Happy Holidays !

The Hosta Society of the Low Lands

Wishes all a Merry Christmas

and Happy New Year! 2020 !

December!

Need to find something for the hosta lover on your list?

 or a membership for The Dutch Hosta Society(click here)

How about all those hostas with Christmas in their name !

Het Gazebo in the mist !

A cold misty day at Het Gazebo! Thick fog covered half the country! Might have been 3C ! That didn't stop the volunteers getting together for one last round of weeding this year! It was definitely a hot chocolate kind of day! We did enjoy that outside next to a campfire. By lunchtime the trailer was over flowing with weeds! That's it for this year! We enjoyed lunch together then headed to  Galerie Álafran(click here) where there is great collection of contemporary art. Works by Luitgard Schultz(clcik here) caught our attention! His inspiration came from hosta leaves in an Autumn garden! If you have a chance to visit Diepenheim during December and January there will be hosta fun contemporary art at Galerie Álafran Agenda (click here)
Thanks to all who helped and supported Het Gazebo in Diepenheim this year! We're looking forward to getting together in 2020!

It's mid October at Het Gazebo !

Rainy days and sunshine! We can all talk about weather in October!

And that can be seen in a hosta garden!

Time to catch up with friends, work in the garden.

Next work party is on Wednesday the 20th of November !  

September sunshine and hostas!

At Het Gazebo in Diepenheim !

As Autumn approaches, hostas are changing to their golden hues!

The volunteers are making a difference! Weeding! Planting !

Also the creative design of the Monomet structure was 

rolled forward so that the water works could be checked!

Our next get together volunteering is on

Wednesday 16 October! See you there!

September Garden Tour !

 OpdeHaar open garden (click here)

35 friendly faces, members of the Dutch Hosta Society

started this rainy, sunny, thundery day in Hoevelaken!

So much to see! Wow! A garden to get lost in!

Harry Pierik garden designer(click here)

After lunch we headed north to Zwolle!

Garden designer Harry Pierik explained his designs

as we walked from garden to garden.

A sunny and dry picnic in the park rounded off the day!

It was a great Hosta day! 

A Summers day in August !

A few rainy days and warm weather this month!

The hostas are looking great! So are the weeds!

The volunteers are  working hard!

Planning, planting, weeding and laughing!

We're back at Het Gazebo on Wednesday 18 September! 

Also on the Agenda in September.....

Garden Tour Saturday 7 September

see you there!

Het Gazebo with a Hosta Boost!

The volunteers really did a great job today!

A warm Summers day in Diepenheim!

Weeding, watering, planting and moving two full trailers of compost!

It's really coming together now!

Next month we're back! July 21st! 

On the agenda next month

August 10th and 11th

Visit a garden in Ruurlo! (click here)

Happy Hosta Days this Summer !

Het HostaBlad!

This Summers Hosta reading material !

Published by the Dutch Hosta Society

now known as 

Low Lands Hosta Society

Het Hosta Blad number 61 is in !

 There is a fantastic article written about 

The Striptease Hosta family

by Stefan Rank and Jannes van Rossum!

The Hosta 'Striptease' family tree !

More info about Stefan Rank 

 Dammergrun Nursery (click here)

 Hosta Quiz 6 published in the winter issue.

How did you do?

You will find the answers in number 61 !

Plus Hosta Vitus X, a three year study

and read up on the Hosta Masterclass and meeting!

Would you like to receive a copy in the post?

Join our Hosta Club today!

A great Hosta Boost !

on BBC 1 Gardeners World !

Gardeners World Live this weekend!

Chris Potts and Ollie Walker

Sienna Hosta Knaphill, Surrey

Hostas, garlic extract and much more! 

You know it's Summer in The Netherlands when....

It's busy at the Hosta Nurseries!

 Hostas are heading off to Germany, Belgium

 and other countries!

 There's room for just one more !

Hosta Summer reading and Soccer!

Het Gazebo in the rain!

It was one of those rare times for the volunteers at Het Gazebo!

Rain! A rainy afternoon! Sure was great for the hostas though!

beds weeded, a layer of compost and hostas planted!

We're back on Wednesday the 17th of July!

Time for a celebration!

The Dutch Hosta Society is 30 this year!

Load up the car! Let's go to Trompenburg (click here) !

  After 30 years it was time for something new!

 Together, Karin, the standing chairperson

and Arie van Vliet, the original founder

unveiled the Society's new name!

Hosta Vereniging de Lage Landen !

Hosta Society of the Low lands !

The leaf show and best hosta in pot were judged!

 We strolled through the gardens and the Hostalaan!

And had time to see the impressive collection of 

Hostas introduced by nurseries here in the Low Lands! 

 Jeroen Linneman of Hosta Valley (click here)

shared with us  a great presentation about his 

growing collection of original hostas! 

 Members, friends, new faces and familiar ones

all spent a gorgeous Summer's day at Trompenburg!

Time to head home!

See you all at the next

 Low Lands Hosta Society activity!

Hosta Gold !

at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2019 !

Congratulations Vicky!

First time displaying at Chelsea!

This is a great boost for Hostas!

I think we've got it !

 After a two month trial period using mushroom compost!

The weeds seem to be under control!

 And the hostas are growing!

Next month we're back on Wednesday, June 12th!

Other Activities....

The Dutch Hosta Society celebrates turning 30 year on June 1st!

Hosta placement plan!

We're at Het Gazebo with the monthly group of volunteers!

See the change! Hostas are growing!

It's been a very dry Spring! Time to pump and irrigate!

We'll be back on May 15th!

A Springtime Hosta boost !

Het Gazebo is in need of some TLC ! 

So the volunteers are digging, splitting and potting up hostas!

4 areas received the new potting soil and compost treatment!

We're back April 17th !

Off to a great start!

The Dutch Hosta Society started the year off with their Hosta Master Class and meeting! This year Hans Kramer and The Hessenhof Nursery(click here) hosted this annual event! What a treat for all the participants! The Hessenhof is open! Helleborus and Perennials! Two presentations this morning! The first was Hans Kramer sharing with us his tips on eco friendly gardening! 

 Second presentation was Gert Fortgens and Trompenberg(click here) 

gaving us an insight as to their Hosta history! 

And future!

They have been busy! 

The Annual General Meeting and the Hosta happy hour 

filled the afternoon programme!

" Hosta elata or something thereabouts" !

See you at Trompenburg on June 1st 

for our Summer Lustrum !

Feels like Spring!

And the Gazebo Work Party is back!

A dry, 10C, windy day! Great for weeding

and raking up all those Autumnal beech leaves!

Next month we're starting with the

Het Gazebo Rejuvenation Plan!

 Het Gazebo in Panorama view!

Thanks Ton!

Hosta Wishes !

It's mid February already! Spring is coming!

Are you thinking about beautiful hostas?

Then it's time to start with a few slug pellets!

I found these seeds in the shop this week.

I'll give it a try this year!

Greetings from London!

Wow ! I wonder if this slug travels?

It would make as a great eye catcher at the next

Hosta Society activity!

Thanks Frans for sending this in!

Happy New Year !

New Years greetings to all hosta lovers!

Wishing you a healthy, happy and peaceful 2019