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26 January 2010
(4th Tuesday)
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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.
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28 February 2010
Sunday
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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
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23 March 2010
(4th Tuesday)
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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!
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27 April 2010
(4th Tuesday)
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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.
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1 & 8 May, 2010 (Saturdays)
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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!
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25 May 2010
(4th Tuesday)
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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.
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22 June 2010
(4th Tuesday)
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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.
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27 July 2010
(4th Tuesday)
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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.
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24 August 2010
(4th Tuesday)
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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.
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27-29 August 2010
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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 Gardens. The 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
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September 28, 2010
October 26, 2010 ,
November 7, 2010
December
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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
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