Planting the Demonstration Garden

May 1, 2012 was the perfect day to plant the demonstration garden.  We had lots of volunteers to prepare the soil, install the drip system and finally to dig holes and deposit our hopes and dreams for the coming dahlia season.   This year we had funds to buy several new varieties of dahlias along with new cuttings.   It will be exciting to see how the new varieties will do and look forward to those new tubers being available for next year's tuber sale.

 Mark, Steve, Dave and Lumpy do the final touches of the drip system.

 Megan and Lumpy hard at work....

 Sandy's huge contribution was mapping the garden and making sure we knew exactly where each and every tuber was planted with name and other important information.  Each plant is mapped and tagged because remember, Mark can't love it unless he knows it's name!

 Dave Ross has many talents and thankfully willing to share them with the Dahlia Society.

Thanks to all our volunteers and the weather for cooperating this year.  

We will be tending the garden Monday evenings if you would like to help.

Tuber Sale 2012

Our 2012 Tuber Sale was held today, April 28 at Millcreek Gardens.

We are happy to report that it was a huge success!  In fact, we only have miscellaneous tubers left so we are going to cancel the sale dates of May 5th and 12th.

If anyone still needs tubers get in touch with us through this blog or a Dahlia Society Member and we will be happy to let you browse through our remaining stock.

Thanks to Megan Badger as always for all she does,  everyone else that helped and to all the members that so generously donated their tubers for our annual sale.

A special thanks to Millcreek Gardens for hosting our event.

Good Luck Everyone and enjoy the Dahlia Season!

Member's Tuber Sale 2012

It is time to start thinking about our dahlia gardens again.  

We have been busy unpacking our stored tubers and taking an inventory of the tubers we are donating to our sale. 

 Please let us know what you are bringing so we can have the labels ready to go.

We will have bags and vermiculite available for our work party.

Please plan on attending and take advantage of our member's only sale.

Our Public sale will begin on 

Saturday, April 28, May 5th, and May 12th 

at 

Millcreek Gardens

3500 South 900 East

Salt Lake City, Utah

9:00 am until 2:00 pm

The dates are subject to weather and while our supplies last.

Come early for the best selections!

February 15, 2012 Meeting

“Drip Irrigation in Landscaping & Containers”

Our speaker  for our February 15, 2012 meeting was  Kathlyn Collins, owner of The Gardening Coach, which specializes in irrigation systems.  Her company website, thegardeningcoach.net, states that since 2001, Kathlyn has been helping gardeners find practical and creative solutions for their landscapes and gardens.  She also helps to take the “overwhelm” out of selecting and installing a drip system. During her presentation she taught us  that installing and maintaining a drip irrigation system is easy, economical and very do-able. 

Everyone enjoyed Kathlyn's presentation and the delicious snacks.   Another great meeting!!!

Fall Banquet and Awards Presentations

Our Fall Banquet was held on October 19, 2011 and was a perfect time to award the trophies from our annual show.

It was a great way to end our dahlia season visiting with friends and enjoying Meirer's chicken along with the delicious food that everyone contributed. 

It was another great year for Dahlias in the Salt Lake area.  We got off to a rough start with our cold and very wet spring but our dahlias exceeded our expectations.

Thanks to Megan Badger once again for all she does and all our members for making us one of the most successful garden clubs in Utah.

Maxine Clark is presented her trophy by Nick Spencer.

Nick Spencer won People's Choice Award.  Mark Hurst presented him with his trophy.

Megan Badger is a regular at the winning table.

Dave Ross was presented his trophy by Nick Spencer

Karen Crook is presented with the Best of Show vase for the coming year.
Congratulations once again to all our winners!

Fall Social 2011

2011 Exhibition Show

The Utah Dahlia Society's 2011 Exhibition Show

 was held on

 September 24th and 25th

at the Garden Center

We are Proud to Announce our Winners:

People's Choice Award
Snow n' Tell
Nicholas Spencer
Nick is also a winner as our Show Chairman...
Thanks Nick!

Best AA and Best of Show
Wanda's Aurora
Maxine Clark and Karen Crook 

Best A
Vassio Meggos
Mark Hurst

Best B
Hollyhill Quintessence
Stephen LeCheminant

Best BB
Hollyhill Bewitched
Megan Badger

Best Exotic
Hollyhill Spiderwoman
Ryan and Julie Williams

Best M
Glenbank Twinkle
David Ross

Best Three Blooms
Glenbank Twinkle
David Ross

Best Club Flower
Snowbound
David Ross

Best Ball
Woodland's Dufus
Maxine Clark

Best Arrangement
Maxine Clark




The above list are those that were judged best of each form.  The complete list of winners is available upon request.  


Thanks to Megan Badger for all she does, Spencer Mortensen, Mark Hurst and others for their generous donations of flowers for our fund raiser.
Many thanks to Christina Lundberg for taking care of business and everyone that helped clean up after the show.