Would you like to learn more about daffodils?  Plan to attend this interesting and informative training school presented by the American Daffodil Society.  Two of our instructors have grown daffodils in the Mid-South for decades, are very experienced American Daffodil Society-accredited judges, and have won countless blue ribbons for their spectacular flowers in American Daffodil Society shows around the country:  Larry Force and Jack Hollister.  Our third instructor has had similar experiences and is also a former president of the American Daffodil Society:  Becky Fox Matthews from Nashville.

Topics to be covered include:  soil preparation, planting, summer daffodil care, fertilizing, and other cultural practices; growing miniature and species daffodils; the Royal Horticultural Society’s Daffodil Classification System (descriptions of the 13 divisions of daffodils, such as trumpet, large cup, etc.); color-coding system; daffodil anatomy; and judging criteria for shows.  Attendees will be able to practice judging flowers, an experience that allows people who choose to enter their own flowers in competition in shows in the future to become aware of characteristics that are taken into consideration by judges.

This is the first of three schools conducted from time to time around the country to train daffodil enthusiasts who want to become judges with the American Daffodil Society.  This first school is particularly designed for novice and less-experienced growers of daffodils.  Attendees of School I have no obligation to attend the two subsequent schools.

Offered by the Mid-South Daffodil Society and the American Daffodil Society.  Held at Dixon’s Potting Hub 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.  Pre-registration including payment of $10 required (includes lunch).  Deadline for pre-registration is February 15, 2020.  See registration form below.

Daffodil School I Memphis Registration form 3-7-2020