Maybe reach out to the one that's closest (via email perhaps) and ask for info on how it got started. Another suggestion is to check with local hosta sellers who'd likely be familiar with the greater hosta community in your region. Failing either of these methods, it couldn't hurt to place an advertisement in your local community newspaper or else post the idea on a community bulletin board.

Good luck!

Sounds interesting. Not sure how we find other serious growers. Maybe the AHS member list would be a start.

if you are a member of the AHS ...

then contact them ...

perhaps then have a members list by state ...

ken

Check out the attached link

Here is a link that might be useful: Start a Hosta Society

I think it is a great idea, Don. You might also observe on your driving around the residential areas some hosta in a few gardens. If so, are you up to stopping and chatting with the owner on a weekend or a time when the gardener might be home?

In such a case, I'd have some cards printed up to leave on the door, pointing them to your Flickr or Photobucket site where they may view your garden. Include in your credentials that you are a member of the American Hosta Society too. It might be nice to include a link to the GardenWeb Hosta Forum also. Most folks are Internet savvy unless they are a lot older than MOI! Try for some instant trust and confidence, because a "cold call" is the hardest there is to make.

Oops, we are having another downpour, looks like fog it is so heavy. It gave me just enough time to pot up the six new hosta from Van Wade, but not take their pictures. What a great day to read and listen to the thunder. Another day off. :) Hosta going wild I am sure.

Thanks all; Devon, thank you so much. That's what I need, all right there.

Don B.

To quote Ramone from Peg + Cat, "I do what I can!"

Here is a link that might be useful: Peg + Cat