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NEDS POTLUCK PICNIC AND DAYLILY AUCTION
SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 2026
Cheryl Isaak's Garden

A good time was had by all who came to the annual NEDS picnic and auction. The weather was perfect, the food was delicious and the plant auction was fantasatic! Thanks to all who supported the auction by buying cultivars purchased by NEDS from Sandy and Mike Holmes and others donated by NEDS members. Money from the auction will help to further our mission to bring great programs to our members. Special thanks to Cheryl Isaak who hosted the picnic. We know it takes some preparation to host the event and we really appreciate all you did to make it a success! Thanks for opening up your garden so our daylily friends could have a fun time gathering.

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AHS logo 2026 Daylily Exhibition

Held Saturday, July 11, 2026

Sponsored by the

New England Daylily Society

We had a wonderful exhibition on Saturday 7/11/2026 and a very different show from any of the two previous exhibitions. Even though we could only allow 5 entries per exhibitor to be judged due to a shortage of judges, we had more entries than the year before (14 more). The weather was great and many visitors came to the New England Botanical Garden in Boylston, MA to see our show.

Congratulations to the winners and thank you to all who attended!
We had 14 exhibitors and 180 entries

Best Small and Best in Show - 'Texas Foundling' - exhibited by Marlene Harmon
Best Large - 'Starman' - exhibited by Gary Barsomian Dietrich
Best Unusual Form - 'King Crab' - exhibited by Susan Stowe
Best Seedling - exhibited by Gary Barsomian Dietrich
Sweepstakes Winner (most blue ribbons) - Nancy Stern (5)
Sweepstakes Winner (runner up) - 3-way tie (4) Carol Canning, Gary Barsomian Dietrich, Marlene Harmon

So many people to thank....
- NEDS Members who brought in scapes for the show
- Susan Stowe for her presentation on "Daylilies 101"
- Gary Barsomian Detrich and Lis Murphy for demonstrating how to divide a daylily. Just about everyone went home with a piece of a daylily to put in their own garden!
- Nancy Stern for your "Daylily Pests and Diseases" storyboards in the Exhibition
- Vendors Cameron Stern, Laurie and Ed Longo and Lis Murphy for digging and bringing plants for sale
- Special thank you to all of the many volunteers who helped make the show a success!

NEDS Exhibition 2026

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Dates of upcoming NEDS events for 2026:
November 14, 2026 - NEDS meeting at the Boylston Town House. Speaker: Jana Milbocker: Gardener and Author, Landscape Designer. Visit https://www.enchantedgardensdesign.com to read more about her. More details about the meeting to follow.

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. Available exclusively to individuals who have never previously held an AHS membership, from June 1, 2026 through April 30, 2027, you can join for only $10 and receive a one-year membership. See https://daylilies.org/ahs-membership/ for details. 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.

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