" Hostas...What else?"
At Het Gazebo!
The Hostas are starting to grow!
Thanks for the photo's Heidi!
Out next Hosta work party at Het Gazebo is
Wednesday 19 April!
See you there!
Sunday, April 2, 2017
Wednesday, March 15, 2017
We're back at Het Gazebo!
Het Gazebo work party enjoyed their first visit of 2017!
Friends, Sunshine, 15C! Coffee enjoyed outside!
We're having fun! And we're prepared!
The Dandelions had a rough day! They were weeded out!
What's this? A pink one! What a find! Oh, well, got to go!
Our next visit is planned for Wednesday April 19th!
See you there! Amongst the Hostas!
Monday, March 6, 2017
Saturday, March 4, 2017
Hosta Materclass en Meeting!
The first Saturday in March! That's today!
Time for The Dutch Hosta Society to get together!
This year we're at The Sneul Farm(click) ! An old 1892 farm house!
Frans de Steur was our first guest speaker!
Diepenheim is better known for it's Art Society(click)!
And Het Gazebo (click)! Here's a bit of history!
The Hostas here were mostly chosen before1996!
Here's Frans de Steur sharing a photo of a part of Het Gazebo!
Thanks Frans for an inspirational tour of Diepenheim!
I'm sure a few of us will be heading to Diepenheim soon!
After a short coffee and stretch you legs break
Hugo Philips, My Hostas(click) was next!
Hugo shared lots of up to date international Hosta information!
Counties such as Japan, Korea, China, America and Belgium!
And a great story about Hosta 'Andy Murray' !
Look at these hostas growing in the wild!
And what's in store for Hosta lovers in the future!
This might be hard to read but
here's what is going on with Hostas in Science!
Hosta 'Gravity Rocks' is one to look out for!
A daily photo as this one starts to grow is highly recommended!
I'll take you up on that! This Hosta is on my wish list!
And also for me it's Hosta 'Candy Dish' !
This would go great with my afternoon tea collection!
46 members enjoyed your Hosta talk!
Then it was time for lunch! Outside! Dry and about 14C!
It's our tradition to serve soup, warmed over a portable gas burner!
After lunch the annual general meeting took place.
Two new board members joined our team! Welcome Ruud en Jos!
Hosta Happy Hour rounded off the day!
Thanks to all that joined in and made this day a Success!
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
March! Spring!
Signs here of tulips, daffodils and other Spring bulbs!
Our hostas have had enough cold weather here in The Netherlands!
Won't be long now until we see those awaited hosta pips!
In the latest AHS e-newsletter I came across this...
“I've already got that one.
In fact I've got all four varieties
- the green one, the blue
one,
the yellow one and the variegated one.”
Happy Spring!
Friday, February 24, 2017
According to the recipe!
It's time to get ready for the fair!
Gather the ingredients!
40 litres potting soil, 5 litres Perlite
and 4 hand fulls of dried and crumbled beech leaves!
Get your hands in there and give it a good mix! You're ready!
and Hosta Touch of class are all ready to grow!
I think I'll try a round of copper tape just to make sure!
Do you want to see the results?
We'll be at the fair! May 27th!
Sunday, February 19, 2017
That's it for the first garden fair of the year!
At 18.00 this afternoon " Tuin Idee 2017" was officially closed!
There were more that 20,000 visitors this year!
You can find us, The Dutch Hosta Society,
in the top right hand corner! Look for * We're here!
Just a few creative ideas...
Creative wall drawing inside a container shed!
Drawing on the green house glass !
Flowering grape hyacinth dipped in wax, then mounted!
Look! After four days indoors!
First signs of hosta green!
The stars of our hosta market stall this year!
These two hedgehogs!
Then it was time to pack up and head home!
See you at one of our upcoming Dutch Hosta Society events!
Saturday, March 4th - Hosta Masterclass and meeting!
Have you registered?
Wednesday, March15th - Het Gazebo Diepenheim
Come and join in the Spring clean up!
Next garden fairs are Saturday May 27th!
It's almost Summer! Need more hostas?!
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