CVIDS' April 2025 Meeting
Our next club meeting will take place on Saturday, April 12th, in the Wilton Community Room, 104 W. 4th St., in Wilton, IA. Set-up will be at 11 AM followed by social time at 11:30 AM. The potluck will begin at noon. Please remember to bring your own beverage, plate and table service. The meeting will start at 12:30 PM. Sue Kramer will give an overview of the 2025 Daylily Club Plants. Subsequently, Sherry Moffit will present on "Photographing Daylilies - Tips for Amateurs". We look forward to seeing you at the meeting.
April 2025 CVIDS Newsletter
Can you believe it? We've reached the end of the first quarter of 2025 already! Spring is just around the corner, and with it comes the April 2025 CVIDS Newsletter, thanks to co-editors Lyle Moen and Nancy Rash. Grab yourself a cup of your favorite beverage and enjoy the many interesting articles in this month's edition!
March 2025 CVIDS Club Meeting
Our March meeting took place on March 8 at the Coralville Public Library. Following the social time and potluck, Diane Derganz & Nancy Carlisle gave presentations on the “Stout Silver Medal Award for Daylilies & Dykes Award for Iris – History and How They're Chosen". Jackie Westhoff then talked about “Iris pests and prevention”, focusing on how to recognize and deal with the iris borer. The afternoon concluded with a business meeting (for agenda, click here) including a roll call in which members shared the number of Stout Award winners growing in their gardens. Having 38 in their garden, Sue and Dave Kramer were declared the Stout contest winners. As a prize, they will get their choice of a 2nd club plant after all are distributed and before the auction begins. They will not have to bring it back. Meeting minutes will be posted when they become available. Many thanks to Diane, Nancy Carlisle and Jackie for their presentations! Heather will be presenting at the Muscatine Art of Gardening event on March 15. She could also use some volunteers to help man the table. If interested, please contact her.
Here is the March 2025 CVIDS Newsletter!
Many thanks to Nancy Rash and Lyle Moen for the March Newsletter and to Nancy Carlisle for providing some interesting facts on irises.
The February 2025 CVIDS Newsletter is now Available!
Our Newsletter Editors Nancy Rash and Lyle Moen have created for us the February 2025 edition. Enjoy! Thank you, Nancy and Lyle!
February 2025 CVIDS Club Meeting
Our February 8th club meeting was scheduled to take place at the Johnson County Extension Office in Iowa City but had to be canceled due to inclement weather. Sherry Moffit's program, "Photographing Daylilies - Tips for Amateurs", will be presented at our April meeting. Revisit the Bulletin Board for updates!
Looking for our 2025 Team of Volunteers
As you well know, many volunteers are required each year to successfully carry out all our club activities. At the January meeting, our President Diane Derganz passed around sign-up sheets and urged everyone to sign up for one or more committees to help with whatever jobs need to be done. The table below indicates how far we have come in establishing our 2025 team of volunteers. Please support the club by lending your talents throughout the year. Please contact Diane by email or phone with your offer of help! As the saying goes: "Many hands make light work".
Role |
Volunteer(s) |
| Vice President |
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| Nominating Committee |
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| May Plant Sale |
Nancy Carlisle |
| Programs |
Nancy Carlisle, Barb Papenhausen |
| Club Plants (Daylily) |
Sue Kramer, Colleen Hansen, Barb Papenhausen |
| Club Plants (Iris) |
Diann Pavelka, Jackie Westhoff, Karmin Mullins |
| Membership & Directory Update |
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| Hospitality |
Nancy Rash |
| Member Support |
Linda Jones |
| Newsletter |
Nancy Rash, Lyle Moen |
| August Plant Sale |
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| Banquet |
Nancy Rash, Lyle Moen, Sherry & Lynn Moffit |
| Photo Contest |
Peggy Daniels |
| Photography |
Lyle Moen, Keith Riewerts |
| Silent Auction |
Sara Hankemeier, Diane Derganz, Rex & Judy Raub, Dick & Jo Palmer |
| Special Events |
Nancy Carlisle, Jackie Westhoff, Diann Pavelka, Heather Harroun |
| IT |
Jonathan (website) Diann Pavelka (Facebook), Nancy Carlisle & Eli Hansen (Zoom) |
| Auctioneer & Clerk |
Darrin & Shelly Lett |
January 2025 CVIDS Club Meeting
Our first meeting of the new year took place on Saturday, January 11th, at the Eldridge Public Library. After the social time and potluck lunch, the meeting began with two presentations by club members. Barb Papenhausen spoke about "Favorite Play Things for New Futures". Heather's presentation was titled: "Take a Walk on the Wild Side – A Trip Through the World of Spider, Unusual Form, and Sculpted Daylilies". A business meeting followed. Thank you to Nancy Carlisle and Eli Hansen for providing a Zoom link for folks unable to attend in person. You can access the meeting agenda as well as the November 2024 meeting minutes below. The proposed 2025 budget can be found in Diane Derganz's January 5th email.
A big Thank You to Barb and Heather for making their presentations available here for all to see and to Cari for taking the minutes!
The First CVIDS Newsletter of the Year!
Many thanks to Lyle Moen and Nancy Rash for creating the January 2025 CVIDS Newsletter.
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