How beautifully you have combined your hosta plants with other plants in your shade garden. It all looks so inviting. Where are the Venero gardens? I have family in the Twin Cities and get down there once in a while and if it wasn't to far out of my way, it sounds like a lovely place to visit. I've read your comments about zone envy and seen the pictures of your blooming plants, and if it's any consolation, I'm even further north and further behind than you!