Looking for your local hosta society? This may be a little difficult especially if there does not seem to be one in your local area. There is no rhyme or reason as to why a particular area seems to have one and others don't. Sometimes there are more local ones in rural areas and sometimes there is more in urban areas. Usually you can find a cluster of them in a place where hostas are common and the soil is ideal for growing them. In other areas hostas might simply be all the rage.

One of the best ways to find your local hosta society is to go on the Internet and look. All you need to do is type in the key words "hosta society" and then the name of your town into a popular search engine like Google or Yahoo. The search engine pages should then turn up scores of results for your local hosta society if there actually is one.

What should you do if your search engine results turn up nothing in your city? If this happens then you should try typing in different city or town name when you are searching for it on Google or Yahoo. This is because not all hosta societies identify themselves by a town. Some will use the county or even the name of the town that is nearer to you. Your local hosta society might also be named after the next largest city next to you and also after your province (if you live in Canada) or your state (if you live in the United States. For instance there is both a Michigan and an Ontario Hosta Society.

A local society is a good thing to join as very often they use newsletters and phone calls to phone you about local hosta shows, breed competitions, sales and social events. However joining a local one is most valuable when it comes to helping eradict diseases and pests from your hostas in the garden. Often you will be advised by email, snail mail or even over the phone if pests or a virus such as the deadly Hosta Virus X is a problem in your area.

If there is no local hosta society for you to join in your area then you can also consider joining an excellent national one such as the American Hosta Society, which keeps everybody connected through its online E Yearbook, and round robin email that help answer questions and provide advice to members. They may also be able to find your local hosta society through their listings. Searching their website might also give you the name of the ideal one for you to join in terms of both membership cost and proximity to where you live.