2014 EXHIBITION SHOW

 Megan said it all when she wrote:

Hard to believe that our Dahlia Show has come and gone already.  What a fantastic array of gorgeous dahlias filled the garden center this weekend.  Thanks to all who came, entered and judged.  It was a wonderful event surrounded by an amazing variety of forms and colors.  

In other show news we have our photo winners for the calendar contest:  Congratulations to Bill Hughes, Ryan & Julie Williams, Jan Litster, Karen Crook, Mark Hurst and Megan Badger.  

We also are proud to announce the winner of this year's People's Choice Award.... Larry Stevens won by popular vote for his beautiful entry of Bodacious.  

Congratulations Larry for bringing such a spectacular bloom.

In other show-related news, we are sad to say goodbye to Nick Spencer as our Show Chairman.  Since the very start of our group, Nick has been in charge of the show.  As they say... "all good things must come to an end" and  Nick is ready for a change.  We wish him well.  His wealth of 'Dahlia' knowledge, his attention to detail and his kindness to all; made Nick a perfect show chairman.  So thank you, thank you, thank you Nick for all you have done for the Utah Dahlia Society.

The show winners were:

BEST OF SHOW AND BEST BB

CASTLE DRIVE

KAREN CROOK

BEST AA

AC BEN

STEPHAN LECHEMINANT

 BEST BALL

HY SUNTAN

 JAN LITSTER

           BEST THREE BLOOMS

           EMBRACE

             BILL AND BARBARA HUGHES

                                                         BEST B
                                                   CAMANO SITKA
                                           BILL AND BARBARA HUGHES

BEST A

DORIS B

MEGAN BADGER

 BEST EXOTIC

MIDNIGHT STAR

SANDY BURGESS

BEST M

WESTON SPANISH DANCER

BILL AND BARBARA HUGHES

BEST ARRANGEMENT

MEGAN BADGER

Megan with her winner "Doris B"

Bill Hughes with his three entries on the Head Table

 Mark Hurst, Megan Badger, Nick Spencer and Karen Crook

 Head Table Winners

 What a show!

 Karen Crook with her Castle Drive - Best BB and Best of Show Winner

 Our 2014 Show

Many thanks to our President, Mark Hurst for leading the way, to Megan Badger for all that she does, Nick Spencer for his work as Show Chairman, Judges: Becky Swalberg, Stephan LeCheminant, Ryan Williams and Bill Hughes who had an incredibly hard job.  Thanks to the clerks Sandy Burgess and Cheri Schultzky.  Also thanks to Cheri for helping to cut flowers, make arrangements, and set up the show with myself and Megan.
A big Thank You to Spence and Emily Mortensen for donating all the dahlias for our arrangements that help to fund our show.  
Thanks to Megan for much of the text on this post and to Bill Hughes for many of the photos.
 Last but not least, thank you to everyone that brought entries.  We wouldn't have a show without you.


 If you are interested in getting a list of all the ribbon winners please get in touch with me and I will get you a hard copy or send the PDF file that Nick was so great to provide.

Watch for Posts of our 
Member Garden Tours
 coming in October. 

Bill's Photography

I am in the process of getting the information together to post about our recent show.  

In the meantime, I could not wait to share these fabulous photos that Bill Hughes took at the show and was kind enough to share with us.  

Many of these blooms were blue ribbon winners and even made it to the Head Table.

Thank you Bill!

 Bill's arrangement of Embrace

 Bill's Camano Sitka

 Megan's Doris B

 Megan's Arrangement

 Steve's AC Ben

 Mark's Ketchup and Mustard

 Karen's Zoey Rey

 Bill's Weston Spanish Dancer

Karen's Castle Drive

AUGUST MEETING AND UPCOMING SHOW

Megan's E-mail:

It is prime time for those of us who love dahlias.  The Demo garden is on the verge of major blooming, those who attended our summer party at Spence's, saw some spectacular dahlias... thank you Spence for a wonderful evening... and we are just a few weeks away from our annual Dahlia Show.  It will be held September 13th & 14th at the Garden Center at Sugarhouse Park.  Entries can be brought Friday September 11th between 6 & 8 p.m. or Saturday morning between 8 and 10 a.m..  

Important show news:

We will not be using the green plastic show vases we have used for the past few years.  At our get-together last week, we discussed other options and by majority vote, we decided to go back to using clear vases.  This is what we did for our first few shows.  Any clear glass vase is acceptable and are available at the DI and other thrift stores.  Everyone who enters any blooms is responsible for providing their own vases.  If you don't have any vases, let me know and this year we will have some extra at the Garden Center if you don't bring your dahlias ready-to-show.  

Many thanks to Spence and Emily for hosting our August Meeting.  A little rain did not hinder us from having a wonderful time and enjoying their lovely gardens and delicious food.

 Spence and Emily's backyard view.  Spectacular!!

 One of many dahlia gardens

 Megan and Dick

 We had a delicious Pot Luck Dinner.  Thanks to everyone who came and brought such great food.

 Ryan and Iris

Lynne and Jim

Watch for our member's Garden Tours coming soon!