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Next NEDS Meeting - Saturday, March 9th, 2024 @ 10:30am - New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill, Boylston, MA, in the Southeast Link (behind the Limonaia where the January meeting was held) 

RSVP REQUIRED BY 03/04/2024
sharonmayotte00@gmail.com
Nikki Schmith

Meeting Agenda
9:30am:
 
Arrival and Setup and Board meeting

10:30am Session: Nikki Schmith
We are delighted to welcome special speaker Nikki Schmith!   Everyone should be obsessed with something, and for Nikki Schmith, that obsession is gardening with daylilies. 

Nikki is a past president of the American Hemerocallis Society and also serves as a senior exhibition judge, a garden judge, and an exhibition clinic instructor. She and her entire garden, which now contains a rotating collection of around 500 daylily cultivars, hundreds of other perennials and various unique container plantings, is located in Worden, Illinois.  Her previous gardens in Michigan were featured in The Michigan Gardener and she has registered several unique cultivars with the American Hemerocallis Society.  In 2015, she planted several beds of daylilies in the community park and also maintains her own official AHS Display Garden.

Nikki's written work and photography have been featured in several regional and national publications, as well as The Daylily Journal.  The British Hemerocallis Society regularly features her photography in their Bulletins.   Nikki likes to integrate technology as a fun gardening tool. She likes to share and discover new ways to use your computer and your daylilies together.  Find out more on her blog, A Girl & Her Garden.

Nikki will be bringing plants for auction.  See the plants in the auction here (The list was revised on 3/6/24 so if you already viewed/printed, please check again).  The photos will be displayed at the meeting but if you wish to have a printed copy, please print it before you arrive.

12:00 - 1:00pm: Bring your own lunch and socialize

1:30pm Session: Paint a garden with artist Susan Bousquet
Bring a garden to life on canvas with art instructor Susan Bousquet. In a beginner-friendly atmosphere, Susan will lead us step by step as we recreate a picture of a world famous daylily garden! All materials are included. Class fee is covered by NEDS.  RSVP required by 3/4/2024.  

Dates of upcoming events for 2024:

April 13, 2024 - NEDS Meeting - Speaker Curt Hanson
May 3-4, 2024 - CanAm in Toronto,  Region 4 meeting - sponsored by ODS
May 11, 2024 - Tentative date for NEDS Plant Sale - Details to follow
June 12-15, 2024 - 2024 American Daylily Society National Convention in Oklahoma City, OK
July 13, 2024 - NEDS Exhibition at New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill - details to follow
July 2024 - NEDS Picnic and Auction - Date and location TBD

Results from NEDS Photo Contest
Saturday, January 13, 2024

Our annual photo contest was held on Saturday, January 13, 2024 at New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill in Boylston, MA.  Thank you to the 16 photographers who entered 168 photos in our contest.  There were lots of great photos and it was hard to choose a favorite.

Below are the links to the see presentations of all photos entered in the contest, including the name of the cultivar and the photographer name:
   - Single Flower
   - Landscapes and Garden Art
   - Clump and Cluster
   - Seedling
   - Daylily People, Pets & Wildlife


Here are the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place photos that won the most points in each category:

2024 NEDS PHOTO CONTEST WINNERS
Category 1 - Single Flower: Named and Registered Variety
1st Place - CHARLES JOHNSTON - photo by Greg Haggett

CHARLES JOHNSTON - photo by Greg Haggett
Category 1 - Single Flower: Named and Registered Variety
2nd Place - ASHWOOD SUMMER SUNSHINE - photo by Greg Haggett

ASHWOOD SUMMER SUNSHINE - photo by Greg Haggett
Category 1 - Single Flower: Named and Registered Variety
3rd place - Dancing With Sandra (Thomas-D, 2005) - photo by Marlene Harmon

Dancing With Sandra (Thomas-D, 2005) - photo by Marlene Harmon
Category 2 - Landscapes & Garden Art
1st Place - photo by Patrick Dooley

photo by Patrick Dooley
Category 2 - Landscapes & Garden Art
2nd Place - Nashville Garden 1 - photo by Elisabeth Murphy

Nashville Garden 1 - photo by Elisabeth Murphy
Category 2 - Landscapes & Garden Art
3rd place - Red Flat Fred & Harmon Hill Gazebo - photo by Marlene Harmon

Red Flat Fred & Harmon Hill Gazebo - photo by Marlene Harmon
Category 3 - Clums and Clusters
1st Place - NO BOYS ALLOWED - photo by Robyn LeBuff

NO BOYS ALLOWED - photo by Robyn LeBuff
Category 3 - Clums and Clusters
2nd Place - Kelsey McGhee - photo by Grace Hopkins

Kelsey McGhee - photo by Grace Hopkins
Category 3 - Clums and Clusters
3rd place - STAR QUEST - photo by Greg Haggett

STAR QUEST - photo by Greg Haggett
Category 4 - Seedling not Named or Introduced Variety, Single, Mulitiple or Clump
1st Place - Seedling 3 - photo by Elisabeth Murphy

Seedling 3 - photo by Elisabeth Murphy
Category 4 - Seedling not Named or Introduced Variety, Single, Mulitiple or Clump
2nd Place - Cameron Seedling - photo by Grace Hopkins

Cameron Seedling - photo by Grace Hopkins
Category 4 - Seedling not Named or Introduced Variety, Single, Mulitiple or Clump
3rd place - CAMERON'S SEEDLING - photo by Nancy Stern

CAMERON'S SEEDLING - photo by Nancy Stern
Category 5 - Daylily People, Pets & Wildlife
1st Place - SEEDLING with Moth - photo by Greg Haggett

SEEDLING with Moth - photo by Greg Haggett
Category 5 - Daylily People, Pets & Wildlife
2nd Place (tie) - BUTTERFLY ON GREYWOODS GREAT DANA - photo by Nancy Stern

2nd Place (tie) - BUTTERFLY ON GREYWOODS GREAT DANA - photo by Nancy Stern
Category 5 - Daylily People, Pets & Wildlife
2nd Place (tie) - Grapevine Swallowtail on Daylily - photo by Elisabeth Murphy

2nd Place (tie) - Grapevine Swallowtail on Daylily - photo by Elisabeth Murphy
Category 5 - Daylily People, Pets & Wildlife
3rd place - Daylilies for Display - photo by Elisabeth Murphy

Daylilies for Display - photo by Elisabeth Murphy

Rules can be found at this link:
NEDS 2024 Photo Contest Rules.pdf.

Click here to see the winners from last year's contest in January 2023.

NEDS Membership:
There is no fee to join NEDS and attend meetings, however if you'd like get the "full daylily experience", join The American Daylily Society for $25.  Included with your membership, you will receive four beautiful issues of The Daylily Journal, our official newsletter magazine, each year. This magazine contains articles on award winning daylilies, the most popular daylilies by geography, trends in daylily hybridizing, scientific studies, and highlights of gardens and conventions.

New members joining the American Daylily Society also receive a $25 voucher, which can be redeemed towards purchases of daylilies with select growers across the United States. Visit https://daylilies.org/membership/ for more details.

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