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November Meeting Notice and News |
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Upcoming Events
November 17, 2016
Membership Meeting East Islip Library • Dahlia 101 "Storing Dahlias Over the Winter" • An American Dahlia Society slide presentation of trial garden participants and other dahlias grown from seed. This slide show will give LIDS members a first look at what is new and which dahlias you may want to order and add to your garden in the spring. Information will be available on how to purchase these new dahlia tubers. • Sign-up sheet for Holiday Party
Saturday, November 26, 2016 Wolkoff Garden Work Detail Cancelled Happy Thanksgiving!
For the Month of December
The Garden Director will advise this month if help is needed in the Barn.
December 15, 2016 Holiday Party!
Bayard Cutting Arboretum - Upper Carriage House LIDS members and their family and friends are welcome! Bring a covered dish or dessert to share Note that this is a full dinner, we are in need of main courses. Bring you dishes in a ½ size aluminum tray which fits right into the racks. Sternos and racks provided as well as paper products and soft drinks.
Doors open at at 5:00 PM for setup Raffle The 50/50 becomes 100! The full raffle prize at the Holiday Party goes to one lucky ticket holder! 2016 Grab Bag If you would like to participate in the grab bag, bring a wrapped gift $10 minimum that is either garden or holiday related.
A Big Thank You! A big thank you to Holly Gordon and Bob Immor for their photo presentation and photography tips that they shared at our October meeting.
The Very Last Show of the Season and Bills Birthday, too! In addition to the photo presentation, our October meeting also featured dahlias brought by LIDS members for a very informal dahlia show hosted by Dennis Kirchner.
2016 LIDS Show Results See the new category on the website, 2016 Show Winners, for a list of all awards that were won at LIDS dahlia shows during the 2016 season.
2016 LIDS Show Special Thank You! LIDS would like to thank everyone who helped with the show planning, set up, clerking judging, awards, and cleanup. Your continual help and energy is what keeps our club going and is most appreciated! Francine Tepper was on hand to help set up the tables for the luncheon, thank you Francine! Thank you to everyone who donated food and salads and who cleaned up after the luncheon! Another thank you is in order for Beth Laudrie who delivered our show lunches and has also brought pizza to the garden for special events! Thanks Beth, your time and effort means a lot to the club!
2016 LIDS Annual Photo Competition & The full list of winners has been posted on the LIDS website, under 2016 Photography Contest.
Above: Best of the Show: by Ann Jacobsen
The 2017 LIDS Show Flower is AC Abby
Special prizes will be awarded at the 2017 LIDS shows for this specific dahlia.
"AC Abby" is a B size dahlia, cactus form, flame color. Note a flame color is described by the ADS as
"blends of high brilliance with a red or orange hue that merges LIDS will have AC Abby tubers available in the spring.
Next Monthly Membership Meeting Thursday, January 19, 2017
Location East Islip Library An American Dahlia Society slide presentation of trial garden participants and other dahlias grown from seed. This slide show will give LIDS members a first look at what is new and which dahlias you may want to order and add to your garden in the spring. Information will be available on how to purchase these new dahlia tubers.
It's LIDS Membership Dues Time You can pay your annual LIDS membership dues at any monthly meeting or garden work event. Important! American Dahlia Society dues are due! LIDS needs to make a payment to the ADS for our member’s subscriptions.
Butterflies on Dahlias Check out the updated "Butterflies on Dahlias" page on the LIDS website, you can submit your won dahlia butterfly photos, see the page for directions.
Dahlia Photo Exhibit in the Manor House Kitchen The Manor House featured a "Dahlias in the Fall Garden" display designed by Maureen Burford and Chris Ayasse. This exhibit closed when the dahlia garden was taken down. Thank you to everyone who provided flowers for this exhibit.
Volunteers in Action!
Year Round Mornings at the William Wolkoff Garden Each Saturday during the dahlia season our volunteers meet at 9:00 a.m. at the William Wolkoff Dahlia Garden in Bayard Cutting Arboretum. Under the leadership of the Garden Director Joe Lysik, our volunteers support the garden by preparing the tubers for planting, maintaining the garden during the blooming times, through the digging up the tubers at the end of season, this is a hands-on learning experience, all are welcome. Work in the garden is followed by coffee & cake at 11:00 a.m.
What's Happening at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum? Events at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum Bayard Cutting Arboretum Horticultural Society Events The Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Farm at Bayard Cutting Arboretum
Executive Board Founder and Garden Designer - William Wolkoff President - John Canzoneri Vice President - Ted Gollatz Treasurer - Joe Lysik Corresponding Secretary - Carol Jansch Recording Secretary - Dee Cunningham Garden Director - Joe Lysik Membership - Millie Canzoneri Associate Garden Directors - Ted Gollatz, Gene Murtha, Mike Kehl, Lenny NicolosI, Holly Sisti Fundraising Chair - Kelly Abercrombie ADS Chair - William Bushman Evaluation / Classification Chair - Dennis Kirshner NADC Chairs - Ted Gollatz, Tom Gangone Show Chair Team - Lenny Nicolosi, Joe Bonomo, Joe Laudrie Education - Joe Lysik Publicity - Joe Lysik Website / Newsletter - Carol Jansch BCA and LIDS Liaison - Maureen Burford Good & Welfare - Dennis Kirshner
Resource Links Bayard Cutting Arboretum Horticultural Society
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