The American Primrose Society National Show – May 4, 2024

The American Primrose Society National Show will be held on Saturday, May 4, 2024 from 9:00 am to 2:30 pm at the Little Compton Community Center, 34 Commons, Little Compton, Rhode Island.   Held in conjunction with the Sakonnet Plant Fair.  Private events starting on Friday, May 3 for American Primrose Society Members.

APS Show and Judge’s Training – March 9, 2024

Fellow Primula Lovers!

Have you ever wondered what the criteria for the judges are at an APS Show?  Do you want to improve your chances of receiving a ribbon? Perhaps you would like to gain experience to qualify as a judge?  Now is the time to attend the APS Training this Saturday, March 9th via Zoom, or in person if you are in Juneau, AK.

The first half of the training will be on Exhibiting your Primula; Hear tips and tricks from the experts, Ed Buyarski and Judith Sellers.

The second half will be a presentation on judging.

Deadline to join the Zoom Presentation is 11 pm March 8.

If you plan on attending, log in on the APS website, choose ‘Members’ from the main menu and click on ‘APS Show and Judge’s Training‘ for details.

Thank you,

Patricia Hartman

APS President

 

2024 Election is open!

The Spring 2024 Election will be open until April 9, 2024.  For general information on the society’s elections, including information about board positions and on nominating candidates, log in on the APS website, choose Members from the main menu and click on Elections.’

There are five board positions up for election:  President, Treasurer, and two Directors (2027) and one Director (term ending in 2025)Candidate biographies are available on the Elections page.  To vote in the Spring 2024 election, your membership must be current.

You may cast your vote in one of several ways. You may vote online at the APS website by visiting the Elections page and following the voting instructions.  You may print your own paper ballot from the website and send it to the Secretary as indicated on the ballot.  You may request a paper ballot be sent to you from the Secretary by following the information on the Elections page.

Deadline for requesting a paper ballot is March 25, 2024.

Deadline for mailing paper ballots and online voting is April 9, 2024.

Elizabethan Primroses and Other Oddities – The Anomalous Types Zoom Lecture

Join us for a Zoom lecture on Wednesday, February 21st at 7:00-8:00 pm EST Dean Wiegert will be sharing his experiences growing and crossing anomalous primroses. The Zoom link will be emailed out a day in advance – please RSVP to Laurel at ly****@gm***.com to receive the Zoom link. Please note – spots are limited.
Elizabethan Primroses and Other Oddities: The Anomalous Types Hose-in-hoses, Jack-in-the-Greens, Jackanapes – these are types of primrose variants that have been treasured by collectors since the 16th and 17th centuries. Modern growers have succeeded in rediscovering these plants and other new variants. The New England Chapter of The American Primrose Society (APS) invites you for a visit with Dean Wiegert who will survey the anomalous primula variants. Dean, a former APS Secretary, is fascinated by these primula curiosities. He is also an amateur breeder. He’ll share the unusual results of his own experiments as well as the plants he’s raised from seed produced by more experienced growers and collectors in the UK and Europe.

Wednesday, February 21, 2024, 7:00PM-8:00PM, EST

Organized and sponsored by the New England Chapter of The American Primrose Society, Zoom hosting courtesy of The American Primrose Society.

 

Winter Quarterly is Available!

 

The Winter Quarterly is now available for digital subscribers and members to read here

You can read the Contents and “View from Here” here 

Members and Digital Subscribers can read all the Quarterlies published since 1941 here