This year’s bus trip took us to Minnesota Hosta Society Sale, Savory’s Garden, Kelly and Kelly Nursery, and Dragonfly Gardens. We had a good turnout for the bus tour with 22 people from 17 families riding the bus. We had 7 other members who drove themselves for various reasons (some…
A huge variety of hostas this year, including recent additions we special ordered. A special thank you to all our members for providing this large variety and bringing some of the nicest specimens seen at our sales. The early shoppers quickly scarfed up some real beauties! Not as many shoppers…
Thank you to all members that came and helped plant our club buy and plant sale hostas! We potted all 220 hostas in just an hour and a half. After potting, members who ordered hostas picked theirs out to take home. A huge thank you to John for coming up…
We had a nice turnout for this year’s Dahl-Roeder Memorial Garden cleanup. Just like last year, we were sprinkled on but that didn’t dampen anyone’s enthusiasm. What was different form last year, we only put on 3 yards of mulch instead of the way overestimated 5 yards last year where…
Thirty-eight NWHS members were treated to a wonderful luncheon on March 1st at Cowboy Jacks before our 2026 Planning Meeting. What a great turnout and productive meeting to establish this year’s upcoming events! We elected Tami Gillis as Vice President and look forward the additional ideas and activities she is…
This year, Gary Meyers hosted the annual NWHS garden tour / auction and put on a scrumptious fish fry for members. Besides catching all the fish for the fish fry, Gary had to contend with cleaning up three enormous trees that came down in his garden during an early July…
The first NWHS garden tour this year in June at Jan’s was cold and rainy, so of course our July garden tour at Lynn’s had to be hot and humid. Despite the weather, Lynn’s garden was pristine and the flowers spectacular, although she reported the abundant bunny population visiting her…
Not the nicest weather for a garden tour. The cold and occasional sprinkles probably dissuaded some members, but those who came were treated to a spectacular garden with iris, lupine, and other perennials in bloom along with Jan’s wide variety of hostas. What a treat to see her original hosta…
This year’s annual shopping trek took us to Hosta Stop Gardens in Plover, WI, followed by Uniquely Hostas in Milton, WI, and, as an added unplanned bonus, Hollsboro Hosta & Greenhouse in Hillsboro, WI. A special thank you to all these wonderful vendors who offered a wide variety of potted…
I’ll start by saying we’re sorry to all the hosta aficionados who showed up after 9:15 am. By that time, most of the 350 plus plants we brought to the sale were already sold. We haven’t experienced anything like this during our past annual sales. Perhaps it was the harsh…
