Our Mission is to promote and enjoy hostas as well as educate gardeners about growing them.
Annual February Membership Meeting
The first meeting each year is held in mid-February at various locations around the city including Frederik Meijer Gardens. Plans for the year are discussed and important activity dates reviewed. The highlight of the evening is a PowerPoint presentation by a guest or member speaker. Presentations include topics on growing hostas, exciting new developments in hosta hybridization, and garden touring. We certainly enjoy looking at ever more hosta cultivars and the gardens they grow in.

Annual May Potluck & Auction
In late May or early June, the West Michigan Hosta Society holds an annual Potluck and Auction at the Allendale Township Hall located on Lake Michigan Drive. This is one of the highlight events of the year when members bring in delicious dishes of food to share for the potluck as well as hostas and other perennial donations for the auction. The potluck portion of the evening begins at 6 pm. The auction, which includes hostas purchased by the club specifically for the event plus all the lovely donations made by members sharing their garden bounty, begins at 7 pm. Be prepared to stay on your toes as the bidding can be fast and furious, especially for the choicest varieties. Most everyone leaves with at least one new treasure for their garden.
Local Garden Tours
Touring area gardens during the summer is always a favorite activity. These tours could be a combination of gardens open for tour during a Saturday in June or a visit to a well-known garden spot in the area. Seasoned tour participants bring along pen and paper to take notes on general gardening ideas along with specific cultivars to add to their wish lists. Obviously, a camera is a good thing to have with you! As with all the club meetings, the public is welcome to attend at no charge.
Bus Trips
Occasionally a trip via comfortable motor coach bus is arranged so many members can easily make a day trip out of the city to visit other beautiful gardens. A fee is charged for such trips.


Leaf Show
Something new for the West Michigan Hosta Society will be a local hosta leaf show at Frederik Meijer Gardens. This is an unjudged show with identified hosta leaves of many varieties shown in various leaf color categories including blue, yellow, edge-variegated, green, center-variegated, and misted or streaked. Leaves in each grouping range from very small to huge, corresponding to the overall clump size from which each leaf is selected. A hosta leaf show is an excellent way to see the astounding variety within the Genus Hosta.