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Welcome to the Hosta Vision 2022 website. Its chock full of information about this year’s American Hosta Society National Convention, June 8-11, 2022. This website will evolve as we get closer to the convention with refined event details and schedules. It also includes a registration form you can print out and mail in with your check, or register completely online with via credit or debit card.
The Minnesota Hosta Society is delighted to be the host for the AHS 2020 convention. Our membership is excited to have you join us in fellowship and share our passion for gardening with hosta. Our theme, Hosta Vision 2022, was retained from the postponed event of 2020 due to Covid, but also represents the ever expanding use of hosta in the garden used for visual effect. Hostas continue to be America’s number one perennial due to their versatility in the landscape. Plus they thrive in Minnesota’s Zone 4 climate!
As part of this year’s convention we have added a philanthropic element. We request you bring used eyeglasses for donation to Lions Clubs International. For 80 years, Lions clubs have collected old, unwanted eyeglasses for redistribution to the poor in developing countries.
We have lots of exciting things in store for you during your visit. Register now!
Andy Marlow, President
American Hosta Society
Convention Summary
- June 9, 10 and 11, 2022 formal convention dates:
- Seven Meals Include( Breakfast (F/Sat), Lunch (Th/Fr/Sat) & Dinner (Th/Sat)
- Six Educational speakers (Thursday and Saturday afternoons, 3 each day)
- Garden Tours (Fri & Sat morning) – Op-in to ride a bus or drive on your own
- Hosta Show (Wed/Thursday entries, Judging Thursday, Open Show Thursday-Saturday)
- Judges Clinics - Clinic 1: Wed. 1-5 pm, Clinic 2: Th. 9-11 am, Clinic 3: Fri. 7-8 pm
- Hospitality (Wed/Th/Fri/Sat) – evening start time varies, ends daily at 11 pm
- AHS Auction (Friday) – 1:30 – 5:30 pm
- Vending (Th/Fr/Sat) – times vary
- June 8 add on optional tour to SE MN/Rochester. Limited to 100. Cost $50/person and includes a breakfast and box lunch. Bus leaves hotel at 7 am SHARP and anticipated to return about 5:30 pm. Tour includes a minimum of 6 lovely gardens. Shades of Green Hosta Society hosting.
Convention Planning
| ACTIVITY | PLANNING LEADERSHIP |
|---|---|
| AHS Auction | Don Dean |
| Decorations | Cindy Kopacek & Team |
| Educational Speakers | Beverly Lambert & Bob Olson |
| Garden Tours | Mary Schwartzbauer, Mona Keehn & Team |
| Gift Bag | Kim Larson |
| Gift Hosta | Rod Hillstrom & Marv Ten Clay |
| Hosta Show | Rita Gindt-Marvig & Kim Larson |
| Hotel Liaisons | Amy Peterson & Mary Schwartzbauer |
| Judges Clinics | TBD |
| Philanthropy (Eye Glass Collection) | Marv Ten Clay & Mark Glenn |
| Registrar & Refund | Amy Peterson |
| Registration Desk | TBD |
| Silent Auction & Donations | Tom Wright |
| Theme & Logo Development | MN Hosta Society |
| Treasurer | Andy Marlow |
| Vending | Kathy Haram |
| Website | Amy Peterson & Scott VanderVeer |
American Hosta Society (AHS)
The AHS is a not-for-profit organization. The AHS is organized exclusively for educational and scientific purposes, and especially to promote, encourage, and foster the development of the genus Hosta and public interest therein. These purposes are expressly limited so that the AHS qualifies as an exempt organization under Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 or the corresponding provision of any future U.S Internal Revenue Law. AHS includes both national and international membership. Become a member go to the AHS website at: www.americanhostasociety.org to join!
The American Hosta Society (AHS) annually holds a multi-day event that is chock-full with activity for all. Attendees get a chance to tour multiple private and/or public gardens; attend educational seminars; compete in the accredited Hosta Leaf Show; attend Hosta Judges Clinics; shop vendors featuring the latest and greatest hosta additions, companion plants or garden-themed accessories; bid in the AHS auction for that unique “must have” hosta; and best of all, get together with old friends and make new ones in hostatality. In addition, the AHS Board of Directors meet, the annual business meeting is held, and annual awards are presented.
Convention Sponsors
The following organizations have provided sponsorship to the 2022 AHS convention:
The MHS is the host for the 2022 AHS convention. Numerous members have spent their time talents to plan and implement the convention activities in both small and big ways. Our team’s call to arms was “Many Hands Make Light Work”. The MHS financial support is being used to offset some convention costs and to host one night of Hostatality!
The SOGHS was an early sponsor and a fellow hosta society in MN. They serve the SE Minnesota and Rochester areas. In addition to providing financial support they are hosting the Wednesday all day tour in their area. The SOGHS financial support is being used to host one night of Hostatality!
The Midwest Regional HS includes membership of hosta societies that reside in AHS Region 5, which includes the states of Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin. The MRHS financial support is being used to host one night of Hostatality!
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Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 2021 Nation’s Largest Event of Its Kind Coming to Minnesota, June 8-11, 2022 — Hundreds of garden enthusiasts from around the country and the world are expected to attend the annual American Hosta Society (AHS) National Convention, being held at the Minneapolis Marriott NW, Brooklyn Park, MN. Founded in 1968, the AHS is a non-profit organization that has grown from a handful of members in its early days to over 2,000 active members today. As the world’s leading association promoting the hosta plant, their purpose is to foster the development of the genus and its public interest and, of course, share with others the enjoyment that hostas and gardening in general offer.
In 2018 the AHS celebrated its 50th anniversary at the annual convention held in Philadelphia, PA. In 2022 the Minnesota Hosta Society is hosting the annual convention for the third time. Convention chair Amy Peterson says “The MHS is proud to once again host the convention. Our membership is excited to join in fellowship with other hosta gardening enthusiast, often termed “hostaholics”. Our theme “Hosta Vision 2022” reflects the ever expanding use of the genius Hosta in the garden as one of the top perennials of choice due to their versatility in use and form in the landscape. Plus they are very hardy in Minnesota’s Zone 4 climate! A major part of the convention is participating in area garden tours by motor coach bus or a self-driving tour over the span of two days, with many gardens displaying well over 500 hosta varieties. The accredited Hosta Leaf Show creates an opportunity for membership and the general public to see the plethora of variety in form and color the genius Hosta provides as a landscape plant. Also as part of the 2022 convention a philanthropic element is included and in alignment with our theme, attendees and community attendees are requested to bring used eyeglasses for donation to LIONS INTERNATIONAL.”
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Join me at the 2022 AHS convention held June 8-11 at the Minneapolis Marriot NW, Brooklyn Park, MN. Garden tours, vendor sales, hosta show, live and silent auction, educational speakers and much more. Learn more at www.HostaVision2022.com.