PILCHUCK

April Meeting:

Bonsai

Presented by:

Ann Tanner

Refreshments for the Evening

If your last name begins with S or T, please bring treats to the meeting.

Meeting Minutes

March 6^th 2003

Old Business

Bus Trip
The sign-up sheet was passed around for members planning to go on the bus trip to Canada on May 10^th. All were reminded that proper identification papers would be mandatory to assure getting back into the U.S. Suggestions were: Passports (expired or current), Driver¹s Licenses and Birth Certificates. To prevent the entire bus being held up by someone with inadequate identification, we will want to check everyone’s ID before they get on the bus in the morning.

Rhododendron Show
A sign-up sheet was passed around for volunteers to help with the show on April 25th through April 27th.

Shirley Rock and Barbara Blankenship have rhododendron photographs that will be used to promote plants for sale at the show.

New Business
The chapter was asked to assist in identifying large older rhododendron plants at the Everett Evergreen Cemetery. It was moved, seconded and passed that a group of member volunteers would work on this project on Saturdays during the blooming season. However, a volunteer group was not organized.

A possible new member, Laurel Winebrenner from the Clearview area, attended the meeting.

Terry Maczuga of the Cloud Mountain Farm presented an excellent program about dwarf conifers. Slides demonstrated the use of special clones of dwarf conifers in the garden, creating different shapes, textures and colors for year round interest. She provided a good selection of small dwarf conifers for sale and members quickly snapped them up. Our usual plant auction and raffle followed.

Old Journals Available

Mike Mulholland has donated his collection of ARS Journals to the chapter. There is a complete set from fall of 1993 to Summer of 1999. It has been decided to make them available to chapter members that would like to have them for a nominal fee. Contact Barbara Blankenship if you are interested.

Miscellaneous

The dates for the Pilchuck Flower Show have been moved to May 15-18. We got bumped.

Bob Overstreet has volunteered to coordinate the rhododendron identification project at Evergreen Cemetery. If you are interested in helping, contact him at (425) 252-6542

The size of the plaque needed for benches at Meerkerk is 2” x 5”.

Calendar

April 3	Chapter meeting. Program: Bonsai by Ann Tanner.
April 4 &5	Rhododendron Species Foundation Spring Plant Sale
April 11-13	Seattle Chapter Early Rhododendron Show at Wells-Medina Nursery in Medina.
April 26	Meerkerk Magic. Noon – 4 PM
April 30 – May 4	ARS Annual Rhododendron Convention in Olympia.
May 1	Chapter meeting. Program TBA
May 9 – 11	Seattle Chapter May Show at the Donald Graham Visitors Center, U. of W. Arboretum.
May 10	Pilchuck Chapter Annual Bus Tour.
May 11	Meerkerk: Mother’s Day Concert on the Lawn. Noon – 4 PM
May 15	Combined Annual Picnic with Komo Kulshan Chapter at Floral Park, Burlington, WA.
May 16-18	Pilchuck Chapter Rhododendron Show at Everett Mall.
June 5	Chapter meeting. Program TBA
July 19	Hammond's annual picnic at Humptulips.

Pilchuck Chapter Officers

Pres	Barbara Blankenship	(360) 435-8264
VP	Wayne McPherson	(360) 435-5672
Treas	Wayne Lawson	(360) 659-9218
Sec	Edna Newcomb	(360) 668-6146
Board	George Vaughn	(425) 778-0533
Board	Chuck Blankenship	(360) 474-0512
Board	Fredrick Kirby	(360) 435-9713

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Volume XI No. 7

American Rhododendron Society

Bonsai