Raleigh Hemerocallis Club, Inc.

Club Officers

Ann Cobb, President
Melanie Smith, Vice-President & Program Chair
Cyndy Hummel, Recording Secretary
Tom Talbott, Treasurer
Janet Warren, Membership Secretary

Meeting Information

Unless noted otherwise, meetings begin at 7:15 pm (doors open at 7pm) on second Tuesdays of each month, February through October, at the Powell Drive Community Center, 740 Powell Drive, in Raleigh, NC 27606. Visitors are welcome. Map: See Club links at the bottom of the page.

Membership

Club membership dues are $8/year for an individual and $15/household. Don't forget to give or mail your check (or cash) to the Membership Secretary. All dues should be paid in full no later than March 31 to remain in good standing as an active club member for the year.

Membership in the American Hemerocallis Society is just $25/year. Visit the AHS website for a membership form. New memberships or membership upgrades to 3 year or life will receive a $25 daylily voucher. First time AHS members in Region 15 will also receive a daylily from a Region 15 hybridizer.

Club Library

The Raleigh Hemerocallis Club, Inc. has a complete set of AHS Daylily Journals for the years 1960 to the present which are available for lending - to club members only.

We are looking for a new club librarian, so if you are interested in the job or would like information on the library please contact Rebecca.

Club Links

Powell Drive Community Center
Community Gardens
Fletcher Park
Raleigh Jaycee Park
Sales Gardens
Lakeview Gardens (Garner, NC)
Perennial Patch (Wade, NC)
Map:
Powell Drive Community Center

More Links

AHS Region 15 Website
American Hemerocallis Society
Daylily Rust Website

March 13th Meeting
	COMING ATTRACTION: LARRY GRACE Saturday March 13th, 2010.

Meeting Schedule

Sat - Feb 13 10:00 AM		Raleigh Hemerocallis Club - FFA: Focus on Youth Jodi Riedel, Horticulture teacher, and students from Wakefield High School FFA: We'll learn about what FFA is doing in 2010 and the students will explain their newest project with the grafting of tomatoes. Powell Drive Community Center, Raleigh, NC NOTE: Special time and day.
Sat - Mar 13 10:00 AM		Raleigh Hemerocallis Club, Inc. -- LARRY GRACE Larry Grace: Daylily hybridizer from Newton, AL. Graceland Gardens website can be found at Graceland Gardens. Larry has been hybridizing daylilies for 20 years. He and his wife will bring some of their plants to auction to the audience. This will be a once in a lifetime program - not to be missed! Powell Drive Community Center, Raleigh, NC NOTE: Special time and day.
Sat - Mar 27 9:00 AM		Raleigh Hemerocallis Club, Inc. - Work Day, Jaycee Park Work Day in Jaycee Park. Details tba.
Tue - Apr 13 7:15 PM		Raleigh Hemerocallis Club, Inc. - LOGAN BRISTOW Logan Bristow: Owner of Bristow Landscaping will talk about Landscaping With Daylilies. Powell Drive Community Center, Raleigh, NC
Sat - May 08		Raleigh Hemerocallis Club, Inc. - Field Trip to Iris Regional Tour Gardens Field Trip to Greensboro Garden Tour Attend Iris Society Regional Meeting tour gardens in Greensboro, NC area. Details tba.
Tue - May 11 7:15 PM		Raleigh Hemerocallis Club, Inc. - SUSAN and GLENN GRIGG 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
Tue - Jun 08 6:30 PM		Raleigh Hemerocallis Club, Inc. - Pot Luck Dinner and Grooming Refresher by JIM SOVINE 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.
Fri - Jun 11 -- Sat - Jun 12		R15 50th Anniversary Summer Meeting! The Sandhills Daylily Club will be hosting this monumental event for our region, in Fayetteville NC... mark your calendars, details coming soon!
Sat - Jun 19		Raleigh Hemerocallis Club, Inc. - Flower Show 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
Tue - Jul 13 7:15 PM		Raleigh Hemerocallis Club, Inc. - JULIE COVINGTON 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
Tue - Aug 10 7:15 PM		Raleigh Hemerocallis Club, Inc. - BRIAN McKINLEY & PAUL FOSTER 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
Tue - Sep 14 6:30 PM		Raleigh Hemerocallis Club, Inc. - Pot Luck Dinner and 40th Anniversary Celebration Raleigh Hemerocallis Club's 40th Anniversary Celebration: Pot Luck Dinner and "picture show." Powell Drive Community Center, Raleigh, NC NOTE: Time change, earlier start.
Tue - Oct 12 7:15 PM		Raleigh Hemerocallis Club, Inc. - TOMMY MADDOX Tommy Maddox: Daylily hybridizer from Biloxi, MS. Tom's Daylilies website can be found at Tom's Daylilies. Also check out his blog - it will tickle your funny bone. He and Joyce, his partner in life and in daylilies, will bring some of their plants - we will just have to be surprised - since they have hybridized literally thousands in the past 20 years. This is a program you must put on your calendar! Powell Drive Community Center, Raleigh, NC