Each spring, the ADS Board convenes to plan for the coming year and beyond. We go to a different city each year and are hosted by the local society. This year we had a wonderful time in Denver, Colorado.
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Members of the Colorado Dahlia Society. L to R: Sherry Perry, Linda Quade, Jennifer Carpenter (ADS rep), Calvin Cook) CDS Vice President) , Phil Duclos (CDS President), Gina Cameron (CDS Secretary), Janet Cook, John Quade
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The Board Attendees. Front row: Marcia Holt, Ali Richards, Linda Holmes-Cook. Rosemary Freeman, Brad Freeman, Alan Fisher. Back Row: Sharon Swaney, Terry Schroeder, Jerry Landerholm, Elva Sellens, Mel Epstein, Dan Baulig, Bob Schroeder, Charles Miehm, Harry Rissetto, Mark Oldenkamp.
Why a cactus picture on a dahlia site? In our free time, the Colorado Society treated the Board to a visit to The Gardens on Spring Creek, a beautiful community botanical Garden. But fear not we had dahlias too – in early June!
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ADS VP Mark Oldenkamp with Dahlias grown under cover by Calvin and Julie Cook of Arrowhead Dahlias
And as usual, the meeting ended with an ice cream social.
PS: The Board did a lot of work, too!
Photos from the meeting (except for cactus) by Bob Schroeder.