The Road to Grand Champion
How does a bloom get to be the grand champion at an ADS Dahlia Show? A recent champion tells how! Read her report.
Author: adsadmin
The Road to Grand Champion
Members Only – Online, Accredited Judge Test – Now Available
Members who are ready to move from a Candidate Judge to an Accredited Judge may now take the test online. Be sure to coordinate the process with your local Judging Chair/Instructor. More details.… See entire post.
Get your entries in – 2024 ADS Photo Contest
Share the beauty of your dahlias with other dahlia lovers and enter your photos in the 2024 ADS Photo Contest and the People’s Choice Photo Contest. The deadline for both is December 15th, 2024. You can submit your photos to adsphotocontest@test.dahlia.org . More details.… See entire post.
New Show Class – Farmer’s Market Bunch
Update May 2025. This class has been renamed Dahlia Market Bunch. New info now resides on the Dahlia Market Bunch Show Class page.
Last fall the ADS Cut Flower Committee started working on a Farmer’s Market Bunch with the intent of it becoming a class in our dahlia shows. Not a mandatory class but a class that a society … See entire post.
Friend of the ADS, David Reid Passes
We have received sad news that a friend of the American Dahlia Society has passed. David Reid of the United Kingdom, a prominent contributor to the National Dahlia Society of the UK, was in his nineties. To say that Dave was dedicated to the NDS would be an understatement.
He traveled to the United States on more than one … See entire post.
Classification and Handbook of Dahlias (CHD) 2024 Addendum Available
Members Only – Please check the member section of this site for important news about the 2024 CHD and an available addendum.… See entire post.
Don Dramstad passes, 3/28/2024
It is with heavy hearts that the National Capital Dahlia Society reports the death of long-time member, Don Dramstad. Don died March 28, 2024 at his winter home in Florida. At Don’s request, there will be no funeral. Rhonda plans to have a celebration of Don’s life in the fall during dahlia season.
Don joined the National Capital Dahlia Society … See entire post.
2023 Photo Contest – new videos added of all entries
And the winners are…
People Choice (voted on in 2024 from pictures submitted in 2023)
Videos of all the entries are available here.… See entire post.
Member Talent Survey
Member’s Only
Do you have talents that could help ADS streamline its operations while providing additional benefits to ADS members and the local dahlia societies?
We want to know about your talents!
2024 Seedling Bench Forms Now Available
Seedling Bench forms for 2024 are now available in the Member Section of this website. You must be signed in to access these forms.… See entire post.