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2023 Dixie Regional Hosta Convention
Choose Your Own Adventure
Cary, NC - May 4-7, 2023


It will not be long before spring is here and the hostas are jumping out of the ground. This year the Dixie Regional will try to take advantage of the excitement of early May to have our annual meeting. It will be hosted by Bob Solberg, Regional Director and Beth Barnes, Regional Treasurer centered in Cary, NC. The dates are May 4-7 at the Comfort Suites Regency Park, 350 Asheville Avenue, Cary, NC 27518. 

The meeting will have a new and fun format. It will be a “Choose Your Own Adventure”. Attendees will choose from a too long list of world class botanical gardens, excellent nurseries, and local gardens to visit in their own vehicles on Friday and Saturday. Of course, we suggest carpooling, so you make new hosta friends or catchup with old ones. Suggested lists will be provided for both days, emailed to all registrants before they arrive so they can start to plot their adventure ahead of the meeting.

There will be hospitality at the hotel on Thursday and Friday nights with an educational presentation Friday night after dinner on your own. Saturday night we will have our Annual Meeting, pizza party, and fun auction after we return from touring.
Some of the attractions include the J. C Raulston Arboretum, Sarah P. Duke Gardens, WRAL Azalea Gardens, and the NC Farmers Market. Plant Delights will be open that weekend as well as Green Hill Farm on Saturday as well as many, many local nurseries. There will also be some private gardens to visit featuring hostas and a variety of gardening styles. Check the schedule for suggested days to visit each of these.

Registration is easy and very affordable, just $35.00. Please copy and mail the registration form (see below) to Beth Barnes with your check. You can register for the hotel online at this link: https://www.choicehotels.com/reservations/groups/SW24E8 or call the Hotel (919) 852-4318 and mention the Group is the Dixie Regional Hosta Society and the code is SW24E8. The rate is $124.00 for King or Double Room plus State and local tax.

We hope we can be part of your hosta adventure this spring and you will choose to come and see us in May. Questions? Contact Bob Solberg, HostaBob@gmail.com.

Schedule:
Thursday, May 4th
  • Arrive at Comfort Suites Regency Park, 350 Asheville Avenue, Cary, NC 27518
  • 8:00 PM Hospitality at the Hotel
 
Friday, May 5th
  • Complimentary Hot Breakfast in the Hotel
  • 8:00 am Meet in Hotel Lobby
  • 8:30 am Depart Hotel for garden tours on your own: Plant Delights, WRAL Gardens, N C Farmers Market, J C Raulston Arboretum, Big Bloomers, Private Garden
  • Lunch and Dinner on your own
  • 8:30 pm Hospitality, presentation at the Hotel
 
Saturday, May 6
  • Complimentary Hot Breakfast in the Hotel
  • 8:00 am Depart Hotel for garden tours on your own: Private Gardens, Green Hill Farm, Sarah P. Duke Gardens
  • Lunch on your own
  • 7:00 pm Pizza Party at the Hotel
  • 8:00-8:15 pm DRHS Annual Meeting
  • 8:15-9:30 pm Live Auction (free to the public)
 
Sunday, May 7
  • Complimentary Hot Breakfast in the Hotel​​
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2023 Midwest Regional Hosta Convention

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Midwest Regional Hosta Convention Coming to Rochester, July 13-15, 2023 --
Garden enthusiasts from around the country are expected to attend the annual Midwest Regional Hosta Society Convention, July 13-15, 2023, at the Best Western Rochester Hotel gather in Rochester, Minnesota. The Convention is hosted and organized by the Shades of Green Hosta Society of Southeast Minnesota.

The theme of the Convention, Hosta dreamin’, reflects the ever-expanding love of and interest in hostas, which have become integral components of regional gardens due to their wide variety in color and size and ability to thrive in Minnesota’s Zone 4 climate.
Each Convention attendee will receive an exclusive Convention Hosta that has never before been offered to the public. Additionally, the first 75 Convention registrants before May 1, 2023 will receive a second gift plant, Hosta ‘Candy Kisses.’

Convention highlights include a kick-off BBQ at the breathtaking gardens of Camp Creek Farm in Preston, MN, tours of five spectacular gardens featuring vast collections of hostas in diverse landscape designs, educational sessions presented by world-class experts, an accredited Hosta Show, a Rod Kuenster Seedling Show, a live auction, a raffle, vendors offering hostas of all varieties, garden art and more, hospitality, and a few surprises. The Hosta and Seedling Shows and the vending area will be open to the public at specified times, allowing visitors to experience first-hand the captivating colors, shapes and sizes that Hostas afford.


Registration and further information at: http://www.midwesthostasociety.org.
Convention Preview Video at: https://tinyurl.com/hostadreamin


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