The Netherlands Hosta Society had a great Hosta day out yesterday! Perfect weather for a grand garden tour of the provinces Drenthe and Friesland. This building dating from 1895 is the first and oldest senior home in Drenthe. The last renovations, in 1974, have turned it into 4 private homes. One of the gardens we went to visit is 1200 m2.

Had to take a closer look!

Any old pottery lying around?

There are about 100 different Hosta's here!

No signs of slugs!

We enjoyed coffee and Dutch Apple Pie at "De Luie Tuinman", The Lazy Gardener. There are 24 different smaller gardens to stroll through. Is that lazy? Here's the veg garden!

This idea in the Blue garden

is one idea that I will take to the allotment!

I spotted this between the huge Hosta's.

Maybe this is where the Slugs are hiding?

We walked along quiet county roads to our next stop.

The Bamboo exposition garden

and nursery, Mei Chu

80 kinds of Bamboo

in a 6 acre garden!

Then to Oldeberkoop in Friesland to

admire Piet's 250 sort Hosta collection!

Hosta Sagae isn't missed here!
Great surroundings for growing Hosta's.

Here's a great creative solution

to display Hosta's!

Yesterday was sunny and warm and enjoyed

with the Hosta Society in a new part of

The Netherlands.

I didn't bring home any Hosta's

but these creatures are now in our garden!

After a hard day at the office or at work it's always nice

to be able to putter about in the garden!
A beautiful evening too!
The neighbour's, Number 55, is for sale.

A blue sky background!

Summer is off to a great start!

Summer time!

Greetings
from Baarn!

A great day out to Bennekom for the "Landleven" fair!

Landleven is a magazine about all things (modern) country.
LandLeven = Life in the country
and life on the land includes all kinds of weather!
Time for coffee and some sun!

Then the weather changed again!

There was something to put a smile on every face!

One of the most delightful things

about a garden is the

anticipation it provides

-W.E. Johns

If you had a bunch of odds and ends and

got rid of all but one of them,

what would you call it?