While we welcomed two new garden club members, Tom Micheletti, owner of "The Hosta Patch" from Deer Park presented an informative program on Hostas in the Landscape. Colorful slide shows of the variations in color, size and shape, flowers, companion plants, landscape uses, dividing them with some evolution of hostas in years 1996 through 2009. Club members were able to purchase various plants and learned more about the characteristics of the ones they were purchasing.
Pictured from left: Judy Walter, Jack Hilt, Ann Hilt, Marita Sension, Gina Dunkley, Tom & Becky Micheletti, Priscilla Rutter, Barb Patterson.At our September meeting Tom & Kathryn Hausman of the Northeastern Illinois Rose Society will be speaking on history, varieties and horticultural practices of roses. Kathryn Hausman is the president of the Northeastern Illinois Rose Society.
