Utah Dahlia Society June, 2013 Meeting

The Utah Dahlia Society held a meeting on June 19, 2013 at our demonstration garden.  It was a great occasion to get together, compare notes and see the new stakes that were purchased with funds from our tuber sales.  We are trying stakes made of conduit hand cut to size and drilled for Mark's special tags.  We are hoping they will be stronger and hold up to the wind and weight of the larger plants.

 Megan made sure everyone had a prize and an opportunity for a treat.

 Our dahlias are off to a good start.

 Mark Hurst, Club President 

 This was a special occasion.  Lumpy has been a member of the UDS from the beginning but this was his very first meeting he attended.  He and Mark started the demo garden and we appreciate all the work he has done to make it a success.

 Becky and Spence.   Spence is the ultimate gardener growing everything from apricots to zucchini including worms and of course hundreds of dahlia plants!  He was kind enough to "plant" two buckets full of his worms in the demo garden to make our soil even better.  Thanks Spence!!

No good deed goes unpunished or so it would seem for hard working Steve.   He was working at the local Community Garden and broke his ankle.  
We all send him our best and wish him a speedy recovery.

2013 Demonstration Garden

Work began on May 7th to plant our Demonstration Garden for 2013.

We are looking forward to another great year!

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2013 Tuber Sale

Congratulations to the Utah Dahlia Society's Members for stepping up and making our 2013 one of our best tuber sales ever.  We were disappointed that many of our tubers from the demo garden had rotted over the winter.   Many of our members dug deep and gave us more than we could of hoped for to supply our sale.

THANK YOU!

Also, Thank you to Steve, an ADS Board member that came to our aide and sent us tubers from his garden. He also included some that are very special for our demo garden that we are looking forward to growing.

Our members only sale was held on 

Friday, April 19 at the Garden Center 

and the Public Sale followed on

 Saturday, April 20th.

 Steve is always a great help

 along with Mark and Ryan

 Karen and Bill

 Steve and Dee finding the best tubers for their gardens

 The youngest and most beautiful members of our group.  We are excited for the new addition to their family and the Utah Dahlia Society.

 We continued the sale at the 

International Peace Gardens at their Farmer's Market

 Barbara, Karen and Megan

Bill, Karen and Megan

Karen and Megan also sold tubers at Millcreek Gardens to wrap up the tuber sales.  Thanks to them for their hospitality.

Thanks again to Bill for the great photos.

American Dahlia Society

The Utah Dahlia Society was honored to have the American Dahlia Society Board visit Salt Lake City for their annual meeting in April, 2013.

They were very gracious and held a class on April 12th at the Shilo Inn for the UDS members that were interested in judging.  It was very informative and we appreciated the time and effort they put into the class.

The following day on Saturday, April 13 our very own UDS member, Elizabeth shared lovely accommodations at

 City Creek Commons for a BBQ dinner

 catered by Joe Morely BBQ

 for the UDS to welcome and pay tribute to the ADS.

It was a great time to get to know one another and learn many tips for making a successful Society.

MANY THANKS TO THE AMERICAN DAHLIA SOCIETY BOARD MEMBERS!

Thank you to Elizabeth and Bill for the photos.  

And as always, thanks to Megan for her efforts.

FIFTH ANNUAL TUBER SALE

Please note that our sale is at a different location this year!

February, 2013 Meeting

The first Utah Dahlia Society's meeting of the year was held on February 20, 2013.  

We had a good turnout and it felt great to see everyone after a long break.

First on the agenda was a report of how our tubers were doing  and many reported that they were doing fine tucked away for our very cold winter.

Steve LeCheminant gave us our soil report that he had done for our demonstration garden.  It was not bad and just recommended we add some nitrogen  in the spring.  

The bulk of our meeting was spent discussing details of the National Dahlia Society's Board Meeting that is being held in Salt Lake City in April.

We feel honored that they chose our city and look forward to meeting them.  We want to do our best to make sure they feel welcome and have everything they need while they are here.

     Becky brought us a fancy, French pumpkin that she grew for us all to admire.

Thanks to Mark for bringing us all his baby houseplants, to Bill Hughes for the great photos and as always to Megan for keeping us organized and fed;-)

Sleep Tight...

     On Saturday, November 24 we had a record for members coming out to help with the demonstration garden tuber dig.  Mark led the charge with Steve, Megan, Karen, Cheri, Sandy, Spencer, Janet, Elizabeth, Dave and Dick making a tough job easy.  With many hands at work we were able to dig, wash and divide the tubers in unseasonably nice weather.  
     On Tuesday, November 27 we labeled all the tubers and wrapped them in plastic wrap for their winter's sleep.  We have high hopes that we will have lots of tubers in the spring.
     Good luck to everyone for successful tuber storage!

*Even though we had lots of tubers there were fewer than in years past.  We are having soil tests done to make sure we don't have a problem.