An enjoyable aspect of curating the ADS Photo Contest is that the beautiful photos help me to look forward to this year’s gardening. I enjoy seeing the dahlia world through your eyes. I enjoy getting to know you through your notes and comments.
Judging the photos is challenging. The quality of your art is amazing.
There were over 450 entries … See entire post.
Something new has been added to the 2021 ADS Photo Contest and we need your help. This year we are awarding the first ever People’s Choice Award. Please check out the entries and place your vote before February 7th, 2022.… See entire post.
Check out the new photo gallery on cutting dahlia tubers . Thanks to Paula Fisher, Garden Bee Flower Farm, for sharing the gallery with the ADS site.… See entire post.
In spite of the challenges of another COVID year, the results are in, the envelope is opened and the Hart, Dudley, and Gullikson Awards are announced. Thanks to Seedling Bench Chairman Roger Walker and Trial Garden Chairman Marilyn Walton and their teams for continuing this tradition in hard times.
See the awards information here.… See entire post.
Each year the American Dahlia Society (ADS) has a national show somewhere in north America hosted by a local society. National shows are many years in the planning stage. The folks at the National Capital Dahlia Society have been hard at work planning the 2022 show. The ADS now proudly announces the 2022 show. Check here for details. And check … See entire post.
Awarded to the cultivar that has the highest average trial garden score in the accredited trial gardens located across the United States and Canada during the previous year as an AA/A; B; BB; M; Ball/Miniature Ball/Pompon; ST/NX; and Waterlily. The highest three scores shall be used to determine such highest average. In case of … See entire post.
We hope to have the 2021 results from all the trial gardens available soon, but while you wait, check out this video.… See entire post.
More specifically Mark and Laura Oldenkamp, and Joanie Chapel, were highlighted in their local media for their successes at the National Show in Wooster, OH.
Check out these articles and others from the Dahlia in the News page.… See entire post.
