Events

2026 Calendar

May 19,2026 - Member Meeting  6:30PM

Location: Maggie Keesey's Garden, 941 Polk, Morton, Ill

Program: Japanese Beetles, presented by Ellen Dinler, Master Gardener 

Come early to register for door prizes and stroll in the garden. Bring a lawn chair.

Directions: From Peoria take 74 East to Exit 102 on right to Morton; turn right onto N. Morton Ave; turn left onto W. Jackson Street; turn left onto N. Main St; turn right onto N. Third Av; turn left on E. Polk Street. The house is on your left. 

June 10-13, 2026

2026 American Hosta Society Convention  Dublin, Ohio 

June 16, 2026 - Member Meeting  6:30 PM

Location: Roger and Kathy Becker's Garden, 6328 S. Navajo Dr., Peoria IL

Program: The Trails and Tribulations of Building a Pond

Speaker: Roger Becker

July 9-10-11,  2026  

2026 Midwest Regional Hosta Society Convention  Madison  WI

July 21, 2026 - Member Meeting - 6:30 PM

Location: Rayo and Charles Boursier's Garden, 2300 N. Main Street, E. Peoria, Il

Program: To Be Determined

August 8, 2026 - CIHS Van Trip to the Chicago Botanical Garden

Cost: $55 per person - (Admission to the Chicago Botanical Garden not included)

You are encouraged to become a member of Luthy Botanical Garden. Your membership there will allow you to enter this and many other botanical gardens throughout the country for one year!

Register before July 1st to have your name in a drawing for a free membership to Luthy Botanical Garden! 

Location: Meet at ICC East Peoria Campus - Horticulture Building Land Laboratory Parking Lot G

Leave your car at ICC for the day. 

Time: Vans (15 passenger) leave promptly at 7:00 AM   Return approx 7:00 - 8:00 PM

Bring a sack lunch or plan to eat the the cafe at the Chicago Botanical Gardens. 

We plan to stop at Woldhuis Farms Sunrise Greenhouse in Grant Park IL on our way home.

Chicago Botanical Garden Website:  www.chicagobotanic.org 

Sunrise Greenhouse Website: www.woldhuisfarms.com 

Please return your registration by July 21st to Karen Hofstetter, 22223 Grosenbach Road, Washington, IL 61571. If you have any questions, you may call or text Karen @ (309) 740-6094 or E-mail rkhofstetter@juno.com. Please include in the envelope your check to CIHS for $55/person for in your party riding the van. 

Click on file below and print the registration form:

August 22, 2026, Saturday:  Plant Auction - Hostas and Companion Perennials - 10:00AM

Location: Illinois Central College Land Laboratory Parking Lot G, Horticulture Department, East Peoria, Il

Club members will donate for auction hostas, companion plants and garden art. The public is invited to attend. All sales final. Only cash or checks will be accepted. No Credit Cards. Come early to register and obtain an auction number card. Items will be available for viewing before the auction. In the past we have held this every other year event on our August Tuesday meeting evening. We are moving this event to Saturday Morning to attract more people from the community. Tell your friends! Some unique or hard to find hostas will be available.

September 15, 2026, Annual Banquet

Location: Barracks Cater Inn East  Port Banquet Center, 703 Mariners Way, East Peoria IL

Program: Rock Gardens, by Dave Cadura