Dear ODCS members,

A very happy and healthy New Year and Lunar New Year to everyone!

I hope everyone has enjoyed the winter since our last newsletter of December 2024.
Our group plant orders for garden mums, King’s Mums, and Oregon mums were submitted to the growers in January.
Many thanks to all members who mailed in their plant orders in a timely manner. And a special thanks to Farhad Nourbakhsh and Galen Goss who did the work of processing and preparing your orders for the growers.
As you know, we weren’t able to accommodate orders for pot mums this year due to the increase in cost and ordering requirements. Those of you who ordered pot mums are being reimbursed for that portion of your order. We hope members are able to root cuttings of those pot mums that manage to winter over this spring.

Those of you who did not send in plant orders in December can still purchase plants at the member price at our May plant sales on May 10 at the Ayr Hill Garden Club Plant Sale in Vienna, VA, and on May 17 at the Green Spring Gardens Plant Sale in Alexandria, VA. We have submitted applications to participate in both these events.
If you have a friend or family member who is interested in mums, tell them they can purchase mums from us at these two upcoming plant sales events.
Also, you could provide them a copy of the ODCS Membership Form , which is attached to the email of this newsletter.
Have them mail the completed form and dues to the address provided:
Galen Goss, 3128 Village Way, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055.

John Capobianco, whom many of you know, is now the Chairman of the National Chrysanthemum Society’s Public Relations Committee. He has a budget for advertising in both print and digital formats and has contacted us (along with other NCS chapters nationwide) for ideas on communicating upcoming local plant sales as well as other types of advertising. If you have any thoughts on the matter, let me know and I’ll be happy to pass them on to John.

President,
Andrew Sherman