What’s happening in the Trial Gardens?
Some of our trial gardens have shared pictures of events in the trial gardens. Check out the photo galleries here.
Other trial gardens may send pictures to webmaster@dahlia.org.… See entire post.
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What Does a Novice Dahlia Grower Do After Frost?
Nothing seems to terrify a novice dahlia grower more than coping with the plants after the first frost. Coping with tubers does not need to be a trial. A professional grower can go to the following page for very detailed instructions on dealing with tubers: https://dahlia.org/docsinfo/articles/digging-dividing-and-storing-tubers.
A novice grower, or a casual gardener enjoying garden dahlias, however, … See entire post.
Why Plant Societies Matter
Our own Harry Rissetto was recently featured in American Gardener, discussing “Why Plant Societies Matter”. See what Harry has to say here.
Excerpt posted with permission from American Gardener.
2023 ADS Awards (to people)
The Special Awards Committee thanks everyone in the American Dahlia Society for their continual support of the various awards programs. There are many different awards presented annually. Regardless of the type of award, they all focus on giving recognition to the volunteers and dahlia people that sustain one of the premier specialist plant societies in North America.
2023 ADS
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In the Trial Garden
See what is happening in the Trial Gardens.
Thanks to Virgil Williams for the Canby Pictures and Pat Sadataki for the Bonneyville pictures. Other Trial Gardens may send their event pictures to webmaster@dahlia.org.… See entire post.
ADS National Show Fundraising Effort
Why should we financially support the ADS National Show fund?
For more than 100 years the ADS has been the focal point for dahlia growers throughout the United States and Canada. The value of connecting face to face cannot be replaced by the various forms of social media. From their beginning more than 50 years ago, these shows were
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Member Talent Survey
Member’s Only
Do you have talents that could help ADS streamline its operations while providing additional benefits to ADS members and the local dahlia societies?
We want to know about your talents!
Local Societies Show Reports 2022
Starting this year and going forward, ADS will no longer print the local society show reports in a Supplement to the December Bulletin. We have made this decision for many reasons, some of which are:
- the supplement would be a month later since the Bulletin now comes out in January
- the printing and postage costs for the supplement have
2024 ADS Awards (to people)
The Special Awards Committee thanks everyone in the American Dahlia Society for their continual support of the various awards programs. There are generally four different awards presented annually at National Shows. Regardless of the type of award, they all focus on giving recognition to the volunteers and dahlia people that sustain one of the premier specialist plant societies in North … See entire post.
Test Show Report
Introduction here.
Click on the link below for the report in pdf format. Adobe Acrobat will allow you to select a one or two page view. If you are reading on a small screen you may prefer the one page view, but if you are reading on a larger screen try out the two page view. Most of the reports … See entire post.