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- May 11, 2020
- 1 min
2020 Meetings Cancelled
All general meetings and the picnic are cancelled, until further notice. We do have some good articles on planting and John Kooiman is recording a video that will be posted soon.
Soil Testing: For those of you that want your soil tested please go to, http://soiltest.cfans.umn.edu/sites/g/files/pua891/f/media/lawn_and_garden_2018_3.pdf Print this form and fill it out. Bring the Form, your soil sample and a check made out to, University of Minne
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- Mar 9, 2020
- 1 min
2020 March General Meeting
Monday, March 9 – General Meeting and Potluck Dinner 6:15 p.m. at Oak Grove Lutheran Church
Education Topic: Members Vincent, Byron, Sandra, and John Enstrom talk about how they got into growing dahlias, their experiences, and how they grow dahlias and store tubers. Byron uses raised beds and aggressive pruning to grow as many dahlias as possible in the few sunny areas of his yard. He also grows them in the ally. His neighbors invited him to plant in their ally spaces as we
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- Feb 6, 2020
- 2 min
Mid-Winter Dahlia Garden Prep
It’s the time of year when the holidays are over and we hit the mid-winter lull. Now is the best time to start planning and preparing for the next growing season! Following is a list of things you can do to prepare your dahlia garden during the dark days of winter. Take Stock Make a list of tubers you have in storage and that you have purchased. This will help you track what you have in storage, what you have ordered, to plan out next season’s garden. You can also track
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- Jan 30, 2020
- 1 min
2020 February General Meeting
Ask Dahlia Del General Meeting and Potluck Dinner 6:15 p.m. The first general meeting of the year will be held Monday Feb 10th – General Meeting and Potluck Dinner 6:15 p.m. General Meetings are held at the Oak Grove Lutheran Church on 7045 Lyndale Ave S, Minneapolis. Enter at the east entrance on Augsburg Ave.
We always start with a potluck. Please, bring a salad, hot dish, or dessert to share. Don’t forget to bring your tableware. Non-members are welcome at this event. Potl
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- Dec 20, 2019
- 1 min
2020 MDS Dahlia of the Year
Weston Spanish Dancer Weston Spanish Dancer was selected as the Minnesota Dahlia Society’s 2020 Dahlia of the Year. This dahlia’s title plays into our 2020 show themes of ‘Dancing with Dahlias’ and the ‘Roaring 20s’. Unfortunately, we were not able to obtain any tubers for our sale. Weston Spanish Dancer ADS Class: 4312 Size: Miniature (M) bloom size up to 4 inches Form: Cactus (C) Color: Flame Blend (FL) RD24/YL18 This dahlia cultivar was introduced in 2000 by T. E.
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- Dec 18, 2019
- 1 min
ADS 2019 Show Results
The American Dahlia Society published their December Bulletin and special 2019 Results. There was a lot of confusion and conflicting instructions so they are taking input to consider how to improve the process next year. Although I submitted our results on time and to the correct party, they did not get them. I coordinated with them yesterday and our results will be published in the March 2020 bulletin. Our results are already published on the website, at: 2019 Show Results h
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- Nov 22, 2019
- 1 min
2019 Christmas Party
Monday, December 9 – General Meeting
Location: Oak Grove Lutheran Church, 7045 Lyndale Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55423
Construction on Lyndale is complete but be prepared for lots of round-a-bouts. Join us at 6:15 P.M. for a potluck meal (bring a holiday dish to share and your tableware), followed by a brief business meeting Presentation: Trial Garden results by Karen Zierdt
followed by “The Game” so bring a inexpensive white elephant gift to exchange.
New members: This is a gre
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- Oct 21, 2019
- 1 min
2019 Awards Dinner RSVP form
Sunday, November 10th, 2019 at 4:00 p.m. (arrive promptly to get a parking spot in the lot, otherwise park on 7th street) DeGidio’s in St. Paul needs a head count by November 1st! RSVP how many people in your party will be attending? [contact-form-7 id=”6869″ title=”RSVP2019Award”] If you have trouble with the form, please call Rick Snyder to give him your head count. He is listed in the directory or email: rick.snyder@comcast.net #g
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- Oct 21, 2019
- 1 min
2019 Annual Awards Dinner
2019 Annual Awards Dinner – Sunday November 10th Please mark your calendars and plan to join fellow members in reviewing and sharing this years show results. Location: DeGidio’s Restaurant 425 7th Street West
St. Paul, MN 55102 Buffet Dinner includes*: Romaine Lettuce & Berry Salad with Poppyseed dressing Four Cheese Tortelloni with Bolognese sauce (spicy Italian sausage) Chicken Piccata Roasted Thyme Yukon Potatoes Green Bean Almondine Bread Included Bread Pudding Dessert
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- Oct 9, 2019
- 1 min
2019 Court of Honor Reports
The following is the report that we send to the ADS to be published on their website. It covers both shows. It is only for the Court of Honor winners. They also publish a version if the Bulletin, Show Reports edition but it has a little less information since space is limited. 2019 Report Minnesota-Dahlia-ADS-Internet4 #winners #ADS #2019 #awards #g #report #COH
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- Oct 1, 2019
- 2 min
Oct 14, 2019 General Meeting
General Meeting and Potluck Dinner 6:15 p.m. Construction on Lyndale Ave so if coming from north, drive south on Nicollet the west on 71st. If coming from south, head north on Lyndale till you see the church. Jog over to Augsburg. Join us for a potluck meal (bring a dish to share and your tableware), followed by a brief business meeting and an educational presentation. These General Meetings are held at the Oak Grove Lutheran Church on 7045 Lyndale Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 5542
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- Sep 29, 2019
- 1 min
Visit Jerry Hass
We visited the dahlia farm of Jerry Hass in Montrose on our garden tour earlier this year but there was not as many blooms as we would have liked. Yesterday, Kathy and I revisited it again to see it in all its glory. We even ran into John Enstrom and his family there. Jerry asked that we invite anyone that saw it on the tour back again. Just look him up in your directory and give him a call first. Since the season is nearly over, he is also very generous in allowing people to
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- Sep 22, 2019
- 3 min
Shredded Foam for Staging
A couple years ago when I was at the National Show in Chicago, Elva Sellens, from Portland, OR (now the ADS membership chair) told me about how they used shredded Styrofoam instead of Oasis to stage their blooms and sent me these two photos, below. Portland Dahlia Society Bulletin Some advanced planning and preparation makes it a lot easier to get that winning entry from the garden to the head table. All exhibitors provide their own containers and filler. Most people use s
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- Sep 19, 2019
- 1 min
2019 Fall Show Bloom Count
We finished entering all the results from the show at Bachman’s and now have the tally for the total number of blooms entered Triples309Single Blooms585Arrangements41Containers75Total1010 #2019 #Bachmans #g
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- Sep 15, 2019
- 1 min
2019 Other Winners
Here is the list of Winners that were not included in the Court of Honor report. You will have to look up your name by your exhibitor code. Other-Winners I found most of these photos on facebook, so if you want to see your photos on our website, like our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/MinnesotaDahliaSociety/ #g
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- Sep 8, 2019
- 1 min
2019 State Fair COH & Bloom Count
The bloom count was 1670. This includes containers and arrangements which include multiple blooms. Here is the Court of Honor report for the State Fair. Results from the upcoming Fall show will be included in the final report for the award show. 2019-State-Fair-COH #COH #g
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- Sep 1, 2019
- 1 min
People’s Choice Winner 2019
People’s Choice 2019 Results Every year at our State Fair Show we have a section called the People’s Choice section in which the public vote on their favorite bloom. Vote box The line up This year’s winner is Ka’s Khaleesi with 152 votes, by John Kooiman! Ka’s Khaleesi is an AA = giant dahlia with bloom diameter measuring over 10 inches ID = informal decorative – defined by ray florets being twisted, curled, or wavy in an irregular arrangement) W = white Ka’s Khaleesi The com
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- Aug 29, 2019
- 3 min
2019 Fall Show Volunteer Signup
Fall MDS Show Signup We continue celebrating the 90th Anniversary of the Minnesota Dahlia Society with the Year of the Dahlia. This is the smaller, more relaxed Dahlia show. The main purpose is to give growers and judges more experience. Our fall show takes place Saturday and Sunday, September 14 – 15, 2019 at Bachman’s Garden Center, Heritage Room, 6010 Lyndale Ave. S., Minneapolis. The Heritage Room is in the back of the garden center, behind the shade plants, in the bui
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- Aug 28, 2019
- 2 min
History of the ADS
“WANTED: AN AMERICAN DAHLIA SOCIETY” In the October 1914 issue of Florist’s Exchange, its Editor, J. Harrison Dick, wrote an article with the above title. This suggestion was immediately acted upon. An active, enterprising, wholesale florist, one Richard Vincent, Jr., operating a big stand of greenhouses in White Marsh, MD, and ardent dahlia grower, read the editorial and started calling some of his colleagues and customers. He asked them to go to New York and meet with J.
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- Aug 22, 2019
- 1 min
See our Dahlia Garden at the 2019 Minnesota State Fair
In celebration of our 90th Anniversary, Del Hampton, one of our members adopted a dahlia garden on the Minnesota State Fairgrounds. he planted 150 dahlias to showcase our favorite flower to the public. Our garden is located at the Grandstand’s East Plaza. Check out pictures of the process to the dahlia garden in bloom today! 19.08.22-MN-State-Fair-Dahlia-Garden #DahliaGarden #StateFairgrounds #StateFairGarden #AdoptaGarden #90thAnniversary #MinnesotaStateFair #DahliaDisplay
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