Indianapolis Hosta Society Hosta Show 

June 7, 2025 

Carmel Clay Public Library
425 E. Main Street
Carmel, IN 46032 

SHOW OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
1:30 – 4:00 pm 

This Hosta Show is Accredited by 
THE AMERICAN HOSTA SOCIETY 

GENERAL SHOW RULES 

1. Anyone who wishes to exhibit may do so. However, section and higher awards are limited to AHS members. Any exhibitor who is not an AHS member and wins a section or higher award will be asked to become an AHS member. If the winner refuses membership, the Show Chair may either present the award to the next qualified entry or leave the award vacant. 

2. Entries will be received from 3:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M. on Friday, June 6 and from 8:00 A.M. to 10:00 A.M. on Saturday, June 7, 2025. Entries received after 10:00 A.M. will be placed in a non-competitive exhibit area without exception. Judging will begin at 10:30 A.M. All entries must remain in place until 4:00 P.M. 

Entries, tags, ribbons, and awards may be claimed from 4:00 P.M. to 4:15 P.M. Entries remaining after 5:00 P.M. will be disposed of by the Staging Committee. 

3. Entry tags must be properly completed by the exhibitor. Incorrect entry tag information will be corrected by the Classification Committee and entries may be disqualified at the discretion of the Classification Committee. 

4. During the time of judging, only the Show Chair, Show Co-Chair, Classification Chair, Judges Chair, Judges, Clerks Chair and Clerks are permitted in the immediate judging areas. 

5. Divisions: I-Horticulture, II-Container Grown Hostas, III-Trough/Container Gardens Arranged For Effect and IV-Educational Displays will be judged by panels of three to four American Hosta Society show judges including at least one master judge per panel. The American Hosta Society Point Scoring System will be used to break a tie in judging major awards. Each panel of judges will be the final authority of each class/section it judges. 

6. Division VI-Artistic Design will be judged by National Garden Club Flower Show Judges following the rules set forth in the Handbook for Flower Shows by the National Garden Clubs, Inc. 

7. All decisions of the judges are final. 

8. Care will be taken, but no responsibility shall be incurred by any person, group, or organization for any accidents, damages, injuries, thefts, omissions or commissions of any kind or nature from this show. Care will be taken, but no responsibility shall be incurred by any person, group, or organization for any accidents, damages, injuries, thefts, omissions or commissions of any kind or nature from this show. 

9. All entries designated as registered cultivars and species shall either be listed in the current year’s AHS Hosta Show Classification List or shall have had registration data recorded in an official publication of The American Hosta Society by the date of the show in order to be considered registered for show purposes.