Meetings are held on the third Wednesday of each month from February through October at the VanDusen Botanical Garden (37th and Oak) in the Floral Hall. The meeting time is 7:30 p.m.

Upcoming General Meetings and Events:

Date, 2012
Activity
February 15

"Waking Up Your Tubers, Taking Cuttings and Starting Dahlias From Seed."

March 21
Ralph Kuiper on a timely topic.
April 14 & 15
THE ANNUAL TUBER SALE
1:00 - 4:00
at VanDusen Garden
April 18

T.B.A. and Annual Tuber Auction

May 16

"Blights and Molds" by Zamit Punja

June 20
"Floral Arrangments and Judging Standards" and Stopping & Disbudding Your Dahlias.
July 18

"An Introduction to Judging" by Dick and Danielle Parshall

August 15

"An Orientation fo Clerking, Classification and Staging" and Getting Ready for the Show

August 24 & 25

THE ANNUAL VDS SHOW
1:00 - 5:00 Saturday
12:00 - 3:30 Sunday
at VanDusen Garden

September 19

Annual Pot Luck Dinner, Parlour Show and Photo Contest.
(see pictures of other years in the Show section)

October 17

"Preparing Your Tubers for Storage."

Election of next year's Directors.


Pictures of past events can be found on the SHOW page.