John Bambach is an avid photographer and leads a Photo Interest Group at the Cornwell Community Center in Charlotte. The group is open to all and meets on the third Wednesday of each month at 7:00 PM. In this discussion, John will present some of the basic principals of photography. While his focus will be on photographing plants and garden scenes, many of the principals will help to make all of your pictures better. Don't miss this informative presentation.

Jim Murphy, co-owner of WoodHenge Gardens with Margo Reed hybridizers
of Unusal forms and Spiders will be speaking

NC Fans welcome Jim Massey to our meeting. He will speak on the cultivation and growing of Crinums. Come join us and add this great perennial to your garden!

Work Day in Jaycee Park.

Details tba.

CATAWBA VALLEY: Paul Foster and Brian McKinlay of Daylily Meadows will showcase their 2010 introductions. Twelve of Paul's 2010 introductions and a selection of recent introductions from other hybridizers will be auctioned. Proceeds from the auction will benefit The Catawba Valley Daylily Club.  CLICK HERE FOR A LIST OF AUCTION PLANTS
Everyone is invited to the meeting and the auction is open to everyone. Proxy bids will be accepted. You do not have to be present to bid.
For more information call Richard Garren at 828-381-2709 or email CLICK HERE TO PLACE A BID OR REQUEST DETAILS

Logan Bristow:Owner of Bristow Landscaping will talk about "Landscaping With Perennials, Including Daylilies." Powell Drive Community Center, Raleigh, NC

This meeting is designed to allow our members to showcase a few of their favorite daylilies, seedlings or garden pictures. For those interested in participating, choose up to 12 photographs to share with the club. If possible, bring them to the March meeting on a memory stick or CD so that they can be pre-loaded before April's Showcase. Otherwise, plan to arrive early on the 17th. See you there!

The Catawba Valley Daylily Club will have a display at The Earth Day Celebration at The Catawba Science Center on The SALT Block from 10:00 AM until 2:00 PM. Everyone is invited and encouraged to come.

Members please bring a picnic-friendly covered dish.

J.D. Stadler owns Celestial Gardens in Weddington, NC. If you like Black Daylilies you don't want to miss this. J.D. truly is The Black Prince of the daylily world. He has an extensive Doubles program too! CLICK HERE FOR CELESTIAL GARDENS WEB SITE

Annual club auction. Open to the public.

Field Trip to Greensboro Garden Tour

Attend Iris Society Regional Meeting tour gardens in Greensboro, NC area.

Details tba.

Susan & Glenn Grigg: Our very own members, Susan and Glenn Grigg, will share Iris Show results via pictures and explain the similarities and differences in what makes a winning flower. For those that did not go on the garden tours, a few pictures of gardens with both daylilies and irises will be shown. Powell Drive Community Center, Raleigh, NC

Event will be announced at a later date.

Hosted by Nancy Sharpe, Nora Toomey, and Dee Waddell

Pike Family Nursery is located at 12630 N Community House Road in the Ballantyne area. Take the Johnston Rd exit off of I-485 and travel north; turn left on N Community House Rd and Pike's will be directly in front of you. Sale date is tenative for now. Bare root and potted plants will be available for sale from opening until all plants are sold.

AHS National Convention, Valdosta, GA.

Pot Luck Dinner
Come at 6pm for a garden tour to see the club's hard work! Dinner will be at 6:30 pm, followed by a plant show grooming refresher by club member, Jim Sovine.

Jaycee Park, Raleigh, NC
NOTE: Location and time change.

The Sandhills Daylily Club will be hosting this monumental event for our region, in Fayetteville NC... mark your calendars, details coming soon!

Flower Show:
This is an accredited AHS exhibition. Entries accepted from 8:30 until 11:00 am. The show will be open to the public upon completion of judging, approximately 2:00 pm until 6:00 pm.

Crabtree Valley Mall, NC

Location to be announced at a later date.

The Catawba Valley Daylily Club will host an AHS sanctioned Daylily show at the SALT Block in Hickory, NC. Times and more details will be announced soon

Julie Covington:
AHS Awards and Honors Chairman will explain the National Cultivar Awards "from the inside out" and show pictures of this year's winners.

Powell Drive Community Center, Raleigh, NC

Brian McKinley & Paul Foster:
Daylily hybridizers from Pinnacle, NC. They moved from NH in 2007 but have been hybridizing since 1989. Daylily Meadows website can be found at Daylily Meadows. They will bring daylilies for auction so check back here soon for pictures of these plants.

Powell Drive Community Center, Raleigh, NC