A new season begins at Het Gazebo !

The volunteers are back in action at Het Gazebo in Diepenheim ! A few weeks ago the Dutch were skating on frozen canals and lakes. Last week it was +17 C ! Today it's a chilly start to a Spring day in March ! Sunny blue skies and a plan kept them warm ! With changes in the climate, warmer dryer Summers, an irrigation system has been aproved. Today the design on paper was marked out at Het Gazebo.

 By the Summer this will look so different, so green !

 Have you seen the touch of Spring ?

Het Gazebo under a blanket of snow !

Snow ! Cold ! -15 C tonight ! Hostas are in their dormant stage !

Het Gazebo waits for the Spring thaw.

Snow in february !

Last week it was 9 C and were there any signs of hostas !?

Spotted in Ermelo, The Netherlands

The snow and cold weather stopped this snail in its tracks !

 The Netherlands in in a clod spell, below freezing, for the week ahead.

Lots of hosta inspiration to begin the new year !

It's 2021 ! While the hostas are hibernating mail's arriving !

There are a lot of full colour hosta photos and information to get the hosta gardener excited for the coming hosta gardening season !

The Hosta Journal Volume 51 Number 2

just arrived in The Netherlands !

Trusty rules for writing plant names

H. ' Halcyon' and offspring

2021 AHS Convention

To divide or not to divide 

and a lot more !

and Het Hostablad nr. 64  2020

The Dutch Hosta Society's magazine !

Letter from the editors, " Frisian " hostas update, enjoying a hosta garden in June and September with 1.5 meter social distancing guidelines, hostas with a special story and location and more !

 

Hosta wishes for 2021 !

The holidays are a time for traditions.

Such as this one :)

and a few ideas for the hosta lover on your list !

Merry Christmas and Hosta wishes for 2021 !

 

Wrapping up 2020 at Het Gazebo

We wish you a hosta filled 2021 !

It was a cold misty frosty morning for the team of volunteers who gathered at Het Gazebo in Diepenheim for one last time for 2020. A fire, hot chocolate, coffee, tea and some good cheer to share and the traditional year end visit to Kunstvereniging Diepenheim (click here) rounded off the hosta season.  We're all wishing you a cozy Christmas and seeing you back here in 2021 !

After the first frost of the season

Het Gazebo looks very different come December !

The hostas are dormant, ready for the Winter.

Thanks to the great team of volunteers for making 2020, 

a year of social distancing and the new normal,

a special year at Het Gazebo.