“Hostas, Friends and Music” will be a time for visiting with old friends, making new ones, experiencing Nashville and of course, seeing Middle Tennessee gardens.
Hotel:Nashville Airport Marriott in Nashville, TN. To call and make your reservations at the Convention Rate call 615-889-9300 or 888-403-6781 and mention: HOSTA To get the Convention Rate online, make sure that the group code box shows: hsthsta Make your reservation no later than May 21, 2012.
Tour Gardens include John Douglas and Leslie Mathews, Cornelia Holland, Don and Anne Krantz, Shawn and Melanie Neal, John and Georgeanne O'Connor, Ben and Libby Page, and Richard and Donna Priester.
Speakers include George Schmid - "Hosta Species" - Key Note Speaker
Panel - "Hosta Tips to Grow By"
Don Dean - "Where Did that Trait Come From"
Flo Chaffin - "Shady Characters: Woody Plants for a Hosta Garden"
Jerry Weeks - "From Yon to Here - Asia to the New World"
Mike Shadrack - "Eric Smith - Master Hybridizer"
Bob Solberg - "The Future of Hostas"
Warren Pollock - "Hosta Ploidy 101.15"
Maryann Byrd - "The Southern Biscuit"
Suzanne Burns - "Adelicia Acklen, the Mistress of Belmont"