2019 Event Schedule
Mark your schedule for our 2019 program calendar of events!
The events planned for this year include a great mix of education and fun. And as always, when you attend, you'll have the opportunity to connect with other hosta fans! We welcome and encourage you to provide your feedback and ideas for future programing. If you would like to share your suggestions for interesting speakers and activities, simply email us, or reach out to a Board Member.
Mark your schedule for our 2019 program calendar of events!
The events planned for this year include a great mix of education and fun. And as always, when you attend, you'll have the opportunity to connect with other hosta fans! We welcome and encourage you to provide your feedback and ideas for future programing. If you would like to share your suggestions for interesting speakers and activities, simply email us, or reach out to a Board Member.
NEHS Winter Meeting: Photo Contest, Speaker and Potluck Lunch
Sunday, February 3, 2019
General Meeting at Noon (Management Committee meets @ 10:00)
Pot Luck, bring a dish to Share
Our first meeting this year is being held in February because Tower Hill will be closed for the month of January in 2109... but this won't slow us down. We celebrate the New Year with our traditional potluck meal and Photo Contest. We hope you spent the summer taking hosta pictures! One of your photos could be in the next NEHS calendar. For Photo Contest Guidelines, click here. Please bring your favorite dish (entree, salad or dessert) to share. Beverages will be provided.
At 2:00 we'll welcome our own Chuck Doughty, NEHS member, former Trustee, and co-owner of Cochato Nursery in Holbrook, MA. Chuck will speak on hosta gardening and the latest hosta trends. This will be an informative and entertaining presentation - a boost towards spring! Don't miss it. As always, we have a fun raffle and copies of the 2019 calendars will be for sale.
Location: Tower Hill Botanic Garden Classroom C ~ Boylston, MA.
Sunday, February 3, 2019
General Meeting at Noon (Management Committee meets @ 10:00)
Pot Luck, bring a dish to Share
Our first meeting this year is being held in February because Tower Hill will be closed for the month of January in 2109... but this won't slow us down. We celebrate the New Year with our traditional potluck meal and Photo Contest. We hope you spent the summer taking hosta pictures! One of your photos could be in the next NEHS calendar. For Photo Contest Guidelines, click here. Please bring your favorite dish (entree, salad or dessert) to share. Beverages will be provided.
At 2:00 we'll welcome our own Chuck Doughty, NEHS member, former Trustee, and co-owner of Cochato Nursery in Holbrook, MA. Chuck will speak on hosta gardening and the latest hosta trends. This will be an informative and entertaining presentation - a boost towards spring! Don't miss it. As always, we have a fun raffle and copies of the 2019 calendars will be for sale.
Location: Tower Hill Botanic Garden Classroom C ~ Boylston, MA.
NEHS Hosta Information Table at the Boston Flower Show
March 13-17, 2019
NEHS will host a hosta information table at the 2019 Boston Flower Show. We will have several tables with printed information on hosta growing and care, the use hosta in the garden, as well as, pictures of different hosta varieties and hopefully a few plants. We would like to have 2-3 members present at the table to answer attendees' questions about hosta and to share the joys of NEHS membership. Please consider lending a hand during the days and times that NEHS will be at the show. You will get to see the show and have some of your parking expenses covered.
Location: Seaport World Trade Center, 200 Seaport Blvd, Boston, MA
Remember last year's display garden set-up days?
March 13-17, 2019
NEHS will host a hosta information table at the 2019 Boston Flower Show. We will have several tables with printed information on hosta growing and care, the use hosta in the garden, as well as, pictures of different hosta varieties and hopefully a few plants. We would like to have 2-3 members present at the table to answer attendees' questions about hosta and to share the joys of NEHS membership. Please consider lending a hand during the days and times that NEHS will be at the show. You will get to see the show and have some of your parking expenses covered.
Location: Seaport World Trade Center, 200 Seaport Blvd, Boston, MA
Remember last year's display garden set-up days?
NEHS Spring Meeting and Speakers
Saturday, March 23, 2019
General Meeting at noon (Management Committee meets @ 10:00).
Bring your own lunch, beverages will be provided.
After our general membership and business meeting we will be hosting an array of speakers:
Lots of information for everybody! We'll see you there.
Location: Tower Hill Botanic Garden Classroom C ~ Boylston, MA.
Saturday, March 23, 2019
General Meeting at noon (Management Committee meets @ 10:00).
Bring your own lunch, beverages will be provided.
After our general membership and business meeting we will be hosting an array of speakers:
- Paula Lehtola, NEHS member and AHS judge, will talk about the upcoming Hosta and Daylily Show (June 21, 2020). She will tell how to select and prepare hosta leaves for the show, and share what the judges will be looking during the judging of the leaves. Paula will be the Chair for the Hosta Show.
- Rip Sokol, NEHS member and owner of The Hosta Farm of Mendon (Fourth Generation Nursery) will speak on 'What's new in Hostas for 2019" Sharing insight on how nurseries make their spring selections.
- Fred Wersan, NEHS Trustee and hosta enthusiast, will share his tips on starting and growing hosta from seed.
Lots of information for everybody! We'll see you there.
Location: Tower Hill Botanic Garden Classroom C ~ Boylston, MA.
Elm Bank 'Gardeners' Fair' Plant Sale
Saturday, May 11, 2019 9 am to 3 pm
Presented by the Massachusetts Horticulture Society, the Gardener's Fair and Society Row Spring Plant Sale will be held at Elm Bank, 900 Washington St., Wellesley MA. Qualifying NEHS members welcome to participate and sell plans. To qualify, you must attended a minimum of 2 NEHS meetings within a year. Proceeds from plant sales: 10% to NEHS, 10% to Mass Hort, and 80% to seller.
Contact Sue Andersen if interested in participating
Saturday, May 11, 2019 9 am to 3 pm
Presented by the Massachusetts Horticulture Society, the Gardener's Fair and Society Row Spring Plant Sale will be held at Elm Bank, 900 Washington St., Wellesley MA. Qualifying NEHS members welcome to participate and sell plans. To qualify, you must attended a minimum of 2 NEHS meetings within a year. Proceeds from plant sales: 10% to NEHS, 10% to Mass Hort, and 80% to seller.
Contact Sue Andersen if interested in participating
Tower Hill Plant Sale
Saturday, June 1, 2019 9 am to 2 pm
9:00am - 2:00pm
Annual Plant Sale - nice variety of plant purveyors and society groups: including the New England Hosta Society. NEHS members (must have attended at least 2 meetings) are welcome to sell hosta and companion plants. A fun day to sell and buy plants!
Contact Sue Andersen if interested.
Location: Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Boylston, MA
Saturday, June 1, 2019 9 am to 2 pm
9:00am - 2:00pm
Annual Plant Sale - nice variety of plant purveyors and society groups: including the New England Hosta Society. NEHS members (must have attended at least 2 meetings) are welcome to sell hosta and companion plants. A fun day to sell and buy plants!
Contact Sue Andersen if interested.
Location: Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Boylston, MA
American Hosta Society Annual Convention
June 12-15, 2019
This year's AHS Convention "Hostaffinity" will be held in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Green and Gold Hosta Society of Notheastern Wisconsin will host the 51st AHS convention. For more information and registration forms, visit the website www.ahs2019event.org.
First Look 19
There is no First Look event planned for 2019.
First Look is considered to be The Place to be for an exciting first look at the very newest in hostas. You can come browse or enter a seedling or sport of your own. Awards, contests and vendors. Watch for updates on future events on the First Look link at the Hosta Library.
June 12-15, 2019
This year's AHS Convention "Hostaffinity" will be held in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Green and Gold Hosta Society of Notheastern Wisconsin will host the 51st AHS convention. For more information and registration forms, visit the website www.ahs2019event.org.
First Look 19
There is no First Look event planned for 2019.
First Look is considered to be The Place to be for an exciting first look at the very newest in hostas. You can come browse or enter a seedling or sport of your own. Awards, contests and vendors. Watch for updates on future events on the First Look link at the Hosta Library.
NEHS Members Summer Garden Tour and Picnic
Saturday, August 3, 2019
Rip Sokol and his wife Ginger have invited us to tour and picnic at the Hosta Farm of Mendon/Fourth Generation Nursery in Mendon, MA. They will be giving us more details in the days to come, but until then visit the website at www.fgnsales.com to see a layout of the nursery and look over the list of hostas (these are big plants) for sale. Water gardening is one of their specialties.
Please bring a picnic dish to share and as always, we will be having a hosta auction and raffle. Donations for both are always welcome.
Details and directions will be in the NEHS member newsletter.
Saturday, August 3, 2019
Rip Sokol and his wife Ginger have invited us to tour and picnic at the Hosta Farm of Mendon/Fourth Generation Nursery in Mendon, MA. They will be giving us more details in the days to come, but until then visit the website at www.fgnsales.com to see a layout of the nursery and look over the list of hostas (these are big plants) for sale. Water gardening is one of their specialties.
Please bring a picnic dish to share and as always, we will be having a hosta auction and raffle. Donations for both are always welcome.
Details and directions will be in the NEHS member newsletter.
NEHS Annual Meeting: Elections, Potluck Lunch and Speaker
Saturday, October 26, 2019
Noon - Potluck and Annual Meeting (Management Committee meets @ 10:00)
As always, we will have a Potluck lunch at the October Meeting. Please bring a favorite dish to share; entree, salad or dessert. Beverages will be provided.
Program @ 2:00 PM in the auditorium: Mal Condon, hydrangea expert. It is an honor and a privilege to have Mal Condon speak to us on hydrangea. A world reknowned specialist in the field, Mal is VP of the Cape Cod Hydrangea Society and the curator of the Hydrangea gardens at Heritage Park in Sandwich hydrangeafarm.com. He will talk to us just before he heads to Australia and the hydrangea down under for the winter. See you there!
Location: Tower Hill Botanic Garden Classroom C ~ Boylston, MA.
Saturday, October 26, 2019
Noon - Potluck and Annual Meeting (Management Committee meets @ 10:00)
As always, we will have a Potluck lunch at the October Meeting. Please bring a favorite dish to share; entree, salad or dessert. Beverages will be provided.
Program @ 2:00 PM in the auditorium: Mal Condon, hydrangea expert. It is an honor and a privilege to have Mal Condon speak to us on hydrangea. A world reknowned specialist in the field, Mal is VP of the Cape Cod Hydrangea Society and the curator of the Hydrangea gardens at Heritage Park in Sandwich hydrangeafarm.com. He will talk to us just before he heads to Australia and the hydrangea down under for the winter. See you there!
Location: Tower Hill Botanic Garden Classroom C ~ Boylston, MA.
NEHS Winter Meeting, Photo Contest and Potluck Lunch
Sunday, February 9, 2020
General Meeting at noon (Management Committee meets @ 10:00)
We always have a potluck meal to start off our new year of hosta adventures. Please bring a favorite dish to share - entree, salad or dessert. Beverages will be provided
In addition to our annual photo contest we will be joined via skype by Jonathan Hogarth. The topic is "Hostas Do Make You Friends." Jonathan maintains the UK national collection of mini hosta. Should be an interesting to hear what's happening across the pond with the ever popular mini hostas. This will be our first skype presentation!
Location: Tower Hill Botanic Garden Classroom C ~ Boylston, MA.
Things to look forward to in 2020! More details to follow.
Saturday, March 28, 2020 NEHS Spring Meeting and Program -
Richard Merritt of New Hampshire Hosta to speak on "Organic Approach to Pest Control in the Garden." www.nhhostas.com
American Hosta Society Convention - June 10-13, 2020
Hosta Vision - Minneapolis, Minnesota.
NEHS Leaf Show - Friday June 19 - June 21, 2020.
Set-up Friday and Saturday morning, judging and awards Saturday afternoon.
Mark Zillis to speak.
NEHS Annual Meeting, Elections and Program - November 14, 2020.
Bob Solberg to speak.
NEHS Spring Meeting - February 14, 2021.
We are always looking for interesting programs.
- Have a suggestion for a speaker or program? Let Tina Rufo know!
