As noted on the About Us page, DVHS holds 4-5 meetings each year. Some are in gardens, with tours, plant auctions, and pot-luck suppers. Others are in libraries or other public spaces, where we can chat and enjoy a presentation by invited guest speakers or by our own local experts.
In addition to our meetings, the DVHS is active in preparing and maintaining public display gardens at local arboretums, and in producing AHS-accredited hosta shows for friendly competition and informing our members and the public about hostas. Please click on the links below for more information.
Calendar and Activities. Come to a DVHS event!
Here is our calendar for 2020.
Our Newsletters page lets you download more information.
Saturday, February 8
DVHS Winter meeting
Hosta Soup Contest and more fun, starting at 12:30. Conny Parsons will be giving an artist's tour of her garden, focusing on garden art.
Saturday, April 11, 1 pm
DVHS Spring meeting
Annual plant sale of choice hostas, and presentation from our own Barbara Tiffany, on "Garden Design Against the Grain."
Saturday, May or June tbd
DVHS Garden Tour (plant sale?)
We hope to fold in our postponed plant sale, once everyone is closer to normal life!
Saturday, June 20
1-Day Hosta Show
In a new vision for 2020, we're planning a modified hosta show in one day (but stay tuned for information about a leaf prep party the night before).
Saturday, July 11
DVHS Garden Tour
Another the area's most remarkable private gardens, created by designers Barbara and Robert Tiffany. Barbara and her team host visitors from around the world; it's a special treat that we DVHS members get to visit for self-guided tours. Mill Fleurs was a a highlight of the 2018 American Hosta Society Convention.
Saturday, October date TBD
DVHS Fall meeting
TBD
We're still lining up our fall speaker and will keep you posted.
And here are some other nearby local or national hosta activities.
Saturday, April 25
Frelinghuysen Arboretum, NJ
Our neighbors at Tri-State hold their annual hosta sale. You must be a member of Tri-State to buy.
May 23
Churchville, Pennsylvania
DVHS member Alan Russell opens his retail nursery to hosta lovers from the region. There's more then just hostas in those hoop houses!
June 10-13
Brooklyn Park (MSP), Minnesota
Four days of Hostaffinity: garden tours, a hosta show, and shopportunities.
Saturday, June 27
Clifton, NJ
David Obssuth hosts a meeting that outside New York, but closer than many of the Tri-State meetings!
Picnic lunch around the plants brought for auction, at the July 2015 meeting.