Welcome to the 9th Annual Dahlia Show of the Grand Valley Dahlia Society
We would like to give particular thanks to all of the support and assistance of our co-host
Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Grand Valley Dahlia Society Show Leadership Team
Show Chairman
Richard Peters
Registration Chairman
Joanne Jepsen
Honor Table
Irv Marcus
Arrangements
Lil Eitniear
Set-Up Chairmen
Shirley Stickney Rich Stickney
Classification
John Thiermann Wilson Garner
Our Flower of the Year is Little Willo, hybridized by Norm Williams from Australia.
It is distinctly unusual for a Pompon dahlia to be selected as a society’s Flower of the Year, but this
year is the 75th anniversary of this dahlia variety! We honor Little Willo in
hopes of educating gardeners that vegetative reproduction of the dahlia can go on for decades.
Little Willo’s fine color and form are as vibrant today as they were in 1935 when it was first
shown in the United States.