CVIDS' Daylily Exposition - July 7th
Wow, what a successful day for our club! On July 7th, the heat broke, the sun shone, and the daylilies poured in! Twenty-two members traveled from the ends of the earth with their precious cargo to the Quad City Botanical Center (QCBC), arising in the wee hours of the morning and choosing largely unopened buds, hoping that they would open for our first-ever CVIDS Daylily Exposition. And almost all of them did open, totaling more than 400 daylily blooms, filling the categories of Large Flower, Small Flower, Double Flower, and Unusual Form/Spider. More than 150 members of the public toured the exhibition and "Oohed" and "Aahed" at the amazing diversity of Hemerocallis flowers. Two new members, namely Todd and Judy Castro (Clinton, IA), joined CVIDS.

Everyone present was encouraged to complete a ballot form indicating their top two favorites in each of the four categories. The Green Thumbers Nursery (Davenport, IA) had kindly agreed to support our venture by providing a $50 gift certificate for each of the four number one picks. Here are the prizewinners:

President Keith Riewerts would also like to thank:
1) those who saved the club $600 by volunteering to weed the QCBC daylily beds last month; Kim Brown, who was still pregnant on that hot day, Dave and Tom Appelquist, Jonathan Poulton, Nancy Carlisle, Bob Towler, Frank and Mary Ancell, and Sally Riewerts (and himself!).

2) those who helped set up the facility on Friday, Nancy Carlisle and grand-daughter Haley and Sally R.

3) all those who brought flowers and attended on Saturday: Sylvia Seymour, Nancy Carlisle, Lynne Kirkman, Steve Parsons, Joyce Parsons, Keith Riewerts, Sally Riewerts, Brian Thompson, Mary Thompson, Darin Lett, Shelly Lett, Tony Brown, Myrna Hass, Loren Hass, Frank Ancell, Mary Ancell, Sara Hankemeier, Dave Appelquist, Carole Appelquist, Heather Harroun, Jonathan Poulton, Susie Poulton, Cathy Moore, Dave Kramer, Sue Kramer, Bob Towler, Deb Bentley and new member Jessica Kelley. (Keith hopes he didn’t miss anyone).

4) Nancy Carlisle for ballot construction and printing

5) those who set up and helped Nancy C. with the balloting and counting the votes; Tony Brown, Joyce Parsons.

6) all those who helped with the clean up; Nancy Carlisle, Jonathan and Susie Poulton, Bob Towler, Dave Appelquist, Sally Riewerts.

7) Andy Kay for all his support of the venture.

In turn, President Keith should also be thanked for providing a movie and a set of instructions to help bloom donors get prepared for the show. Please click here to access his movie. It may take some time to download, so please be patient!