ADS Photo Contest 2026 and People’s Choice 2027
Keep that camera close by throughout the season…maybe YOU are the next Grand Prize Winner.
Category: News
Public Events Calendar
A new public Events Calendar has been added to website. It is available under the NEWS/EVENTS main menu item. The calendar will open in a new window/tab.
ADS members and local society leadership may add events to the calendar via in the new MMS system. For now, submitted events will not be available until approved by the calendar administrator.
ADS Local Society Grant Program
We are pleased to announce the introduction of the American Dahlia Society’s (ADS) Local Society Grant Program. Participating ADS societies may begin applying for this grant beginning in January 2026. Since its adoption by the ADS Board at their March 2025 Strategic Planning meeting, grant criteria have been defined, and the application process has been established.
Year End Local Society Report Now Available
Each year, ADS gathers all the reported results from local society shows and combines them together in one comprehensive report. This year’s report is ready!
About 60% of our local societies participate. If your society is not represented, please contact your local leadership.… See entire post.
Stanley Johnson and Les Connell Awards Announced
Congratulations to Steve and Sandy Boley of Sumas, WA for having the 2025 Stanley Johnson Medal awarded to their introduction, Irish Gnome.
Also, congratulations to Annie Walker, of Renton, WA, who’s introduction, Lake Hills Creamsicle has won the Less Connell Medal for 2025.
More information about the Stanley Johnson Award
More Information about the Les Connell Award… See entire post.
ADS National Show Endowment Fund
Doing your holiday giving?
Please consider donating to the ADS National Show Endowment Fund.
Flyer with all the details… See entire post.
2025 Trial Garden and Seedling Bench Results Announced
Another successful year in our trial gardens. Congratulations to our new Trial Garden Director, Heidi Zierdt on her first year as Director. Check out the Trial Garden results here.
We also had some robust competition on the seedling benches across North America. See the 2025 Final Bench Evaluation Report here. For general seedling bench information and past … See entire post.
2025 Hart, Dudley, and Gullikson Awards
The Derrill W. Hart medal
Awarded to the cultivar that has the highest average trial garden score in the accredited trial gardens located across the United States and Canada during the previous year as an AA/A; B; BB; M; Ball/Miniature Ball/Pompon; ST/NX; and Waterlily. The highest three scores shall be used to determine such highest average. In case of ties, … See entire post.
2025 ADS Awards (to people)
2025 ADS Awards (to people) are now posted. Congratulations to all the recipients!