Welcome to Uniquely Hostas!
We are a family owned and operated small business in Wisconsin. We are located in Milton, WI.
It started with a teenager and a mentor
Our love for plants really started out with young Justin. Justin was a high schooler when he met Jeff Miller. Jeff and Justin spent a lot of time together since 2009. In this time Justin learned the ins and outs of hostas and how to make his own crosses.
He spent many days designing hosta beds at his parents’ home. Justin got his father Bob into making hosta crosses and soon it became a family affair.
Three acres of woods, two acres of hostas
By the time they finished creating beds at the Milton home they were able to turn a little over 3 acres of woods into a little over 2 acres of hosta beds (momma Dawn needed some grass and veggie gardening space).
Since beginning to make crosses both Bob and Justin have found joy in how the genetics work with the hosta plants and just how odd they can be.
How Uniquely Hostas came to be
We started Geske’s Gardens. The goal was to offload some old seedlings and make space for new crosses. This turned into selling hostas, lilies and daylilies.
We made a 5-year plan to purchase Uniquely Hostas.
Longtime friends Marlene and Jonathan of Uniquely Hostas approached us with a business proposal to take over, which included the prior purchases of Jim’s Hostas and the collections of Owen Purvis and Kenny Z. We took over Uniquely Hostas and continued with Geske’s Gardens for the 2022 season.
We purchased a large amount of hostas from the collection of Jeff Moore and Julie and Monty Carlson. This gave us lots of fun new genetics to work into our hybridizing program.
We have 4 beautiful kiddos and 4 goofy dogs — to say our house has always got something going on is an understatement.
To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow
We believe in this. Our goal is to share our love of gardening and to help others with learning about sustainability through growing. We find joy in growing something fun and new to add beauty to your corner of the earth. We also find value in growing veggies and herbs and the ability to learn to provide for yourself through your garden.
Outside of gardening
We love to live a very simple life. We like to enjoy the outdoors, play with the pups and hang out with the kiddos.
Come see it for yourself
We open the gardens on set dates through the season.