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                          DAYLILY SHOW AT FREDERIK MEIJER GARDENS                                                                                    July 20, 2019                                                                                              

       The public is invited to attend Grand Valley Daylily Society's Annual Daylily Show on Saturday, July 20th.  Hundreds of daylilies in a wide range of sizes, shapes, and colors will be on display.  It is quite a spectacle to behold!  Most visitors are quite surprised to see that daylilies come in a wide range of colors beyond yellow and orange.  If you have a sunny garden location where splashes of color would be welcome, consider growing easy care daylilies.  While each individual daylily bloom lasts one day, each plant produces many buds on multiple flower stalks which open over a period of weeks during mid-summer.  A carefully chosen variety of cultivars will provide a beautiful floral display from mid June through September.  And, being long-lived perennials, each daylily clump becomes bigger and better year after year.  So come see which are your favorites.  Additionally, there will be an 'American Old West' artistic design division where participants will compete in a judged show of floral designs involving daylilies.  Members of GVDS will be available to answer questions all day.  We look forward to talking with you.

      The Daylily Show will be open and free to the public on Saturday, July 20th from 10 am to 5 pm in the downstairs classroom area of Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park at 1000 East Beltline Ave NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49525.  There is no need to stand in line to pay admission to FMG.  Just walk past the admission desk and gift shop toward the ballroom and take the stairs or elevator to the lower level.     

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 2019 Calendar of Events

           February 7                          Rebecca Marquardt               Native Plants for Pollinators    
Frederik Meijer Gardens   7:00 pm    

Meeting Rescheduled due to weather   

March 7
           Heidi & Rod Grasman            Spectacular New Plants for 2019
Frederik Meijer Gardens   7:00 pm

April 4 
             Steve Williams               Hybridizing at O'Bannon Springs Daylilies 
Frederik Meijer Gardens   7:00 pm 

May 16 
     Spring Daylily Auction      
           Cascade Christian Church             6:30 pm Drop-Off - 7:00 pm Bidding Begins

                                June 6                                   Rebecca Marquardt                          Native Plants for Pollinators                 Ben and Sharon VanderWilp Garden                             6:30 pm                   

                    July 10-13                               AHS National Convention           Madison, Wisconsin

July 20
Annual Daylily Show
Frederik Meijer Gardens   10 am to 5 pm

 August 3 
                 Club Bus Trip                              to Along the Fence Daylilies                     and Nancy Cooper's Garden          

 September 5 
              Fall Daylily Auction                         Cascade Christian Church           6:00 pm Drop-Off - 7:00 pm Bidding Begins

September 7
Rockford Farmer's Market Daylily Sale
54 South Main, Rockford   8 am to 1 pm

October 3
                  Saundra Dunn                                 Late Blooming Daylilies              Frederik Meijer Gardens   7:00 pm

                November 7                                   Ginny Pearce                       Hybridizing for Northern Rebloom     Frederik Meijer Gardens   7:00 pm

                   December 5                                 Christmas Party Potluck                  Location To Be Determined    6:30 pm   

Daylilies coming up

at the May 2020 Auction

       Free and Clear                    Joy on a Stick
    (Owen-P, 2017)                    (Owen-P, 2017)                  P. Owen photo                     P. Owen photo

      Satiate                               Open Fire
   (Townsend-J, 2013)              (Owen-P, 2018)                   AHS Photo                          P. Owen photo

       Malbec                                Prime Target
    (Owen-P, 2016)                    (Owen-P, 2018)                   P. Owen photo                     P. Owen photo



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