Winter Scientific Meeting of the Midwest Regional Hosta Society

Sponsored by the Midwest Regional Hosta Society

 

The Midwest Regional Hosta Society is once again sponsoring the Winter Scientific Meeting.  This popular winter event will be held Saturday, January 19, 2013 at the Wyndham Hotel, 3000 Warrenville Road, Lisle, IL.  The hotel has given us a $79.00 room rate.  Please make your own reservations by calling 877-999-3223, and mention the “Midwest Regional Hosta Society Winter Scientific Meeting” to guarantee the rate.  You can also make your hotel reservation online by clicking on the link below:

Speakers scheduled for 2013 include:

  • Olga Petryszyn - Experiences and Experiments on Moving a Mature Garden - You Don't Have to Say Goodbye to Your Old Friends
  • Rob Mortko - Tissue Culture for Dummies . . . . Like Me
  • Jeff Miller - So You Want a Shade Garden - Building a Shade Garden Dos and Don'ts
  • Bob Solberg - What Makes a Great Hosta
  • Glenn Herold - The Korean Hostas and Their  Contributions to the Hosta Garden
  • Mark Zilis - Hostas of Distinction, Part 12
  • Richard Hentschel - Garden Pests - The Good Guys vs. the Bad Guys

The program will include a series of three concurrent breakout sessions.  These breakout sessions will be presented twice, so attendees will be able to attend two out of the three sessions.  Click here for a copy of the agenda.

Again this year, there will be a hosta seed silent auction, proceeds of which will be used to underwrite a portion of the cost of the meeting.

The cost of this winter extravaganza is only $55 per person for Midwest Regional Hosta Society members and $65 for non-members, and includes a continental breakfast and a deli buffet lunch.  At their option, non-members can apply the $10 difference in the registration fee to a one-year membership in the MRHS.  Please make checks payable to MRHS, and mail with the registration form to:

Kristine James
523 E. Calhoun Street
Woodstock, IL 60098

Registrations postmarked after January 7 require a $10 late registration fee per person.

Questions? Contact Lou Horton (630-293-7735) or email: lehorton85@ameritech.net