Indianapolis Hosta Society Hosta Show 

May 30, 2026 

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

SHOW OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
1:00 – 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, May 29 and from 8:00 A.M. to 10:00 A.M. on Saturday, May 30, 2026. Entries received after 10:00 A.M. will be placed in a non-competitive exhibit area without exception. Judging begins 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 teardown will be disposed of by the Staging Committee.
3. 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.
4. Entries will be received from 3:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M. on Friday, May 29 and from 8:00 A.M. to 10:00 A.M. on Saturday, May 30, 2026. Entries received after 10:00 A.M. will be placed in a non-competitive exhibit area without exception. Judging begins at 10:30 A.M. All entries must remain in place until 4:00 P.M.
5. Entries, tags, ribbons, and awards may be claimed from 4:00 P.M. to 4:15 P.M. Entries remaining after teardown will be disposed of by the Staging Committee.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. Divisions I-Horticulture, II-Container Grown Hosta, 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.
9. Division VI-Artistic Design will not be used and will be replaced by Division VII-Hosta Trifecta.
10. All decisions of the judges are final.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. For Division I, provided entries score the minimum points, each subclass is allowed the awarding of only one blue, one red, one yellow, and one white ribbon. In Division I, Sections I-V and Section XI, each exhibit or group of exhibits of a registered cultivar or species constitutes a separate name sub-class. Each seedling or sport entry in Sections VI-X is a separate sub-class and is eligible for the ribbon it earns. For Section XII, each unregistered named cultivar constitutes a separate name sub-class, displayed alphabetically. For Divisions II, III and IV, each entry is eligible to receive the ribbon it deserves based on the point score it earns. For Division VII, each entry is eligible for a Gold, Silver or Bronze Award as merited.
14. Division I – Horticulture (Cut leaf) Rules
15. Containers will be provided by the Indianapolis Hosta Society.
16. Bloomscapes are not permitted in this division.
    
    Containers will be provided by the Indianapolis Hosta Society.
    Bloomscapes are not permitted in this division.

For a complete listing of show Rules, Divisions and Awards, and Committe listing, please download the complete PDF

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