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Daylily Conventions and Regional Meetings

The American Hemerocallis Society (AHS) is pleased to present information about our National Conventions, Regional Meetings, and other events.

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2009 AHS National Convention

Lake Mary, Florida
May 20TH – 24th, 2009
Hosted by Region 12 &
The Sunbelt Daylily Chapter
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Convention Chair:
Frank Smith
2815 W. Ponkan Road
Apopka, FL 32712
Tel 407-886-4134
E-mail: orchidfrank@aol.com

Honorary Chair: Marjorie Kinnebrew

HEADQUARTERS:
MARRIOTT HOTEL
1501 INTERNATIONAL PARKWAY
LAKE MARY, FL 32746

HOTEL RESERVATIONS: 407-995-1100

Mention you’re with the 2009 American Hemerocallis Society National Convention. Negotiated room prices are : Single room (One occupant) $111.00. Single room with double occupancy $121.00, Room with 3 occupants $131.00. Room with 4 occupants $141.00 Hotel costs include buffet style breakfast.

2009 AHS National Convention Website. http://www.ahsregion12.org

ACT TODAY! REGISTRATION IS LIMITED TO THE FIRST 700 APPLICANTS.

BANQUET MEAL CHOICES:
FRIDAY:  SPRING HERB ROASTED CHICKEN OR TENDERLOIN OF BEEF.
SATURDAY: CHICKEN AND SHRIMP OR FILET MIGNON.

Schedule of events may be downloaded as a .pdf file HERE.

Convention Registration Form may be downloaded as a .pdf file HERE.

Please note: CONVENTION FEES REFLECT THE LARGE INCREASE IN FUEL COSTS.

Early registration fee $245.00 (postmarked by 3/15/2009).
Late registration fee $295.00 (postmarked after 3/15/2009).
Youth registration fee $159.00 (postmarked by 3/15/2009).

Pre-registration is required.

Registration Fee includes motor coach tours of convention gardens and banquet dinners  on Friday and Saturday evenings.

Cancellations received by 3/1/2009 will receive a full refund. Partial refund (50%) paid after convention will be given for cancellations received by 4/1/2009. Sorry, no refunds will be given for cancellations after 5/1/2009. Registrants unable to attend may swap their registration with others.

Groups who wish to use their own coaches for garden tours must contact
BOB WETTON 386-822-9788 E-mail bwetton@cfl.rr.com or by mail at 1314 Trail by the lake, DeLand, FL 32724-1024. These  arrangements must be made by 3/1/2009.

You are responsible for making your own hotel reservations. The Lake Mary Marriott Hotel must receive your booking by 3/20/2009 to guarantee the discount rate of $111.00 for single room with one occupant or $121.00 for a single room double occupancy or $131.00 per room for 3 occupants and so on.

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AHS Region 1 Summer Meeting - 2009

 

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AHS Region 2 Winter Meeting 2009
February 27-March 1st, 2009

Crowne Plaza Hotel in Blue Ash, Ohio
Phone: (513) 793-4500 • (513) 793-1710

Speakers:
Gerda Brooker (OH)
Bob Faulkner (OH)
Jamie Gossard (OH)
Greg Jones (MO) *Gilbert Wild Co.
Brenda Macy (KY)
Mandy McMahon (MI)
Bob Tankesley-Clarke (MO)
Dan Trimmer (FL)
Steve Zolock (PA)

Other Highlights:
Round Table Discussions by the "experts"
Garden Judges Workshop I
Exhibition Judges Workshop I
Digital Images of Future Introductions and Seedlings
Full Breakfast Buffet Saturday & Sunday morning
Fabulous Grand Buffet on Saturday Night
Gil Stelter (Ontario, Canada)
Free Wireless Internet with Registration
Plant Auction
*Contact Nikki Schmith for Donations
nschmith@ford.com
(248) 739-9006

Registration Information

$90.00 per Adult, $40.00 per Youth anytime
($110 per Adult postmarked after February 8, 2009)
Fee includes Full Breakfast Buffet Saturday & Sunday morning, Saturday Night Buffet and Wireless Internet.

Make checks payable to: AHS Region 2

Please include Name, Address, Telephone and E-Mail address for each registration.

Return Information and check to:
Sunny Barbee
6436 Morse Road, Alexandria, OH 43001
(740) 924-8845 • Email: daylily@datablitz.net
Note: Registration starts on Friday, February 27 at 3:00 p.m.

A detailed Schedule Of Events will be mailed with your registration confirmation.
You can also print one from our Region 2 website at http://ahsregion2.org sometime later this Fall.

Please mention if you are attending:
Garden Judges Workshop
Exhibition Judges Workshop

Meeting and Lodging

Crowne Plaza
5901 Pfeiffer Road
Blue Ash, OH 45242
Tel: (513) 793-4500
Fax: (513) 793-1710

Contact the hotel directly and mention the American Daylily Society meeting to get the special room rate of $95.00 single or double, plus tax. Rate good if booked by February 1, 2009.

Symposium Chairs:

JR Blanton
2950 State Route 123
Morrow, OH 45152
(513) 252-7403
Email: jrblanton@yahoo.com
*Send digital images to JR Blanton

Dan Bachman
1850 S. State Route 123
Lebanon, OH 45036
(513) 793-3322 or (513) 934-1273
Email: valleydan@embarqmail.com


AHS Region 2 Summer Meeting

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AHS Region 3 Summer Regional Meeting 2009

The National Capital Daylily Club Hosts the

2009 AHS Region 3 Summer Meeting
Gaithersburg, Maryland
July 10-12, 2009

Location
Hilton Washington DC North/Gaithersburg
Hotel Conference Center
620 Perry Parkway
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20866
(301) 977-8900 or (800) 445-8667
Rate: $109 + tax
Group Code: Daylily

Saturday Night Speaker: Holly Shimizu, Executive Director, U.S. Botanic Garden

Schedule

Friday - July 10th
Open Gardens 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Registration 2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Exhibition Judges Clinic I (Gaithersburg Room) 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Garden Judges Workshop I (Darnestown Room) 3:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Silent Auction (Montgomery Ballroom) and Raffle tickets sold. 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Cash Bar 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Dinner Buffet (Montgomery Ballroom) A Southwestern Buffet with tortilla soup, several salads, a build your own Toco station with both beef and chicken, flan and sopapillas, coffee, tea, iced tea 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Live Auction 8:00 p.m.

Saturday - July 11th
Registration 6:30 a.m. - 7:15 a.m.
Buses Load 7:00 a.m. - 7:30 a.m.
Buses Depart 7:30 a.m. Sharp
Garden Judges Workshop II in a tour garden.
Return to Hotel 4:30 p.m. (aprox)
Business Meeting (Darnestown Room) 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Silent Auction (Montgomery Ballroom) and Raffle tickets sold. 6:00 p.m. -7:00 p.m.
Cash Bar (Grand Foyer) 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Dinner (Montgomery Ballroom) Salad with rolls, chicken and a vegetarian entree, desert, coffee, tea, iced tea 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Speaker: Holly Shimizu, Executive Director
U.S. Botanic Garden 8:30 p.m.
Raffle Drawing

Sunday - July 12th
Open Gardens 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Exhibition Judges Clinics 8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

GARDENS
Saturday Tour Gardens
Ellen & Chris Brous
Seedling Bed Beverly Beach, MD
Faith & Jerry Bange Davidsonville, MD
Paul & Maxine Botting Gaithersburg, MD
Bud & Ruth Bennett Laytonsville, MD
Open Gardens on Friday and Sunday

Registration Form (click here)
$125 Full Registration ($145 if postmarked after June 15)
$65 Youth Registration (no late fee)
$50 Tour and Lunch only
Make checks payable to NCDC, Inc.
Send registration to:
Jan and Greg Thompson
PO Box 116
Dagsboro, DE 19939
(302) 732-3216
gathompson71@verizon.net

Auction Donations would be greatly appreciated along with a digital photo.

Contact:
Kevin Walek, (703)643-1928 or giboshiman@aol.com or
Michael Miller, (804)520-0807 buckmdm@aol.com
Deliver plants to:
Tom Case, 8416 Central Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22309
(703) 360-1989 or itcase@aol.com

Dan Tau Seedling Bed: Ellen Brous

For more information about the 2009 AHS Region 3 Meeting, e-mail
Kathleen Schloeder at kschloeder@comcast.net

 

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Region 4 Regional Meetings
2009 Region 4 Regional Meeting
Hosted by the Buffalo Area Daylily Society (BADS)
July 17th & 18th, 2009

** Featured Speaker **
Bill Maryott
Maryott's Daylilies

BADS is pleased to host the 2009 Regional.  We are currently in the planning stages, so check the BADS web site regularly for updates.  The bus trip on Saturday will visit 4 of our local hybridizer's gardens:

Cottage Gardens, Brent Ross
Daredevil Daylilies, Linda Michaels
Kris Weitz Gardens
Mystic Meadows Daylily Farm, Pam Hoffman

The bus plants will be donated by the above hybridizers, so everyone will
go home with a daylily from a BADS hybridizer.

Please visit our Member Pages  for previews of these gardens.

The following committees have been formed:

Co-Chairs of the Regional, Kathy & Mike Shadrack
Registration, Kathy Guest Shadrack
Finance, Dolores Galbo
Hospitality, Mary Beth Wagner-Lee
Guest Plants & Saxton Seedlings, Pam Hoffman
Publicity, Carolyn Schaffner
Speakers & Clinics, Peter Weixlmann
Boutique, Linda & Kevin Bennett

Please contact any of the above BADS members to volunteer, or ask questions.

Heads Up all Region 4 Hybridizers!
2009 Stanley Saxton Seedling Award Bed and 2009 Guest Plants

For the 2009 Region 4 Meeting, take advantage of this opportunity
to showcase some of your introductions.
Your daylilies will be viewed by the meeting attendees as the plants
will be prominently displayed and labeled in the tour gardens.
Please contact Pam Hoffman if you are willing to guest your plants for the 2009
evernt, plants should be sent in the spring of 2008.

In addition, at this Region 4 Meeting, the Stanley Saxton Seedling Award will be
awarded to the best seedling hybridized in region 4.  Purchased seeds and
seedlings are not eligible.  Region 4 Hybridizers may submit up to a
maximum of three (3) unregistered seedling entries.  At least 3 fans
of each seedling are desired, but no more than the maximum of 5 fans
for each is allowed.  These plants will be grown at one of the tour gardens in
a specified bed and during the bus tours, all attendees will have the opportunity
to view and vote for the best overall seedling.  The award will be presented
to the winner at the Saturday evening banquet.

Seedling entries should be clearly labeled, plus height and color
information should be included.  Seedling entries should be sent next spring to:
Pam Hoffman
5362 Merlau Road
South Wales, NY 14139-9766
716-655-9223


So mark your calendars for July 17th & 18th, 2009, and plan on joining us for some fun and flowers in Buffalo, New York.

Can-Am Fall Classic - The Ontario Daylily Society proudly presents the 2009 Fall Classic.

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REGION 5 REGIONAL MEETING

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AHS Region 6 Meeting

FORT WORTH - IT'S WORTH IT ALL
NORTH TEXAS DAYLILY SOCIETY
PROUDLY INVITES YOU TO THE
2009 REGION 6 MEETING!
FORT WORTH, TEXAS
MAY 28-30, 2009

Meeting Flyer (Adobe Acrobat)

MAKE PLANS NOW TO JOIN US IN 2009!

Accommodations: Radisson Hotel
Fort Worth North-Fossil Creek
2540 Meacham Boulevard
Fort Worth, TX 76106
(817) 625-9911
Rate: $99 Per Night
(15 Minutes From the Stockyards)
Regional Meeting Co-Chairs: Gwen Pennington - gjpenntx@msn.com
Tom Bevel - tombevel@sbcglobal.net

7 Beautiful Tour Gardens
Annie T. Giles & Edna Lankart Awards Beds - Gwen Pennington's Garden
Nightly Entertainment Available in the Stockyards & Sundance Square
World-Class Art & Science Museums
Fort Worth Botanic Gardens
& Much More!

 
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AHS Region 7 Summer Meeting

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AHS Region 8 Summer Meeting

 

Date: July 10–12, 2009

Place: Langley, BC Canada

Speakers: Pat and Grace Stamile

Hotel headquarters: The Coast Hotel and Convention Center, Langley, BC. Ph: 604-530-1500. This is a new hotel since we last hosted the regional meeting, and is an extremely high-rated, clean and modern establishment. Our meeting room will be all glass overlooking the City of Langley.

Block of rooms reserved under Aldergrove Daylily Society/AHS Region 8 with special rate of $98 Cdn per night.

Price includes: Friday night social; Saturday morning champagne breakfast, full day bus tour of fabulous gardens and local attractions (something new this year!), lunch at tour stop, dinner banquet at hotel, light lunch on Sunday and speakers. Our Sunday event will feature our speakers, Chinese auction and live Regional auction.

Cost: $70 USD until June 1/09

Contact: Pam Erikson, president of Aldergrove Daylily Society. Ph: 604-856-5758 Email: pamela1@istar.ca


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AHS Region 9 Summer Meeting

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AHS Region 10 Annual Meeting & Garden Tours

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The Ninteenth Presentation of the
AHS Region 10
Mid-Winter Symposium

January 30 – February 1, 2009
Nashville, TN


Meeting and Lodging
Millennium Maxwell House Hotel
2025 Metro Center Blvd., Nashville, TN 37228-1505
For Reservations: 615.259.4343 or 800.457.4460
(Call hotel direct, weekdays only)
www.millenniumhotels.com/millenniumnashville
(guests can enter the group code 0901AHEMER where prompted)
$91.00 single/double (plus tax) regular before January 9, 2009
Be sure to mention 0901AHEMER for hotel discount

Schedule

Friday, January 30, 2009
10:30am Registration
Richard & Helen Porter – Kentucky
12:00pm Garden Judges Workshop 1
12:00 Exhibition Judges Clinic 1
12:00 Exhibition Judges Refresher Clinic
2:00pm Wineception and Internet Robin Social, Chris Schardein – Kentucky
Scotty Innes – Tennessee
5:00 Build Your Own Sandwich Buffet (Included)
6:15 Welcome to Region 10 & the MWS, Richard Porter – RVP, Region 10
Bill Schardein – Chair, MWS
6:30 Hybridizers On the Way Up:
Bill Waldrop – Georgia
Bret Clement – Indiana
Nan Ripley – Iowa
8:00 Polytepals, Spiders, and Unusual Forms, Bill Reinke – Tennessee
8:45 Winter Hardiness – a Panel Discussion Moderated by David Kirchhoff - Kentucky
9:30 - ? The fun continues – Hotel Bar

Saturday, January 31, 2009
8:00am Complimentary continental breakfast
8:30 Greetings from the American Hemerocallis Society
Brenda Macy - Director, Region 10
9:00 Plants for Southern Sun and Shade, Jo Kellum – Tennessee
www.southernsunandshade.com
9:45 Second Time Around, Larry Grace – Alabama
10:30 Stretch Break
10:45 The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Improving Your Amateur Photography
Julie Covington - Virginia
Noon Lunch on Your Own
1:30pm North and South, Bob Tankesley-Clarke – Missouri
2:15 Now What? Making Your Collection a Garden, Bobbie Brooks – Massachusetts
3:00 Stretch Break
3:15 Louisiana Hors d’oeuvres, Joe Goudeau – Louisiana
4:00 Water Garden Style, Troy Marden – Tennessee
5:00 Region 10 Business Meeting
6:15 Fellowship – Cash Bar
7:00 Dinner (Included)
8:00 Daylily Auction
Drawing for a $500 Daylily Certificate from a Hybridizer of Your Choice
9:30 - ? The fun continues – Hotel Bar

Sunday, February 1, 2009
8:00am Complimentary continental breakfast
8:30 Invitation to Attend the 2009 National Convention (Orlando, Florida)
Invitation to Attend the 2009 Region 10 Meeting and Garden Tours (Nashville, Tennessee) Jay Turman – Tennessee
9:00 MS PowerPoint is a Great Gardening Tool, Part 2, Nikki Schmith - Michigan
9:45 Birds, Flowers, and Towers - Ludlow Lambertson - Florida
10:30 Stretch Break
10:45 A perennial paradise specializing in DAYLILIES, Jim & Peggy Jeffcoat – South Carolina
11:30 2009 Introductions/Futures - Jay Turman – Tennessee
Drawing for a $500 Daylily Certificate From A Hybridizer of Your Choice
12:00pm Adjourn
Must be Present for Drawings

FEE - $115 per person – Youth Members $90
($125 after January 10th – Make checks payable to AHS Region 10)

REGISTRATION FORM HERE.


RETURN TO: Helen Porter, Registrar, 333 Guthrie Green St. #416,
Louisville, KY 40202, Phone 502.584.7284
Email porterdaylily@yahoo.com
FOR ADITIONAL INFORMATION:
Bill Schardein, Chairman, 9701 Fern Creek Rd., Louisville, KY 40291
Phone 502.239.8963, Email bccreekside@insightbb.com
David Kirchhoff, Honorary Chair, 1301 Gilberts Creek Rd.,
Lawrenceburg, KY 40342, Email hybridizer@aol.com
Auction Plants:
Doris Stonska, 8032 N. Watterson Trail, Louisville, KY 40291,
Email dstonska@msn.com, Minimum Value: $20.00
Digital Images Futures/’09 Intros: (7 maximum)
Brenda Macy, 109 West Poplar St., Elizabethtown, KY 42701
Email daylily1@alltel.net, Deadline: January 15, 2009
Slides ‘09 Intros only (all) and Futures/Seedlings (7 maximum)
Jay Turman, 3505 Ruland Place, Nashville, TN 37215-1811
Slides Must Arrive No Later Than January 15, 2009

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AHS Region 11 Summer Meeting

July 3-5, 2009

The Flint Hills Daylily Society of Manhattan, Kansas wishes to invite you to the 2009 Summer Meeting, "Prairie Promenade". This is the first Regional Meeting that the Flint Hills club is hosting in our many years of existence.

We will have John Shooter as our guest speaker from Marietta Gardens, Marietta, North Carolina. They have wonderful introductions and are great people as well. Many in our region grow their cultivars and they do well.

We will have seven of our area gardens on tour. Three of them are AHS Display Gardens, Steve and Maureen Thien’s "Mateo Tipi Gardens", Irene and Rick Johnson’s "Prairie Wind Gardens", Jane and Steve Amy’s "The Amy Garden" as well as four other wonderful gardens of Ann Redmon, Mardi Finn, Pat Freeman, and Bernadette and Joe Schmidt.

We will have a great live auction (including several Shooter introductions), bag raffles and silent auction as well. We expect to have some surprises for all and a fun weekend!
Plan to attend and celebrate with us. More details and registration information will be appearing soon.

Regional Chairperson – Steve Amy

AHS Region 11 Winter Meeting

2009 WINTER GATHERING (WG)

Dates: February 13-15, 2009

Hotel: Hilton Garden Inn, 5800 College BLVD, Overland Park, KS or (877) 782-9444 or
913-345-2661. Click for online hotel registration
Registrar: Ron Azzanni, P.O. Box 1239, Florissant, MO 63031-0239

Download the Registration Form.

Friday, February 13
5:00 - 7:00 Registration in the lobby
7:00 - 8:30 Dinner on Your Own
8:30 - ? Social Gathering in Hospitality Room

Saturday, February 14
Breakfast on your own
7:00 A.M. Registration Resumes in the lobby
8:00 - 9:45 Garden Judge 1 - Instructor TBD
10:00 - 10:45 "Brother Charles Reckamp, A Divine Mission" Andrea Weaver
11:00 - 11:45 Region 11 - Bob Scott - Top Guns Daylilies
11:45 - 1:00 Lunch on your own
1:00-3:45 Exhibition Judge Clinic 1 - Instructor TBD
1:30 - 2:30 Tentative - TBD
1:30 - 2:30 Tentative - TBD
1:00 -3:45 Exhibition Judge Clinic 3 - Instructor TBD
4:00 - 4:45 Hybridizer Round Table Open Forum - Bob Scott/Bill Maryott/Bob Tankesley-Clarke - anyone with interest in hybridizing
6:00 - 7:30 Dinner - (Included with Registration)
7:30 - 8:30 Key Note Speaker: Bill Maryott
8:30 - 10:00 Live Auction - David Hoffman and Ron Azzanni

Sunday, February 17
7:00 - 8:00 Breakfast (Included with Registration)
8:00 - 9:30 Region 11 Hybridizer Introductions Show - Bob Tankesley-Clarke
10:00 - 11:30 Business Meeting - Steve Amy
ADJOURN

Additional information is on the Registration form, please download this .pdf file for registration fees, etc.

For more information: Steve Amy 1-785-456-7053 sjamy@wamego.net
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AHS Region 12 Meeting

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In 2009, Region 12 will be hosting the AHS National Convention.

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AHS Region 13 Meeting

 

REGION 13 ANNUAL MEETING 2009

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AHS Region 14 Spring Meeting

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AHS Region 14 Fall Meeting

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Region 15 Summer Meeting

 

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