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EVENTS AND MEETINGS

2013 Calendar of Events - Updated 4-24-2013

More information about the following events is forthcoming in future newsletters. Contact Phyllis Weidman to sign up to volunteer to help at any of our events.

All St. Louis Hosta Society meetings are held at 1:00 pm at the Creve Coeur Government Center, 300 N. New Ballas, St. Louis, MO 63141 (between Ladue Rd. and Olive), unless otherwise noted.

Jan. 19	Winter Scientific Meeting -Visit Midwest Regional Hosta Society for more information.
Feb. 17	Annual Pot Luck Lunch Hosta Trivia Contest Club plant orders are due The club will provide sandwiches and drinks. Members please bring the following: if your last name begins with A-M side dish or salad, N-Z dessert. Short business meeting
March 17	Guest Speaker - Oscar Cross, owner of Hilltop Nursery presents "Shade Garden Companion Plants"
April 21	Vendors Day. Join us for some early season garden shopping! We have a great variety of vendors lined up - bring a friend or two and your checkbook.
Saturday, May 11	Missouri Botanical Work Day in the hosta area. Meet inside the entrance at 8:00 am. Bring work gloves and be ready to dig and plant!
May 19	Garden Walk and Club Plant pick up at the garden of Martha Lafata. See future newsletters for details. Join us for a garden walk at Martha Lafata's garden in Webster Groves. Club plants will be available for pick up. If you cannot pick up your plants, please make arrangements to have someone pick them up for you.
June 1-2	St. Louis Hosta Society Plant Sale, Missouri Botanical Garden. Check back for more info as it becomes available.
June 9	National Open Hosta Garden Day. The goal of this exciting new event is to get more friends and neighbors interested in hostas! Gardens need not be manicured. Please contact Phyllis Weidman if you would like to open your garden on this day. Details to follow in upcoming newsletter.
June 13-15	AHS National Convention - Host city is Milwaukee, WI. Visit their website or find more info on Facebook.
July 11-13	Midwest Regional Hosta Convention. Host city is Lisle, IL. Visit their website for more information.
July 21	Annual Members Hosta Auction - Let's make this year's auction for the sale of only those special or rarer select hostas from your garden. Pot up early, label, and drop off at any officer's home or bring them to the auction. If you need assistance in digging hostas in your garden, please contact one of the officers and we will arrange a "digging crew"! Bring your wishlist and your checkbook - it will be a fun auction!
August	No meeting. Volunteer to host a garden walk this month (or any month)!
Sept 15	Guest Speaker - Rob Mortko, will present "Hot Hostas for the Cool Shade". Rob and his wife, Sheri, are the owners of Made in the Shade Gardens in Olathe, KS.
Oct. 20	Guest Speaker - to be announced
November	No Meeting
Dec. 1	Holiday Party