Calendar of Events 2010

Grand Valley Dahlia Society

 26 January 2010

(4th Tuesday)
 
 
 

 

No meeting in January. Remember to get your dues paid ASAP. The ADS needs to include you in the mailings if you are a member. See membership link for more information.

 

28 February 2010

Sunday
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

This is the month for our 2009 Dahlia Banquet. It will be held in the lower room where we normally hold our dahlia show.  Cost will be $10 per person. We will meet at 1:30 pm. Awards from the 2009 show will be distributed. A slideshow of events will be presented. Please mail your monies to:

Tim Camling

4623 Westgate

Comstock Park, MI 49321

 

 

23 March 2010

 (4th Tuesday)
 
 
 
 

 

Open to new members. We will meet at the Fredrick Meijer Gardens in the Frey room at 7:30 PM. The program will be New Dahlia Introductions for 2010.  This is a high-quality DVD that will show the new dahlias that are on the market for the coming year. By seeing the video early in the season, growers will have a chance to pick up a tuber or two from commercial growers for the 2010 season.  Do you want great show flowers, or cut flowers for bouquets for the garden?  Black-green foliage, or low growing dahlias that don’t need staking? Would you like a dahlia that stands up well in the rain, or one that blooms early? Or do you just want to know where to get the dahlias that are your “favorites”?   Come and explore why we love this flower, and discover what will excite you, too!

 

27 April 2010

(4th Tuesday)    
 
 
 
 

 

General meeting open to new members. We will meet at the Fredrick Meijer Gardens in the Frey room at 7:30 PM.  We will be preparing our tubers for the annual sale, and enlisting members for various duties at the sale. One of the benefits of membership is trading tubers at this meeting!  This is our major fund-raiser, so please donate your extra tubers (named and in good shape with an eye). Prior to this meeting, if you are planning to donate tubers, please contact Jo Jepsen with the varieties that you plan to donate so that she can print off the appropriate labels in preparation for the sale. The stickers will have a picture of the bloom, size, shape, and name.  The earlier she gets your lists the better! You can e-mail her at jojrn@aol.com.  Remember to grow Penhill Monarch for a chance to win a crystal goblet award!  Carol Sears is in charge of the tuber sales this year, so if you have other questions, please contact her.

1 & 8 May, 2010 (Saturdays)

 

These are the dates for our annual Tuber Sale.  The sale will be held both days at the Fulton Street Farmer’s Market in Grand Rapids, near the corner of Fuller and Fulton.  It will start at 8:00 AM and go until noon.   We have fun sharing with others, so help us and sign up to work at our sales! Tell all your friends the dates so they can get show flower tubers at bargain prices!

25 May 2010

(4th Tuesday)

 

General meeting open to new members. We will meet at the Fredrick Meijer Gardens in the Frey room at 7:30 PM. Program to be announced.

22 June 2010

 (4th Tuesday)
 
 

 

PLACE TO BE ANNOUNCED

A potluck gathering will be at 6:00 pm. Bring a place setting, lawn chairs, and a substantial dish to pass. The club will provide the drinks. Directions will be in the newsletter.

 

27 July 2010

(4th Tuesday)

 

Potluck dinner at 6:00pm  at Ray Prins’ garden.   Bring a place setting, lawn chairs, and a substantial dish to pass. The club will provide the drinks. We will demonstrate how to properly exhibit and stage dahlias for showing.

 

 24 August 2010

(4th Tuesday)

Garden tour at Ron and Irene Buit’s, 3755 Earle SW, Grandville, MI. Potluck 6:00 pm. Directions will be in the newsletter. Bring a place setting, lawn chairs, and a substantial dish to pass. The club will provide the drinks. A speaker will talk and demonstrate how to make arrangements.

 
 27-29 August 2010

 

 

In 2009, the Grand Valley Dahlia Society is hosted the 76th Annual Midwest Dahlia Conference and Show, with 1607 blooms exhibited!

Click Here to see pics from the 2009 MW show!

Click Here for winners of our 2009 show!

 

This year is the Society’s Ninth Annual Dahlia Show. It will be held at the Fredrik Meijer GardensThe flower of the year is Little Willo. Remember, John Thiermann is offering a chance to win a crystal goblet award with the best Penhill Andre’s Memory

(AA SC W). There will be something for everyone to enable them to participate in this event. This is a judged show. Check the newsletter for specifics. We will be signing up new members and there will be an information desk with literature and someone there to answer all your questions. Contact Rick Peters, show chairman if you have questions.

Show hours: August 28th: 9-5. August 29th: 12-5. (Photographers welcome).

For directions, CLICK HERE

 

September 28, 2010

 

 

 

 

October 26, 2010 ,

 

 

November 7, 2010

 

 

December

 

Potluck at Carol Sears’ garden, 6:00 pm.  Bring a place setting, lawn chairs, and a substantial dish to pass. The club will provide the drinks. Program to be announced.

 

 

General meeting open to new members. We will meet at the Fredrick Meijer Gardens in the Frey room at 7:30 PM. This is our annual election of officers. We will also discuss how dig, cut up, and store dahlia tubers for the winter.

 

This is the month for our 2010 Dahlia Banquet. Date Time and Place to be announced. Cost will be $10 per person. Awards from the 2010 show will be distributed. A slideshow of events will be presented. More information to come.

 

No meeting

 

 

Other Regional Dahlia Events

 

 7 June, 2010

 

Midwest Dahlia Conference.  Annual spring meeting of the Midwest Dahlia Conference in Elkhart. Much information will be on the Midwest Dahlia conference web page. See links below. A speaker, lunch and plant auction will take place. . This is an exciting  event and a wonderful place to meet other dahlia growers from the Midwest. Some of the new introductions may be available here. For those going, carpooling is a great way to enjoy your club members. Contact Rick Peters for more information.

 

August, 2010

 

 

 

 Badger State Dahlia Society show:    21-22 August

 

 Mahoning Valley show:                            27-29 August

August 2010

 

Grand Valley Dahlia Society Show:    28-29 August

 

September 2010

 

 Michigan Dahlia Association show         3-5 September

 Monroe, MI.  For more information contact Don Warden at 1-734-753-5336.

 

 Southtown Dahlia Club                             3-5 September

 Show in the Southwest Chicago suburbs.   Contact Bud Moore at 708-385-6555

 

September 2010

 Greater Cincinnati show                     10-12 September

 

 Midwest Conference Dahlia Show    10-12 September 

 hosted by the Dahlia Society of Ohio                 

  

 

September 2010

 Southeastern Michigan Society               18-19 September  

 Contact Wilson Garner for further details:  248-373-6275

 

 Elkhart Dahlia Society                               17-19 September.

 For more information call Jerry Wittrig at   574-533-2408 

 

Greater St. Louis:                             17-19 September

 

 Dahlia Society of Wisconsin                 17-19 September

 Show at Brookfield WI.  Contact John Thiermann for further information:  414-327-1759

September 2010

 ADS National Show--Chattanooga, TN:    23-26 September

 

September 2010

 Central States Dahlia Society Show   24-26  September.

  Contact Marion Landerholm  for  information: 630-627-0028

 

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