A garden in Ruurlo!

 There, where the windmill stands,

in the village of Ruurlo, Gelderland....

 you will find Ruurlo's country cottage garden!(click)

 More that 525 different hostas! Mostly in pots!

on a 1100 square meter parcel of land!

There's so much to see! 

Take your time, wander about!

Enjoy this fantastic garden in Ruurlo!

click here to read when it's open next!

Thanks Marcel and Willem !

Here! In The Netherlands!

Helix pomatia, Burgundy snail, Escargot!

Helix pomatia(click) Wikipedia

Friends on vacation sent me this photo!

The Netherlands! Full of surprises!

Limburg!

 Today, committee members of The Dutch Hosta Society gathered together to have a meeting! This time we're in Limburg! We take turns hosting the group! Part of the fun is visiting each others gardens and seeing all the hostas,  chatting, catching up, and here, enjoying the traditional Limburgs "vlaai" ! I ate the delicious rice and cherry "vlaai" before I could take a picture of it! Then we got down to business!

There are a few great things planned for the members of The Dutch Hosta Society! To start off with, our September garden tour will be definitely worth the trip! Stay tuned for more!

Hostas, Summer showers, sunshine and rainbows!

Limburg! A great place to visit!

Create your own paradise!

With Hostas!

Fransen Hostas open days(click) !

The weather's still great to plant a few new Hostas!

It was warm!

30C today! Summer! A day out a Het Gazebo!

Het Gazebo work party was there!

It's the third Wednesday of the month, of course!

There's a new creative challenge this Summer!

Found throughout Diepenheim! An artistic adventure! 

See that? There? Next to the new information sign?

Paper Rubbing!

Take a piece of paper out of the box.

Place on top of the metal plate.

Make a rubbing using the supplied graphite pencil!

I tried! Looks great! I'll show you later!
When you are here, give it a try!

Two and a half weeks after the opening,

Monomet is aging gracefully!

 Take the stairs!

Enjoy the view! 

See you next month, August 16th!

Hostas in Vienna, Austria!

If you're ever touring Europe!

Start your day here!

  Hundertwasser " Kunst Huis Wien" cafe(click)

Take the tram to the University of Vienna

Botanical Gardens !

 Lots of Hosta information!

 What's this? Anti snail and slug ground cover?

 Let's take a closer look!

  It's the Hosta Super Star(Click) 

Throughout Vienna there are hosta surprises!

Wishing you hosta Summer days!

Hosta Paradise!

There are still a few more Hosta shopping days left this Summer!

Fransen Hostas Open Nursery Hours 

I'm sure you have room for just one more!