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The Middle Tennessee Hosta Society (“MTHS”) was established in 1998. Members’ interests include hostas, shade gardening and ponds. Visitors are welcome! Programs and activities are chosen that provide a learning experience for all, whether you are new to gardening or have a hosta collection.
See News in Breif to read about our members' activities at the recent 2010 AHS Convention!
Membership in AHS is encouraged and MTHS members can earn a paid 2011 AHS membership through a point system which recognizes participation in MTHS events. The Hosta Journal (AHS) published three times each year is abundant with hosta information and photographs of national tour gardens and the latest hosta hybrids. The Dixie Regional Seminar will be in Waynesville, NC July 15-17. See their websites for further information.
“Hostas, Friends, and Music” is the theme of the 2012 AHS Convention to be held June 13-16, 2012 at the Nashville Airport Marriott. Hosta growers and hybridizers from around the world will attend. Cornelia Holland and Virginia Gregory-Kocaj are Chairmen of the convention and welcome suggestions you may have.
In addition to local and regional growers, nationally and internationally recognized speakers have highlighted MTHS programs: Mike Shadrack and Diana Grenfeld (England), authors of The Color Encyclopedia of Hostas and The Pocket Guide to Hostas; George Schmid, author of The Genus Hosta and An Encyclopedia of Shade Perennials; Kevin Walek and Bob Olson, each former AHS presidents and editors of The Hosta Journal; Bob Solberg, owner of Green Hills Farm in Chapel Hill, NC, former editor of The Hosta Journal and hybridizer of hostas for southeastern gardens; and, Mark Zills, owner of Q&Z Nursery and author of The Hosta Handbook and Hostapedia. C.H. Falstad, of Walters Gardens, and also a former AHS president will speak in June.
On-going projects of MTHS include: staging a booth at the Nashville Lawn & Garden Show, at which time bare root hostas are sold; providing information at the Williamson County Master Gardeners’ Bloom’n Expo; and, an Annual Hosta Sale, (featuring over 200 varieties) held the Saturday before Mother’s Day in the parking lot of the Maryland Farms YMCA in Brentwood, TN.
The Genus Hosta and the term “The Friendship Plant” have become synonymous.
For further information on hostas, see http://www.hostalibrary.org.
We look forward to meeting you at an MTHS event.