Hosta Vista Podcast — Season 2 premieres MAY 9TH! Every Saturday all summer long, your favorite hosta and gardening podcast is back with new episodes featuring plant experts, nursery owners, landscape designers, and disease specialists.

If you're a plant parent who started with a monstera and is ready to take your passion from indoor to outdoor, this is your next obsession. Hostas are the ultimate shade garden plant — and we have the experts to prove it.

Season 2 guests include hosta expert Bob Solberg, Christina Brinkmann, Al Ritchey, and Dr. Warren Pollock — plus convention coverage, storytellers, and so much more. We can't wait for you to hear it all.

Whether you're a beginner gardener or a seasoned hosta collector, there's something here for every plant lover. Subscribe now so you never miss an episode — just hit the + (follow) button in the corner to get notified the moment new episodes drop.

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Music by Tomasz Redman

Welcome back listeners! We wanted to send you a little summer joy in the middle of January. We are hard at work on preparing for season 2. A quick look at what we've been up to and what we're planning for you this spring.

Join us for the kick off of Season 2 in early May as we're hard at work planning episodes.

Hosta La Vista-The Friendship Plant Podcast

Gail & David Russo of The Russo Garden

Correction: Gail is incorrectly associated with the Online Hosta Journal at marker 1:28 and again 48:33. She is actually a contributor to the AHS e-Newsletter, a totally different publication that is free to members and non-members. The Journals require a paid membership.

Join us for the Season 1 finale of Hosta La Vista, where we’re heading to Cedarville, New Jersey, to visit Gail and David Russo—creators of The Russo Garden.

This special episode dives into their multi-habitat paradise, complete with sunny and shady beds, ponds, water features, and a stunning array of hostas and daylilies. It's a garden built on passion, diversity, and endless exploration.

The Russos are known not only for their lush landscapes but also for their seed work—Gail crops and sells hosta seeds through Facebook's Seed Growers group. They even start seedlings through the winter, sometimes selling them or collaborating with a nursery to grow and market them.

Gail is also stepping into the spotlight with her new articles for the AHS e-newsletter, which publishes quarterly and is free for readers. She’s eager to highlight more gardeners' stories, and hopes listeners will reach out if they’d like to be featured in future editions. Read her July issue here: ⁠https://americanhostasociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/July2025.pdf⁠

From seed-growing tips to fall garden prep, from seasonal care wisdom to how they share their garden with visitors, this episode is a treasure trove of insight and inspiration.

Stay connected with Hosta La Vista:

• ​Follow us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts so Season 2 finds you first.
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Come grow with us—this is one last bloom before the season ends and thank you to all of you who gave our podcast a try this year. We are grateful and hope you enjoyed it. We look forward to season two!

Betsy and Mandy