who worked at Herb Fest.
APRIL 4, 2008
(Friday) -- Plant Sale Work Day, 9:00 a.m. - until
About 15 of our club members washed,
cleaned and labeled the plants form Dan Hansen for the Herb Fest sale the next
day. Thanks for the coffee and donuts sandwiches and chips. Great
fellowship. Good owrk.
MARCH 1, 2008
(Saturday) -- Social / 6th Annual Spring Fling, 11:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
A large group of club members met at
First United Methodist in Groves, Texas. The covered dish meal was
delicious as usual. We made the decision to rent vans to go to the AHS
Convention, instead of the bus as previously announced. We also decided to
donate $200 for the plant auction plants for the Convention. Many members
are looking forward to being in Houston in May.
Harland Merriam gave a program on his
methods of hybridizing. He said having a "GOAL" is very important.
Some club members are hybridizing for small doubles, others for spiders.
Harland's goal is polytepals that are rust resistant and do well here in the
South. Click on this link for a page
on Harland's techniques and his potting soil recipe. Here are some of
the parents for Harland's work...
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CAROLINA FLYING POLY POSSUM
(Baxter, 2002, DIP, 24", 7",
DOR, E, RE) |
PANCAKE PLATYPUS
(Baxter, 2002, DIP, 24",
6.25", DOR, EM) |
MOUNTAIN LAUREL SUNDAYHAUS
(T. Smith, 2006, DIP, 34",
6", SEV, M, RE) |
MAGICAL INDEED
(Petit, 2006, TET, 26", 6",
SEV, M) |
CHIEF FOUR FINGERS
(Roberts, 2004, DIP, 44", 6",
SEV, M) |
After the program, the members enjoyed an "auction" with play money.
Each member had brought a wrapped gift -- garden signs, nic-nacs,
plants, gag gifts, whatever. Members enjoy bidding and winning
auction items. The real club auction, with real money, is in
April
FEBRUARY 2, 2008
(Saturday)
Over forty members
gathered at Sanderson's Restaurant for a very helpful program,
updates on plans for 2008, good fellowship and delicious food.
Jimmy Terrio and Tim Tassin, two
Louisiana hybridizers showed pictures of their seedlings (to many oooos and
aaaaahs) and talked about their approach to hybridizing.
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Jimmy Terrio (pointing) and Tim Tassin
(to the right) Presenting the Program |
PowerPoint slide of Tim Tassin's
new 2008 introduction "HIPPIE CRASH PAD" |
Members waiting for results
of drawing for seedling giveaways
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A new member receiving a
seedling, won in the drawing |
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| Jimmy Terrio's Website (click on it to go there) |
Tim Tassin's Website (click on it to go there) |
A brief report on past meetings in
2007
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DECEMBER 1, 2007
(Saturday) -- CHRISTMAS PARTY
(Covered Dish)
The new 2008 Officers were installed for the New Year. The club
made the decision to charter a bus to take members to the annual meeting of
AHS in Houston in May 2008.
Many beautiful plants from Chris Bell were given to club members as were
other door prizes. Two memberships in AHS were given to members as
were two registration for the 2008 AHS Convention.
NOVEMBER 3
(Saturday) -- GENERAL MEETING
A great Covered Dish lunch and good fellowship, election of new officers
for 2008, and more.
Many new members and visitors. Decisions about a bus chartered to
take members to the National Convention of AHS in May in Houston, Texas.
Decisions about purchasing door-prizes for December party for all in
attendance.
Great meeting.
OCTOBER 20, 2007
(Saturday) -- DAYLILY FLOWER PLANT SALE
Time: 9:00 a.m. - until
Program: Our annual
Fall Daylily. Plant Sale. Come learn
about growing daylilies. Come buy daylily plants. Some plants
are more common varieties at low prices. Others are the latest hybrids
from nationally known growers.
OCTOBER 18 (Thursday) --
PLANT SALE WORKDAY
SEPTEMBER 15 (Saturday) -- MEETING / COVERED DISH LUNCHEON
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Ms. Jay
Cockrell
Agricultural Research and Extension Center,
Beaumont |
Cancelled due to Hurricane
Humberto.
AUGUST 4, 2007 (Saturday) -- GARDEN JUDGES WORKSHOP
We always enjoy seeing each other after a couple of months of
being away.
JUNE 2, 2007
(Saturday) -- BUS TRIP TO "THE LILY FARM," THE GARDEN OF JACK CARPENTER
We filled a 50 passenger bus and made a day trip to Jack Carpenter's
"Lily Farm" in Center, Texas. Everyone had a great time and purchased
many plants.
THE LILY FARM LINK
MAY 17, 2007 (Thursday) --
PLANT SALE WORKDAY
MAY
19, 2007 (Saturday) -- DAYLILY FLOWER SHOW AND PLANT SALE
LINKS TO NEWSPAPER ARTICLES:
Port
Arthur News, May 9, 2007
Beaumont
Enterprise, Sunday, May 13, 2007
The sale and show
were done well by so many volunteers -- those purchasing and
preparing the flowers for sale, those who brought flowers to be
judged, the show and sale leadership, judges, and more.
Thanks to everyone who made the day so enjoyable.
The award winners are
pictured to the right. Click here for a link to the
2007 SALE AND SHOW PAGE
MAY 16, 2007 (Wednesday)
-- TOUR OF BEAUMONT DAYLILY GARDENS
MAY 9, 2007 (Wednesday)
-- TOUR OF VIDOR DAYLILY GARDENS
Brief Report: A caravan of a dozen cars and thirty or so daylily
enthusiasts toured three gardens each week: The Browns, The Housemans, and The
Hoyles in Vidor on May 9th and The Faggards, The Merriams, and The
Broussards in Beaumont on May 16th. . We saw thousands of daylilies in bloom, many beautiful
seedlings and many more varieties of other plants in the gardens. We
enjoyed a nice lunch and a demonstration of how to show a daylily at the
upcoming Daylily Show.
APRIL 14 (Saturday)-- MEETING AND PLANT
AUCTION
Brief Report: About 50 members and friends gathered for a
delicious lunch, some business, and an exiting auction. Every
single auctioned plant from Petit and from Carpenter sold, netting
the club almost $1,000. Club members reviewed upcoming plans
for the Plant Show and Sale, the trip to Carpenter's Daylily Farm in
June, and the two sets of Garden Tours.
MARCH 31, 2007 (Saturday) --
PLANT SALE @ HERB FEST
Brief Report: Herb Fest brings together many of the local societies
(bromeliads, orchids, african violets, herbs, local plants and more) into
one place along with book sellers and garden supply people. Our Gulf
Coast Daylily Society sold hundreds of bare root and container daylilies.
In fact, we SOLD OUT. We were able to meet many people who grow daylilies in our area and helped
others learn about daylily growing.
MARCH 29, 2007 (Thursday) --
PLANT SALE WORKDAY
Brief Report: Many members worked together to clean and sort daylilies
for the upcoming HerbFest. We enjoyed good fellowship, a delicious
lunch, and tours and conversations throughout The Brown's gardens.
MARCH 3, 2007
(Saturday) -- SPRING FLING and COVERED DISH LUNCH
BRIEF REPORT OF MEETING: We filled over seven tables for a
delicious covered-dish lunch, with plenty of barbeque beef and an abundance
of desserts. We approved a change in the by-laws to require all
elected officers to be members of the American Hemerocallis Society.
After lunch and a brief business meeting, the members enjoyed playing
BINGO for prizes. Most everyone left with daylilies or other plants or
beautiful gardening items.
Four new members joined the club.
FEBRUARY 3, 2007 (Saturday) -- MEETING and DUTCH TREAT
LUNCH
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Mr. Micah Meyer
Jefferson County Agent |
Mr. Micah Meyer,
Agricultural Extension Office, Beaumont
This was the kickoff meeting for 2007,
with Deane Spradley as President. More than 8 tables of members, some
from a two-hour drive away were present. Many new members were
introduced.
Mr. Meyer's program was on Earthkind (TM) Roses, which means rose
varieties that require little or no care, little or no watering, no
pesticides and only organic fertilizers. This Earthkind appraoch has
been developed by Texas A&M. Many club members grow some of these
varieties. More more information see
earthkind.tamu.edu.
The meal at Red Onion was delicious and warm fellowship and friendships
were shared at the tables. Prayers and support were offered to members
in need.
Several items of business were handled by the club.
- The bus trip to The Lily Farm, June 2nd, was firmed up and more than
50 signed.
- Many door prizes were won by members.
- Several new members joined the club.
- Plans for the Plant Show and judging in May were made.
- Member meeting packets and the 2007 Yearbooks were distributed.
- This new website was introduced.
- The workday location was changed to Lanny and Margie Brown's home in
Vidor
- All the normal club business was completed.
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