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Topic: "Emily Dickinson's Garden"
Guest Speaker: Annick Hivert-Carthew

Annick will present a Biography of E. Dickinson with slides of her home, family, and garden. A look into her love of flowers; which ones she mentions in her poetry, their interpretation and purposes. Along with how her garden was recreated according to her letter and poems.

Handouts:
- E. Dickinson's fertilizer recipe
- Excerpts from poems according to seasons
- A list of herbs and flowers and their meaning.

Annick will also make available for purchase her book Proud to Work, a pictorial history of the Michigan Civilian Conservation Corps"@$20.00 plus 6% MI Sales Tax. 20% of all proceeds will be donated back to the Society, for future projects and programs.
 

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The 34th Annual Garden Walk 2008 will be sponsored by the Troy Garden Club on Wednesday, July 9. The club is a member of the Woman's National Farm & Garden Association. The walk - on the grounds of five homes plus the Troy Historical Museum - will run from 9:30 AM - 2:00 PM and 5:30 - 8:30 PM. Also featured will be a raffle and a many-vendor boutique as well as the club's own Fabulous Finds sales area on the grounds of the museum, 60 W. Wattles Rd. at Livernois. Tickets are $12 on tour day or $10 in advance. Presale tickets are available at Telly's Greenhouse, Wilkop Landscape, Uncle Luke's Feed Store, and the Troy Historical Museum. Proceeds from the event will benefit many area organizations.
Call (248) 540-4249 for more information.
 

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Last year's Show drew hundreds of folks of all ages who share a common love of summer flowers . . . and we expect even more at the 2008 Daylily Heaven Flower Show! Show set-ups will begin with folks and flowers arriving at 8:30 am.

ALL VISITORS to the DAYLILY HEAVEN FLOWER SHOW will receive a ballot to vote on all Division 2 blooms! Visit Daylily Heaven Flower Show and choose a winner! We invite and encourage the public to participate and enter their daylilies!

Many friendly faces from the Daylily Club will be on hand to help the public with their multiple entries. A Special 2008 SMDS Award is "STOUT SILVER MEDAL WINNER" - for the Best Daylily entered that has been awarded a Stout Medal by the American Hemoracalis Society -- refer to AHS web page for daylily cultivars which are Stout winners. http://www.daylilies.org/stoutmedal.html

Both Divisions have lots of categories to enter; Awards and Prizes include top-quality, beautiful hand-cut crystal bowls, vases and objects d'art!

Everyone can enter the SHOW! Just bring the entire flower stem of blooming daylily flowers, including any unopened buds on the stems (Division 1 / with 12 Categories) - AND - OR - PLUS - bring the single daylily flower blooms (Division 2 / with 13 Categories) !

Exhibits are accepted from 8:30 am until 11:00 am
Viewing: Division 2 - 11:00 am to 6:00 pm
Division 1 - 1:30 pm to 6:00 pm
See www.daylilyclub.net for detailed info on: Daylily entry, grooming tips for daylily flowers competing for prizes awarded by judges, flower classification groups, and Daylily Heaven Flower Show schedule.
 

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The box luncheon and garden tour, sponsored by the Clarkston Farm and Garden Club and Clarkston Community Education, features artists and music at six area gardens. Lunch is available between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. with a gift boutique on site. The gardens are open noon to 7 p.m.
Start the tour at the Community Education Center on Waldon Road. Present your ticket to receive a map to the gardens. If you are not having lunch, you will proceed to the gardens. A Garden Club member will be at each site to greet visitors.
Tickets are $20 for the tour; $22 includes lunch. Profits fund community beautification projects, scholarships, and garden education endeavors.
Call today, 248-623-4321, to order tickets by phone, or visit the Clarkston Community Education Center, 6558 Waldon, Clarkston.
Tickets also available at Clarkston Chamber of Commerce, 6558 Waldon Road; Birdfeeder, 7150 N. Main, Clarkston Country Store, 21 N. Main Street
 

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Topic:  "Michigan Apples"
Guest Speaker:  Dennis & Sharon Ashton

Food: Salad Bar
Our presenters will share their story, of how they started Ashton Orchards. Explaining how the business of apples has evolved over the years, and what new variety of apples we'll soon be seeing. They also sell peaches, plums, pears, sweet corn, pumpkins and other vegetables at their Orchard in Ortonville.
 

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Topic:  "Butterflies of SE Michigan
Guest Speaker:  Brenda Dziedzic

Bio: 
I am the president and founder of Southeast Michigan Butterfly Association, Advanced Master Gardener, member of NABA (North American Butterfly Association), WAM (Wildflower Association of Michigan), and Michigan Entomological Society. My yard is certified by Monarch Watch as a Monarch Waystation and as a Backyard Wildlife Habitat by the National Wildlife Federation.

Food: Salad Bar

Nominations for Vice-President, Secretary and Team Administrator
 

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Topic:  "Green Roof Basics"
Guest Speaker:  John Scholten of Live Roof, LLC

Soup: Harvest Vegetable and Squash

Nominations for Vice-President, Secretary and Team Administrator closed at conclusion of meeting. Ballots mailed within 10 days. Membership renewals will be sent with ballots.
 

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Topic:  "Hummingbirds"
Guest Speaker:  Allan Chartier

Bio:  Allen Chartier is the Project Director for the Great Lakes HummerNet, a research project aimed at learning more about hummingbirds with the help of volunteer observers throughout Michigan, and investigating wintering hummingbirds in Ohio and Indiana. He has been a birder since age 11, and has traveled extensively to see and photograph birds, especially hummingbirds. Allen has been involved with numerous research projects, including the hawk watch at Holiday Beach, Ontario, the North American Migration Count, the Michigan Bird Survey, and many others. He has authored several publications including Hawks of Holiday Beach (2002), Birds of Detroit (1997), and his paper, Twenty-two Years of Hummingbird Migration at Holiday Beach, Ontario was published in Ontario Birds in 1996. Most recently, Allen completed A Birders Guide to Michigan (2004) for the American Birding Association, was a contributing author to the National Geographic Complete Birds of North America (2005), and was one of two editorial reviewers for the new Handheld Birds (2006), an electronic field guide for Palm Pilots, from National Geographic. Allen was principal passerine bander, and the only hummingbird bander at Holiday Beach Migration Observatory from 1997-2003. He founded the Great Lakes HummerNet in summer 2001 after obtaining his U.S. Federal Master Permit for banding hummingbirds.

Great Lakes HummerNet program description:
The Great Lakes HummerNet is a new project, initiated in Autumn 2001 by Allen Chartier, designed to learn more about Michigans hummingbirds by enlisting the help of volunteer observers throughout the state, and to study winter hummingbirds in Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana. Data is gathered through observation as well as banding studies. This presentation will describe the research objectives of the project, tell you how you can participate, provide helpful hints on how to attract and feed hummingbirds, and review what has been learned so far.

Soup: Pumpkin soup and Chili
 

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HOLIDAY POT LUCK

Society Membership applications and dues deadline