Hi everyone. I haven't posted here all summer. I have been busy renovating our hosta garden at our local botanical center (Nathaneal Greene/Close Memorial Park). It is 115 acres of gardens. We (the Greater Ozarks Hosta Society) designed, planted, and maintain the hosta garden. It is 10 years old and all year we renovated it with new a new entrance, bigger beds, moving around hostas, a new gazebo, changed the paths from mulch to gravel, and more. It looks beautiful. The main reason for all this work (I call it play) is to get our garden certified as an AHS Display Garden. We will label our hostas and take lots of pictures in 2012 and have an AHS rep look at it in early 2013 to hopefully be accepted in mid 2013.

Plus, I became a Master Gardener. And I joined 2 speakers bureaus and spent long hours building powerpoint presentations. I created "ALL ABOUT HOSTAS", "SHADE GARDENING", and "HOW TO CREATE A GARDEN SANCTUARY". Each one has over 80 slides of Alta Birdsong, (my garden) and lasts about 1 hour. I have several appointments to give these presentations next year.

Of course I still have Alta Birdsong to maintain and enjoy. By the way, if you ever visit Branson or SWMO, contact me, I would be happy to show you both gardens. SWMO

PS" I had to show you my favorite photo from Alta Birdsong this year.