New Garden Markers

Introducing an exciting new event in conjunction with the Third Annual Art & Antiques Annual Holiday Store, the First Glance Party will be on Friday, November 11 at 6:00 p.m. The festive First Glance Party will include hors d’oeuvres, drinks and live music. Talented torch/swing singer Megan Dooley will perform her original songs in the intimate space of the museum during the party. Tickets for the First Glance Party are $18 for museum mem-bers and $20 for non-members. Robin Reva and Joan Hiddema, who are planning the event, have gathered beautiful items for the Art & Antique Store. Find funky, traditional and ‘upcycled’ items along

Fall 2016

BULLET IN THE NEWSLETTER OF TH E L IBERTY HYDE BAI LEYMUSEUM, SOUTH HAVEN , MICHIG AN

The Bailey Museum installed new signs and plant markers in our gardens in September. The new markers are possible with a grant from the Michigan Realtors and their Lighter, Quicker, Cheap-er Grant. The markers include information about select plants, trees and, for most, their common and scien-tific names. The markers are spread through the vegetable and flower beds. Information includes the story of heirloom ‘Sugar Bon’ Peas, the ‘French Breakfast Radish’ and others. The captions discuss what plants make good bed fellows, plant origins and their fla-vor. The markers were made by Lark Label, which made markers for the museum in the past. Many thanks to Meryl Greene for contacting us with the grant lead, Anne Long for submitting the needed forms and Dr. Fenske for his research on the plants. Thanks to Kathy Pallas, of Southwest Michigan Association of Realtors for her help and patience in this process.

The Art & Antiques First Glance Party

Museum Receives Grant

The Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs (MCACA) has awarded The Bailey Museum a grant for $12,500 through its Operational Support program. The funds will enable the museum to produce programs for the public in the coming year. The Director, Michael Fiedorowicz said, “The money helps support the museum while planning and promoting talks, classes and exhibitions. The grants from MCACA in the past have helped the museum grow. We are very grate-ful to Michigan legislators who have supported culture funding.” The MCACA awarded only two grants to Van Buren County organizations, the other being the South Haven Center for the Arts. Ten percent of the funds for the grant come from the National Endowment for the Arts. MCACA Grant re-quests submitted June 1 were reviewed in July by citizen panels and scored, the grants with the best scores are fund-ed. Because the grant funds must be matched on a one to one basis, the museum will need to raise a dollar for every one awarded. This has been done in the past through pro-gram underwriting, private donations and income from fees.

with original artwork, antique linens, jewelry, ornaments and much more.

Robin Reva said, “Come shop with us and enjoy this quaint hol-iday atmosphere while perusing through one-of-a-kind gifts.” Items from the museum’s gift shop will also be sold during Art & Antiques: puzzles, books, sci-ence toys, maple syrup from Rid-ley Family Sugar Farm, among other delightful things for kids and adults. Art & Antiques opens to the

general public, free of charge Saturday morning, November 12, at 9:00 a.m. The sale will also be open on Nov. 18 and 19 from 9:00 until 6:00.

Many Thanks…

Upcoming Events Art & Antiques The Third Annual Holiday Store:

The First Glance Party Friday, November 11, at 6:00 p.m. Tickets $20.00 each $18 for members of the Museum Art & Antique Sale hours November 12, 18 and 19 9:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m.

Night for the Museum at Phoenix Street Café Thursday, November 3, 5:00-9:00. Night for the Museums at Black River Tavern December 1, 5:00-9:00. Night for the Museums at Clementine’s January 5, 5:00 –9:00.

Board of Trustees Anne Long, Chair

Todd Robbins, Vice Chair Melanie Gleiss, Secretary Joan Hiddema, Treasurer

Bill Lundy, Facilities chair Margaret Guimond

Robin Reva

Director Michael J. Fiedorowicz

Master Gardener Dr. David Fenske

MBG, The Blueberry People, for their generous underwrit-ing support of Fruits of Their Labors.

For their donations: Art & Cindy Clarke, Elaine Fluck, Robin & Andrew McAlear, Fleming Brothers Oil Company

Michigan Realtors for the Lighter Quicker, Cheaper grant to purchase additional garden signage

To Margaret Guimond for joining the Board

The City of South Haven for their support of the mu-seum

Ridley Family Sugar Farm for donating Maple Syrup for our gift shop

Northshore Nursery for donating Boston Ferns to the museum

Gardeners on recent gardening day: Diane Fox, Connie Schaffer, Anne Long, Joan Hiddema and Dr. Fenske

Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and the National Endowment for the Arts for providing grant support for museum activities

While on-line

Peruse our Archive! In September an interesting new feature was added to www.libertyhydebailey.org. The Bailey Museum’s collec-tion and archive records are now viewable from the web-site. Items include photographs taken by L.H. Bailey, items that are not currently on display and letters from Bailey to his family. Many other items are also listed and can be viewed. This new feature is funded by a 2015 Save Michigan Histo-ry grant from the Michigan Historical Records Advisory Board with funds from the National Archives. Several letters written during Bailey’s expedition to Mexico in 1940 can be read. The letters recount his travel, the people he meets, the plants he seeks and demonstrate his amusing writing style full of warmth and humor. To access the archive records page from the museum’s homepage choose the second photo on the carousel (the changing photos with our hours, then a photo of books) and click on the green bar that says find documents, letters and photos. The page can be searched randomly, by photos, letters or archive records. More items are being added so check back from time to time.

Long Time Trustee,

Cindy McAlear Retires After much hard work and years of dedication, Cindy McAlear has retired from the Board of Trustees of The Bai-ley Museum. Cindy first joined the board in 2009 and was the Membership Chair until 2015. Cindy was integral in planning Sunday Socials, organ-izing volunteers and managing the museum’s membership records. She was focused on securing member renewals from year to year. She also introduced the American Horticulture Socie-ty’s Reciprocal Admissions Program to the museum, ena-bling members to take advantage of free admission to other participating gardens. The board is extremely grateful for her service and her joyful presence at board meetings and museum events.

2016 Recap of Events

at The Bailey Museum

Nights for the Museums at: Su Casa, Taste, Thirsty Perch, The Amacarelli Vineyard, Clementine’s

Earth Day event

Introduced the new logo for The Bailey Museum.

Firefly, artwork by Victoria Howard

South Haven Chamber of Commerce After Business Ours

Brown Bags: with Bill Bird - Summer Annuals; Ted Guimond - Blacksmithing; Aaron Priebe - trees; and Ilse Gebhard -Monarch butterflies and Milkweed

Sunday Social with Pam Chappell.

Bailey’s Budding Naturalists, workshop for youth.

Outdoor Explorer’s, five classes for youth.

The annual South Haven Garden Club Garden Walk.

Foundry Hall concerts: Corn Potato String Band and Mark Dvorak & the Bloomquists.

Grape Train Vineyard tour at Fenn Valley.

Fruits of their Labors, exhibition about South Haven’s Fruit industry.

Tour of Sunflower, the sustainable home of the Kauf-man’s.

Summary Statement

of Revenue & Expenses July 1, 2015 - June 30, 2016

Revenue Direct public support/grants 23,103 Fund raising events 4,905 Income from education programs 2,401 Sales from retail/ artwork 1,166 Total revenue $31,575 Expenses Operations: 12,490 Education programs 4,319 Collection/Exhibition 5,912 Marketing exp. (Web, newsletter, mailing) 6,959 Facilities/Security Equipment 3,585 Total Expenses $33,265

Net expense $-1,690

Notes on statement: The museum’s fiscal year is July 1–June 30, the state-ment reflects the preliminary figures. Our books are ad-justed every year as part of our annual IRS filing process. For more detail and information see our 990 PF filings. They are available on Guidestar.org. under The Bailey Museum (Liberty Hyde Bailey Museum Memorial Fund Inc). Guests can register for free.

Collection Additions The Museum collects books, archival material and items relating to the Bailey Family and the history of the property. This is a list of acquisitions for 2016:

Recent donation of material courtesy of Alice Warner Lewis’s estate and Bill Lundy which includes: photos of the Bailey home and barns during the Warner peri-od, photos of Bailey with women of the Warner family, deeds of the property, letters, and memorabilia. Also the 1920 edition of the Rural Uplook Service, inscribed “Frank E. Warner”.

A copy of Cyclopedia of American Horticulture once be-longing to Stanley Johnston, given by Susan Saewert.

Pamphlet, One Hundred Fiftieth Anniversary, Star of the lake Lodge No. 158 by Tim Stegeman.

Purchases: Gentes Herbarum, Indigenous palms of Trinidad and Tobago,

L.H. Bailey, 1947. The Forcing Book, by L.H. Bailey, 1897. The Gardener, by L.H. Bailey, 1925

Baskets for peach and apple picking, and an apple sizer from Richard Barden.

Liberty Hyde Bailey Museum 2016 Fiscal Report

This Season’s Fruit Michael Fiedorowicz

I am pleased by the work we did this year. In many ways I feel we are developing the consistent and sustaina-ble programs which will make the museum stronger. The great strength of the museum is its committed volunteers whose creativity and enthusiasm make it thrive. We include here a Summary Statement of our finances for last fiscal year. The numbers are broken down in a way that demonstrate how we get funds and how we spend them. Over the past three years revenue has grown dramatically, $24,036 in 2013 to $31,575 this fiscal year. The Summary shows we had a small loss in our opera-tions. As we develop better budgets in the future, deficits will become less likely. The museum is in the process of honing its operations and programs. In the last four years, children’s programs have become a significant part of our focus. The museum’s programs are becoming our defining attribute and it reflects a deep-er connection to our community. Our programs serve to fulfil our core mission as a museum and flagbearer for the ideals of Liberty Hyde Bailey. The Summary does not take into consideration the financial support of the City of South Haven which pro-vides major building maintenance, utilities and most pay-roll funding. The museum has tremendous potential as Bailey’s leg-acy provides much to explore and draw from. It offers great material for future classes, workshops and exhibi-tions. We remain in a strong position to pursue those ideals.