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Dahlias to Drool Over
Written By: Wiley Sloan | Issue: 2016/08 - August | Photograph By: Marjorie Christiansen Photography
The warm summer days have produced beautiful dahlias in many of the area gardens.
Be sure to keep your plants trimmed and in good shape so that you can enter your dahlias in the Saturday, September 10, Dahlia Exhibit. Blooms are accepted from 5:00 to 7:00 P.M. Friday, September 9, or Saturday, September 10, from 8:00 A.M. to 10 A.M. at the Highlands Recreation Park at 600 North Fourth Street (Cashiers Highway).
The Registration fee is $10 per exhibitor. Youngsters 17 years old and younger are urged to show their prowess at growing dahlias. There’s a special category for
their entries.
Plan now to view all the beautiful dahlias from 1:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M. Saturday, September 10. See if you agree with the judge’s choices. Admission is $5, with all proceeds going to support the many civic projects of the Highlands Historical Society.
This year’s “Best in Show” blossom will be used for the publicity for the 2017 event. Wouldn’t that be a real honor if your blossom was the best? You will definitely want to be sure to pick up one or two flower arrangements for your home and some for your friends, too. There is no better bargain in town.
This year’s dahlia expert is Jodie Zahner, owner of Chattooga Gardens. Jodie will share tips about growing the prettiest dahlias at 2:00 P.M. Following Jody’s talk, stick around to get tips from local arrangers on how to incorporate dahlias along with other flowers in both small and large arrangements.
Before you head home, you’ll want to stop by the Prince House at the HHS Village for refreshments and to enjoy the music of Les Scott on his Appalachian Dulcimer from 2:00 to 4:00 P.M.
