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| Our annual August Member
Potluck will be held on August 22nd at 1:00 p.m. at the home of Dan &
Marian Meyer (4355 SE Cardinal St, Milwaukie, OR 97267). Tableware and
a meat dish will be provided. This is a social gathering to keep in touch
with members and update them on the American Peony Society Convention 2011
that will be held May 27-29 in Wilsonville, Oregon.
If you have a peony that needs to be divided, bring it and we will help you divide it. For additional information contact Marian Meyer at peony.place@yahoo.com or 503-659-3310. |
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| The 2011 Pacific Northwest
Peony Society Annual Meeting will be held on Saturday, March 5th from 8
am to 5 pm at the Holiday Inn Select Wilsonville, 25425 SW 95th Ave., Wilsonville,
OR 97070 (1-877-859-5095). There will be special room rates if you
identify yourself as a part of the peony society. For online booking the
group code is ‘peony’. (No other motels are within walking distance of
the meeting.)
The day begins with pastries and juice or coffee to begin the business meeting. The business meeting will focus on providing information regarding the 2011 American Peony Society Annual Convention that will be held at the same location on May 27-29, 2011. We are expecting visitors from across the country and some from other countries. Speakers with slide shows will be the main agenda. A planting demonstration is available for new peony growers. A buffet lunch is served as we gather for a time for visiting with other peony lovers. The day ends with a peony auction of old favorites as well as new introduction peonies. Donations of auction plants are welcome. Speakers are yet to be confirmed. |
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| The 2011 American Peony
Society Annual Convention will be held on May 27-29 at the Holiday Inn
Select Wilsonville, 25425 SW 95th Ave., Wilsonville, OR 97070 (1-877-859-5095).
A block of rooms has been reserved. There will be special room rates
if you identify yourself as a part of the peony society. For online booking
the group code is ‘peony’. (No other motels are within walking distance
of the meeting.)
Portland International Airport is 30 miles north of Wilsonville. Group car rental is advisable. We are checking on shuttle services. This will be the first time ever that the APS convention has been held on the West Coast. We are expecting a large turnout of attendees from across the nation and some from other countries. A bus tour will be available on Friday, 5/27/2011 to visit peony growers in the area. Friday lunch is scheduled at Adelman Peony Gardens. A buffet dinner (not included in registration) will be held on Friday evening at the hotel. Saturday seminars are being planned. The flower competition will be judged at noon on Saturday and the flower exhibit will be open to the public from 1 pm to 5 pm on Saturday and from 9 am to 4 pm on Sunday. Anyone growing peonies can enter the flower competition on Saturday morning from 7 am to 11 am. There are also entry classes for floral arrangements with peonies. The Saturday evening banquet will include the annual business meeting followed by a peony auction featuring old favorites as well as new introduction peonies and a good measure of fellowship! Donation of auction plants are welcome. We hope you plan to come to encounter varieties of peonies you might never before have seen, share you enjoyment of peonies with other growers, and experience the “End of the Oregon Trail”. For additional motels in Wilsonville do a Google search for ‘motels Wilsonville’. There are customer reviews of the motels available on Google. For additional information contact: Carol Adelman, APS Board
Member
Jeanne Graves, APS Board
Member
Therese Sprauer
Marian Meyer
Claudia Schroer
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