Autunm in a Hosta garden!

Thanks to Ton, Jos, Hans and Jacqueline, a few members of The Dutch Hosta Society, for sharing their photo's! The Hostas are turning shades of gold! Beautiful plant pot combination ! Snails are being gathered and marked in a "catch and release" test....more about that next year! Hostas are the inspiration for kaleidoscope art and even the snails are being brought into the home in the form of glass!
There's still great Autumnal gardening weather here! See you on the 25th of November at Het Gazebo!

The Gazebo in Diepenheim!

It's our third visit!

 A group of volunteers from The Dutch Hosta Society together with new friends at The Gazebo spent the day in Diepenheim doing the last inventory check and weeding!

 We couldn't have had a better Autumn day! A bit of sunshine, great gardening weather and super hospitality kept us going! Thanks for the hot chocolate !

What a difference a day makes!

We'll be back on Wednesday the 25th of November!

Time to do a final clean up before winter!

See you then!

Hosta Leaf Color Wheel

Designed by Bill Meyer 1999

The Hosta Journal, Spring 2000, Vol.31 No.1 pg 55

Thanks Bill! Looks great!

It's fun looking through old AHS The Hosta Journals!

When Internet was definitely not as we know , and use it today!

We're off to a great Autumn start here in The Netherlands!

Wednesday, the 7th we're back at Het gazebo

Warm and Sunny!

We enjoyed a great warm summer weekend at Krijn Spaan Nurserey for their Garden and Art Fair! The Dutch Hosta Society volunteers chatted about slugs and snails and Hostas! There's always something worth talking about when it comes to that Friendship plant known as the Hosta! Some visitors at our stand were glad to share their 'one Hosta in pot that is slug free' stories! Others were glad to hear any advice to do with keeping slugs away!  The Hosta 'Wheee' show plant attracted lots of attention as well as Hosta 'Fire place' and the Mouse Ears examples!  It was soon 5 pm and time to pack it all up! There's time enough to get ready for the next Hosta activity next weekend!
On the 5th of September The Dutch Hosta Society hosts their  September Garden Tour! This time in West Brabant! That should be a lot of fun!
  

Get busy at the Gazebo!

Yesterday, Wednesday the 26th of August, a group of  Dutch Hosta Society members joined along side by a few local volunteers in Diepenheim for the second round of Hosta inventory! And more weeding! 

 Thanks to the organised paperwork preparations by Frans, the job was quickly picked up by teams of two's! With a list of Hostas and a map for each section, the teams were able to get through quite a few sections of the garden! After yesterday, it looks like there's just one more third still to do! Great work!

 Part of volunteering is also chatting and coffee! 

What better way to spend a day!

 Hostas, coffee, Hostas!

The Gazebo is looking great! We will try and get together one more time, round about early Fall, to finish the last round of Hosta inventory! Before the Hostas disappear for the winter! Hope you can join us then! Fall can be lovely in The Netherlands!

Garden Fair!

Are you in The Netherlands and visiting the area around Hilversum at the end of August? Then why not drop by and spend time at Krijn Spaan Nursery for their Garden and Art Fair! It's a great local activity with art, plants, flowers, food, drink, and Hostas! You will find the Dutch Hosta Society, at one of the many market stalls, with a few show plants and information ! Looking forward to seeing you there!

The next volunteer Hosta Activity!

The gazebo in Diepenheim

Wednesday 26 August

9:00 am is the next

volunteer day !

Shovel, hoe and rake,

bucket and tub

Bring them along!

Coffee, tea and lunch are provided!

Please register by email!