The New England Daylily Society presents an exhibition of the most extraordinary, best-groomed daylilies grown by daylily enthusiasts from all over the region. The show will take place July 27 from 1:30 – 4 at Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive in Boylston, and is free with admission. For more information visit www.towerhillbg.org.
On Saturday, July 14, from 11 – 1:30, Debbie Carpenter will give a free with admission presentation entitled Daylilies and their Friends, showing perennials that make good companions in a daylily landscape. The beginning of the presentation will discuss general daylily information. Following the presentation Debbie will give the ever-popular demonstration on dividing a daylily clump. Immediately following the demonstration there will be a FREE raffle of the divisions from the demonstration to those in attendance. The event takes place at Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive in Boylston, Massachusetts, and more information may be found at www.towerhillbg.org.
Debbie Carpenter is a retired high school biology and horticulture teacher, NH master gardener, and life-long home gardener. Her undergraduate degree is from UNH, where she also took post graduate work in horticulture. Since retiring, she has discovered the nearly perfect perennial, the modern hybrid daylily.
The class will be followed immediately by the Daylily Show presented by the New England Daylily Society from 1:30 – 4. The New England Daylily Society presents an exhibition of the most extraordinary, best-groomed daylilies grown by daylily enthusiasts from all over the region. Image from www.growingwithplants.com.
The Region 4 American Hemerocallis Society Meeting, sponsored by the New England Daylily Society, will take place July 22 – 24 at the Courtyard Marriott, 2200 Southwood Drive in Nashua, New Hampshire. The featured speakers will be Heidi and Charles Douglas of Browns Ferry Gardens located in South Carolina. $119 registration fee. Please make check payable to New England Daylily Society and mail to Kim Walters, Registrar, 2016 Region 4 Regional Convention, 154 Main Street, Sandown, NH 03873-2612. Pre-Registration is required. Registration received with incorrect payment will be returned. Registration Fee includes motor coach bus tours of Convention gardens, lunch and banquet dinner on Saturday, and convention plant. You are responsible for your hotel reservations – call The Courtyard Marriott, (603-880-9100). More information can be found at the following link: http://www.nedaylily.org/2016AHSReg4.html.
On Saturday, July 16 beginning at 11:30 am at Tower Hill Botanic Garden, The New England Daylily Society presents an exhibition where daylily enthusiasts from all over New England show their extraordinary, best grown, best groomed daylily flowers. Enjoy the educational programs offered in the theater. Also on hand will be several people selling daylilies, and a membership table to join the American Hemerocallis Society.
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS:
11:30am, Theater: Daylilies: You’re Gonna Love ’em with Patsy Cunningham
12 to 3:30pm, Theater: Educational movie about Daylilies
2:00 and 2:30pm: Workshop for Children – Planting Daylily Seeds in Homemade Pots with Kate Reed
Free with admission to the gardens. For more information visit www.towerhillbg.org.
The Daylily Show returns to Tower Hill Botanic Garden on Saturday, July 25, and is open to the public from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Come see hundreds of the finest daylilies grown in New England. Divisions based on size and form will be judged by experts. The exhibition, presented by the New England Daylily Society, is a rare opportunity to view the incredible diversity of daylilies, the most popular and easiest to grow perennial, and to participate in raffle drawings as well as a workshop on how to divide a daylily clump. While on site, visitors can also explore Tower Hill’s 175 cultivars and three distinct species of daylilies interspersed throughout the formal gardens.
Admission to Tower Hill not only includes the flower shows, but access to the impeccably-maintained formal garden areas, as well as the gift shop, art gallery, and restaurant. For children there are easy trails, blooming flowers, butterflies, frogs, the vegetable garden, scavenger hunts, and more to explore. The nonprofit is located at 11 French Drive in Boylston. For more information, visit towerhillbg.org or call 508-869-6111. Picture of ‘Alpine Snow’ daylily from www.daylilies.net.
The New England Daylily Society will present a Daylily Exhibition at Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston, Massachusetts, on Saturday, July 26, where daylily enthusiasts of New England show their best grown, best groomed daylily flowers. The show will feature hundreds of cut flowers of daylilies in their breathtaking variety of form and color. A limited selection of choice daylily plants will also be for sale. The exhibition is included with regular admission to the Garden. Entries accepted from 7:30 am – 10:45 am, and the show is open to the public from 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm. For information on exhibiting, email Show Chair Dan Pessoni at danthelilyman@aol.com.
New England Daylily Society (NEDS) is holding its SPRING PLANT SALE AND AUCTION on Saturday, May 24, 2014 at the First Congregational Church, 1 Church Street, Wakefield, MA. from 10AM TO 12 noon; auction begins at 12:30 and continues until all daylilies are sold. Daylilies are the “PERFECT†perennial since they are low maintenance, tough, hardy, and drought-tolerant. They require some sun. Their diversity is in the color palette, the height, and the flower form and pattern. Every garden needs some daylilies. By planting both early blooming and late blooming daylilies, you can extend the bloom season from late spring to October. Three to four varieties of daylilies together can create a stunning garden. Smaller daylily cultivars can be suitable for container gardens. Most daylilies will be priced at $5 – $10; some slightly higher sell by vendors. More expensive daylilies will be in the auction. Visit the NEDS website at www.nedaylily.org for additional information.
NEDS is nonprofit organization and maintain gardens at the Elm Bank in Wellesley; Heritage Museum in Sandwich and Tower Hill Botanic Gardens in Boylston (meeting location). These daylilies cannot be bought at hardware stores and most garden stores; the plants come from club hybridizers. Photo courtesy of NE Daylily Society by Marlene Harmon.
On Wednesday, April 9, from 7 – 9, learn how to create an urban garden that attracts beneficial and beautiful insects, birds and even amphibians by providing nature’s basic needs: food, shelter, water and reproductive areas. Suzanne Mahler is an avid gardener, photographer and lecturer who has been developing her own property in Hanover, MA, for more than 30 years. Her weekly gardening column, Green Thumbs Up, has appeared in GateHouse Media New England newspapers for more than a decade. She is a member of two local garden clubs, past president of the New England Daylily Society, and an overseer for Massachusetts Horticultural Society. The meeting is sponsored by the Evening Garden Club of West Roxbury and takes place at the Elks Lodge, 1 Morrell Street in West Roxbury. $5 at the door. Image from www.gardencenterohio.com. For more information visit http://gcfm.org/eveninggcwestroxbury/Home.aspx.
February is the perfect time to plan new gardens, research plants, and get organized for the spring planting season. This Walnut Hill Garden Club presentation with Suzanne Mahler on Tuesday, February 4, beginning at 7:15 pm, will cover spring pruning, garden themes, transplanting trees and shrubs, and dividing perennials, plus a Q & A session. In-club expert Suzanne is an avid gardener, photographer and lecturer who has been developing the 1.5-acre property surrounding her home in Hanover for more than 30 years. Her weekly gardening column ‘Green Thumbs Up’ has appeared in GateHouse Media New England newspapers for more than a decade. She is a past president of the New England Daylily Society, an overseer for the Massachusetts Horticultural Society and is employed at a local garden center. Come with questions about your gardening problems and get advice from an expert. The program will be held at the Phoenix Lodge, 133 Broadway, Hanover, Massachusetts.
The New England Daylily Society will present a Daylily Show & Exhibition when daylily enthusiasts of New England show their best grown, best groomed daylily flowers. The show will feature hundreds of cut flowers of daylilies in their breathtaking variety of form and color. A wide variety of choice daylily plants will also be for sale from 11am-2pm, plus visitors will enjoy a “Cooking with Daylilies” demonstration with Chef John Lawrence of Pepper’s Fine Catering of Northborough, Mass.
Show Schedule:
11:15 – 12:15 pm: “Growing and Caring for the World’s Favorite Perennial: The Daylily,” presented by members of the New England Daylily Society
12:15 – 1:15 pm: “Ask the Experts,” Daylily experts will answer questions about growing, hybridizing, dividing, or general cultivation of daylilies.
1:15 – 1:30 pm: FREE Raffle, Enter a drawing to win a one-year membership to American Hemerocallis Society. Many daylily plants will also be raffled.
1:30 – 4:30 pm: The Daylily Exhibition opens to the public. See more than 300 cultivars of the finest daylilies grown in New England. Divisions include Extra Large 7+, Large, Small, Miniature, Double, Polymerous, Spider, and Unusual Form. The Exhibition presents a wonderful opportunity to view the incredible diversity of daylilies.
2 pm: Cooking Demonstration with Pepper’s Fine Foods Chef John Lawrence – “Cooking with Daylilies,” Classroom C.
All this will take place Saturday, July 20 at Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston, Massachusetts. Free with admission. for more information, visit www.towerhillbg.org.
