Utah Dahlia Society: October 2015

Sunday, October 25, 2015

Another peek at Dick Taylor's Garden & The Ladies of the Demo Garden

Dick Taylor spent all spring making sure he had the best soil possible.

His huge investment of time, hard work and resources paid off in beautiful dahlias.

The Taylor's Garden Mascot, Laci

Dick planted 170 dahlias.....

...with blooms that are stunning.

Thank you Dick for sharing your garden.

In fact, Dick and Marilyn are so generous that they have a sign in their front yard inviting everyone in to take a look.

The Ladies of the Demo Garden

Even though it is October 25th we have yet to have a hard freeze in Salt Lake City.

We are winding down the work at our demonstration garden and spent a few hours on October 16th to dead head and clean up just for the fun of it.

Elizabeth and Jan enjoying some sister time while helping in the garden.

Megan, Elizabeth, Sandy, Karen and Jan

Sandy

Once it does freeze we will be digging the tubers and storing them for the winter.

This is a big job that none of us look forward to.

But, we do it anyway because we love these flowers!

Our Awards Dinner will be held

on November 11, 2015 at 6:30

$10.00 per person for a delicious Joe Morley dinner and lots of fun.

Hope to see you there.

Saturday, October 17, 2015

A Visit to Logan, Utah

Finally!

Megan and I have wanted to make the trip to Logan, Utah to visit Ryan and Julie's garden for years now. We finally made it a few weeks ago and certainly was impressed.

They bought a home that was built by one of the first settlers in the Logan valley.

Ryan is a talented craftsman and has built custom furniture and cabinets for the inside and outside they grow prize winning iris and of course dahlias.

They have utilized every inch of their garden for unique and beautiful plants still leaving a bit of grass for their three darling daughters to play.

Their oldest daughter, Leilia is proud of the plant she carefully planted herself.

Cafe Au Lait that grew larger than expected.

Ryan and Julie with Iris and Violet.

Violet was very happy to have a scarecrow in their front garden.

Megan brought cookies.

I could have photoshopped the crumbs but thought Iris looked so cute with them;)

Thank you Ryan, Julie and girls for taking time out of your busy Saturday to give us a tour.

We loved every minute!

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

2015 Exhibition Show

Utah Dahlia Society Exhibition Show

September 26th and 27th 2015

Megan wrote an e-mail that summed it up perfectly:

I am still on a bit of a "dahlia high" after our fantastic show. It was absolutely breathtaking. Thanks to all who participated in any way. Especially show chairman Sandy Burgess. Thank you, thank you Sandy for everything you did to make it such a success!

The quality of the entries was the best we have ever had, due in large part I think to the fact we are learning as we go and becoming better growers. I so appreciate the generous spirit among our group to share their knowledge and experience. Every time we are together I learn something new.

Not only were the dahlias better than ever; the photos entered in our calendar contest were exceptional. Congratulations to our winners! The following will have their photos in our 2016 calendar: Bill Hughes, Elizabeth Palmer, Dick Taylor, Amy Hargreaves, Jan Litster and Karen Crook. Calendars will be available at our November 11th banquet. Cost $11. If you would like to order any, please let me know by Oct. 10th.

Welcome to new Utah Dahlia Society members Doug and JoAnn Smith, Linda Newman & Connie Drenker. It was great to meet you at the show and look forward to getting to know you better. For those who requested receiving our emails and haven't joined yet, it is never too late. Checks ($28 for individual or $32 for a family) Can be made payable to Utah Dahlia Society. Mail to: UDS, 1175 AUGUSTA WAY, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84108. Please send with your mailing address, email and phone #.

Upcoming events:

November 11, 2015 at 6 p.m., our end of year banquet will be held at the Granger Christen Church (site of our demo garden) 3232 West 4100 South. Dinner will be catered by Joe Morely BBQ. This would be a good time to renew your UDS membership.

Another pretty show with 183 entries