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2006 DRHS Meeting Notes & Wrap-up

admin — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 04:50:30 +0000

We had a great meeting on May 5 & 6 in Greensboro, hosted by the North Carolina Hosta Society and headed up by Bob and Nancy Solberg and Willa Sackfield. The 70 attendees were well received and well fed. We had a good selection of vendors and a great selection of plants. Vendor sales totaled $3,075 [...]

2003 DRHS - Part 1

admin — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:05:11 +0000

Growing Hostas in the South - Prescription for Success DIXIE REGIONAL HOSTA SOCIETY SEMINAR by Judy Burns On Friday afternoon, September 26th, a group of about 75 of my fellow hosta lovers converged on the Crowne Plaza Hotel in north Atlanta, for a weekend of education, hosta talk, food and fun. The first [...]

2003 DRHS - Part 3

admin — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:58:19 +0000

(continued from 2003 DRHS - Part 2) The grand finale of the afternoon was a “Meet the Experts” panel, featuring Kevin Walek, incoming President of The American Hosta Society and former AHS Editor, Bud Martin of Colonial Farms, and W. George Schmid, author of The Genus Hosta. Questions from the [...]

2007 DRHS Meeting

admin — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:30:48 +0000

from Chuck Zdeb: If you missed the Dixie Regional meeting, June 1 and 2nd in Birmingham you missed a great time! The faint smell of burning south Georgia swamp was in the air as we arrived Friday afternoon for the beginning of the 2007 meeting. After signing in and grabbing a quick snack (those Alabama [...]

2003 DRHS - Part 2

admin — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:01:38 +0000

(continued from 2003 DRHS-Part 1) Next on the agenda was Mike Chambers, (MidSouth Hosta Society) who showed interesting slides of the hardscaping project in his garden. Mike uses a variety of materials, including gravel, 2×12 pressure treated lumber, field stone and concrete pavers, for [...]