Taking the Mystery Out of Growing Dahlias

Our group is diverse in the fact that we have generational growers as well as first timers - Our presentation would be built around all facets of dahlia growers: The Newbies who are just getting introduced and want to learn more about soils and best practices. The Intermediates who have a few growing seasons under their belts and may want to explore the aspects of showing dahlias for prizes or perhaps selling to florists; The Advanced growers who are ready to take dahlia cuttings, do plant divisions for propagation purposes or even perhaps the folks that want to learn about the hybridization process to create your own dahlia cultivator. We realize too, that there is a whole spectrum of folks that love the flower but want to treat it as an annual and not go through the pains and labors of fall bulb digging and winter storage. We do have several members in our group that also subscribe to this dahlia affair and we want to embrace outlook and want to explore and educate folks on the best practices for all particiapants involved. If selected, our society will build live demonstration platforms for cuttings, vivisions and demonstrations. We have enought tech savvy folks in our group, that videos are also