Hosta

Genesee Valley Hosta Society

The Genesee Valley Hosta Society (GVHS) provides a forum for gardeners in the Rochester/Genesee Valley Region, interested in exploring and promoting the genus Hosta.
GVHS meets every 2 months, beginning in January; meetings are held on the second Thursday at 7:00PM. The location is Cornell Cooperative Extension of Monroe County, 249 Highland Avenue, Rochester, NY. During the gardening season June – August we meet monthly, the location changes as the program features visits to member gardens.

If you are interested in this organization, please join us for the upcoming meetings listed below, or you can request information by using our contact form.

   Be aware of Hosta Virus X

Upcoming events

Member garden tours
From visit to member garden of Jim Ecker, Frank Mule
Presenter Marion Tobey
Past presenter Marion Tobey

Past Programs

Ran Lydell, hosta hybridizer and owner of Eagle Bay Nursery and Gardens in Dunkirk, NY, presented a program on Leading Advances in Hosta Flowers. Ran’s 20 + years of extensive work in hybridizing has produced recent introductions such as Hosta ‘Breakers’, ‘Breathless’, and ‘Oh My Heart’ that are on the cutting edge.

A program, titled Getting Your Hostas Ready to Show featured a return visit by Kent Terpening. Kent used several hosta plants to demonstrate the selection and preparation of a leaf for entry in a show. Kent admits he enters a show to win awards, and also notes for the viewing public the educational value of increasing awareness of just some of the possibilities the world of hosta has to offer.

Our March 2005 meeting featured Christine Froelich presenting "Container Gardening - including Hosta".

In May we held our hands-on workshop with Leonard Lehman, Jr. covering "Tissue Culture Propagation in Hostas".

Upcoming events

• July 13 - GVHS Hosta show at the Monroe County Faire. Accredited by The American Hosta Society; judging will take place.
Schedule & Conditions - PDF file
Tips for preparing hosta for show - PDF file

• July 14 - Picnic/Potluck and Hosta Buck Sale.

• July 31 - Public Plant Sale - details below.

• Sept 8 - GVHS Banquet with guest speaker Bob Solberg of Green Hill Farm.

 July sale
Don't miss our annual sale - July 31 !
Public Plant Sale Sunday, July 31, 2005 10 AM-2 PM. Located on the grounds of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Monroe County, 249 Highland Avenue, Rochester, NY. Choose from a variety of plants, from the classics to the unusual. Plants have been grown by members of GVHS, Greater Rochester Iris Society (GRIS) and the Greater Rochester Perennial Society (GRPS).
Map showing CCE Monroe office; get driving directions.

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