| 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
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| 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 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) |
Click here to see a
little footage of the annual Tuber Sale! 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) |
A potluck gathering will be at Cynthia Curly and Jim Slopsema's home, starting
at 6:00 pm. Their home address is: 1155 Paradise Lake Rd. Grand Rapids, MI 49546 There will be a short program by Paul Petersen, President of the Muskegon Camera Club. He will speak on "Photographing Flowers and the Garden". He has asked the members to bring large photographs to share and be critiqued. We will also discuss the ADS photo contest. Bring a place setting and a substantial dish to pass. The club will provide the drinks. Contact Cynthia with questions: 616-299-7324 616-299-5608 cyncurley@yahoo.com Directions are off of the Cascade Rd. East exit. Go through lights at Kenmore, Forest Hill, and Spaulding. The very next light is Hall. It only goes left. Go down Hall past 2 or 3 private streets to Paradise Lake Drive. Turn left and left again into the driveway. It's on the corner of Paradise Lake Rd. and Hall. Park along the street, off of the grass. |
| 27 July 2010
(4th Tuesday) |
Potluck dinner at 6:00 pm at Ray Prins's 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 hosted the 76th Annual Midwest
Dahlia Conference and Show, with 1607 blooms exhibited!
Click
Here to see pics from the 2009 MW 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. |
| September 28, 2010 | Potluck at Carol Sears's garden at 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. |
| October 26, 2010 | 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. |
| November 7, 2010 | 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. |
| December | 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
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| August 2010 |
Grand Valley Dahlia Society Show
28-29 August |
| September 2010 |
Michigan Dahlia Association show
3-5 September Monroe, MI. Contact Don Warden at 1-734-753-5336. Southtown Dahlia Club
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| September 2010 |
Greater Cincinnati show
10-12 September Midwest Conference Dahlia Show
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| September 2010 |
Southeastern Michigan Society
18-19 September Contact Wilson Garner for further details: 248-373-6275 Elkhart Dahlia Society
Greater St. Louis:
Dahlia Society of Wisconsin
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| September 2010 |
ADS National Show
23-26 September Chattanooga, TN |
| September 2010 |
Central States Dahlia Society Show
24-26 September. Contact Marion Landerholm for information: 630-627-0028 |