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Stu and Michele Eddy, who own James Creek Sutlery, presented a program on spices. They import 100 spices from all over the world, grind them and mix them together in many ways to enhance the flavor of food. The spice regions of the world are tropical and sub-tropical with lots of rainfall and humidity. The

David Michener is the Associate Curator of the University of Michigan Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum. He oversees the world-famous peony garden in Ann Arbor. All the cultivars in the garden are pre-1950, beginning in 1796 from Japan, Korea and China. International review has confirmed the significance of all the cultivars, over half of

Joe Peterson, who has grown orchids for 30 years, gave our October educational talk.  He says they are easy to grow! There are 30,000 species of orchids and 100,000 hybrids, and they grow on every continent except Antarctica in a wide diversity of climates from sea level to 12,000 feet. Hybrids are easier to grow

LaVere Webster began his September talk on daylilies with a droll dramatization of God talking to St. Francis in which he satirized the mindset of typical suburbanites with regard to yard care. We raise boring grass instead of wild flowers (“weeds”), we pay to haul away our grass clippings (which could be used as hay)

GARDEN WITH COMFORT, EASE AND SIMPLICITY Jan Bills, who runs the landscaping business Two Women and a Hoe, was our August 2018 speaker. She began her talk by saying, “If I woke up in the morning and nothing hurt, I would think I was dead.” She wants us to love our gardens and not just