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January 23st Board Meeting
All NCDC members are welcome.
January 23, 2010
Place: McLean Government Center
1437 Balls Hill Raod
McLean, VA 22101
(703) 356-0551
Board members, please call Jerry if unable to attend.
Directions:
From the Inner Loop of the Beltway and Tysons Corner Area:
From the VA side of the Beltway (Falls Church, Springfield, Annondale, Alexandria, etc.),
- Take Exit 46B, Rt 123 North into McLean (not south to Tysons Corner).
- Go through three stoplights.
- At the fourth stoplight get into the double left-turn lane (use right lane) and turn onto Lewinsville Rd.
- Take an immediate right turn onto Balls Hill Road.
- The McLean Govenrment Center is immediately on your right.
April 10st Board Meeting (1:00 p.m.)
All NCDC members are welcome.
April 10, 2010
Place: Kathleen Schloeder and Dick Tenney's
2501 St. John Pl.
Alexandria, VA 22311
703-671-6635
To help you find their home, here is a link to Mapquest.
Dierections:From the South: Go north on I-95. At the intersection with 495 (the Beltway) continue straight ahead. 95 will become 395. Take the Seminary Rd. exit and follow signs for Seminary Rd. West. Turn left at the 3rd stoplight, Echols Ave. Go to the end of Echols and turn left. Turn right immediately on to Forrestal. Go one block. Turn right on St. John Place. We are on the corner of Forrestal and St. John Place.Board members, please call Jerry if unable to attend.
From Arlington: Take George Mason Dr. south to the end. (You will cross Columbia Pike and Rt. 7). George Mason turns into Seminary Rd. in the Skyline Plaza area. Turn right on Echols Ave. and follow above instructions.
From Maryland (I-270): Go south on I-270 and join 495 into Virginia. Take the first VA exit for the GW Parkway. Follow the parkway past the CIA, past Rt. 123, past Roslyn, and past the turnoff for the Teddy Roosevelt Bridge. Take the right hand exit marked To 395. Go past the Pentagon on your left and join 395 south. Go to the Seminary Rd. exit and follow signs for Seminary Rd. West. Turn left at the 3rd stoplight, Echols Ave. Go to the end of Echols and turn left. Turn right immediately on to Forrestal. Go one block. Turn right on St. John Place. We are on the corner of Forrestal and St. John Place.
From Maryland (Woodrow Wilson Bridge): Cross the Woodrow Wilson Bridge in the Local lanes. Get off at Telegraph Rd. Follow signs for Telegraph Rd. north, towards Duke St. Continue straight on Telegraph Rd. following signs for Duke St./Rt. 236 west. Go aprox. ½ mile and turn right on Quaker Lane. Go to the top of the hill and turn left at the first stop light. It will say Seminary Rd. on the left and Janney’s Lane on the right. Continue on Seminary until you cross over I-395. Turn left at the 3rd stoplight, Echols Ave. Go to the end of Echols and turn left. Turn right immediately on to Forrestal. Go one block. Turn right on St. John Place. We are on the corner of Forrestal and St. John Place.
June 5th Board Meeting (3:00 p.m.)
All NCDC members are welcome.
June 5, 2010 (3:00 p.m.)
Place: Faith and Jerry Bange's3508 Foxhall DriveAll members are encouraged to attend. (Please bring some snacking goodie to share with the other attendees.) Board members, please call Jerry if unable to attend.
Davidsonville, MD 21035
email: GeraldBange@aol.com
Directions:
From the Beltway - I-495 - Take Rt. 50 East to Rt. 424 South.
From Rt. 424 South, turn right onto Rt. 214 (Central Avenue) WEST.
Travel approximately 1 Mile on 214 to Foxhall Drive on the LEFT (Lakemont Cemetery and the Davidsonville Elementary School are directly across the street from the entrance to our development).
Make a LEFT onto Foxhall drive.
We are the 5th house on the right.
To help you find their home, here is a link to Mapquest.
November 6 Board Meeting (11:00 a.m.)
All NCDC members are welcome.
November 6, 2010
Place: Trudi Wolin's
Board members, please call or e-mail Jerry if unable to attend.
Spring Banquet, 2009
March 20, 2010, Socialize & Cash Bar 11:00, Dine at 12:00 p.m.
Timpano Italian Chophouse
12021 Rockville Pike
Rockville, MD 2052
$25 per person
MapQuest Map
Please bring a raffle contribution: Daylilies (or promissory cards), other plants, seeds, books, calendars, garden décor, greeting cards, etc. If you use your immagination, people will be pleased.
This spring's speaker will be Paul Owen.
We look forward to his presentation and the slides.
Follow this link to see Paul's website.
Fill out the reservation form from the January newsletter and return it to Alice Crampton by March 13.
Ensure your seat at the table. Don't wait till the last minute.
Thanks to Alice Crampton and others for working on the program.
AHS NATIONAL CONVENTION
The 2010 convention will be held in Valdosta, GA, May 27 through May 29. Pre-registration is required. Available seats will fill fast. For more information about the National Convention, an online registration form, and additional links follow this link to the American Hemerocallis Society (AHS) Web Site: Convention Information.
Plant Sale at the National Arboretum
The date for Spring Plant Sale at the National Arboretum is April 23-24, 2010. Sales on Friday April 23 will be open to FONA members and workers only from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday the 24th sales are open to the public from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Please contact Faith Bange at GeraldBange@aol.com or Ed Mills at edmills43@yahoo.com:
- If you need help digging or procssing daylilies.
- If you wish to donate your time to help process plants.
- If you can help at the sale.
AHS Region 3 Meeting -- June 25-27, 2010
Tidewater Daylily Society (TIDS) is sponsoring the 2010 AHS Region 3 Meeting. The site will be in Norfolk, VA. Sign up early and plan for warm weather. See TIDS web page for additional information.
Annual Daylily Flower Show July 10 1:30 p.m.
Green Spring Gardens Park
(No Design Section this year)
Bare Root Daylily Sales
It's free and open to all. Doors open at 1:30 to the public, 7:30 for exhibitors. The show includes educational exhibits, lectures, demonstrations, and a judged display of registered cultivars on and off scape. This year we are holding the daylily show at Green Spring Gardens Horticultural Center in Alexandria, VA The center is just off Rt 395, three miles inside the Capital Beltway.
Green Spring Gardens ParkDirections to Green Spring Gardens. (The entrance is from Braddoc Rd.)
(mail address) 4603 Green Spring Road
Alexandria, VA 22312-1428
(703) 642-5173
Go to MapQuest for a regional map to Green Spring Gardens.
- Take I395 to exit 3B.
- Go west on Rt 236, Little River Turnpike (Duke St)
- Pass Green Spring Road and the car dealership.
- Turn right onto Rt 620, Braddock Rd.
- Go 3 blocks and turn right into Green Spring Gardens (Witch Hazel Rd).
- Keep to the right and follow the driveway to the Horticultural Center.
Doors open bright and early to exhibitors for setup.
For information on show rules (schedule) and classification information for last year's show, see the links for the 2009 Daylily Show on our homepage. As more current information becomes available, it will be posted.
NCDC Garden Tour -- Saturday July 24, 2010 (changed from origional date)
This year's garden tour will be a bus trip to several gardens toward the Maryland/Pennsylvania line above Baltimore. Current selections are the gardens of Judith Applefeld and Joan Miller. As particulars for the bus trip become available, they will be posted in the newsletter and on this site.
NCDC Maryland Daylily Sale and Club Plant Auction
The sale is located at Brookside Gardens, next to the Visitors Center, 1800 Glenallan Road, Wheaton MD. Bargain plants will be $5 per double fan (bare roots) and will be arranged by color and form. "Special" plants will be at a slightly higher price (still a bargain).
Brookside will also host our annual Daylily Auction for returning club plants. These plants have been grown and proven in member's gardens for a minimum of 2 years. The auction will take place at noon. Look for some top of the line plants. We hope to have photos for you to drool over.
For more information please contact
Fall Picnic, General Membership Meeting, and Elections
The Fall Picnic will be held on September 11th at noon in the garden of Sherley Channing in VA. This event is free. Try to bring a pot luck dish to share. There will be a plant/garden item exchange. Bring something interesting if you wish to participate.
Board members, please call Jerry if unable to attend.
Location: Sherley Channing's in VA.
Directions are as follows.7111 Twelve Oaks Drive
Fairfax Station, VA 22039
703-978-0476To view a map from MapQuest, click here.
- If traveling south on 123, turn right on Chapel, left on Yates Ford, left on Twelve Oaks.
- From I 66, take the Fairfax County Parkway south, exit onto 123 south, right on Chapel, left on Yates Ford, left on Twelve Oaks.
- You could also take 123S from I 66, but there are lots of stop lights.
Lilyhemmer
A Region 3 Fall Festival in Camp Hill, PA with an evening of greeting old friends and then 2 fun-filled days of activities: speakers, a silent auction, a live auction, raffels, a banquet, and more. The hospitality room is always a great place to meet and talk daylilies, especially on Friday evening before the event. This activity raises funds for our Region and supports the printing of Fanfare our beautiful Region 3 newsletter.
See the Lilyhemmer web site for additional information and event schedule.