We meet regularly three times each year. The first meeting of the year is held on the second Saturday
of January, with the Social Hour starting at 12:30 P.M. The meeting place is the Waukee Public Library,
950 Warrior Lane, Waukee Iowa. We all look forward to this meeting to visit with old friends and to meet
new friends. Since a few months will have passed since our last lily bloomed, we get together at this meeting
to talk about our successes, failures, and plans for the upcoming growing season. The Business meeting is
followed by a light refreshment, then an educational program on our favorite flower, the Lily. Whether
it's an "out-of-town" expert, or one of our very own, you can count on enjoying a very educational and worthwhile program
at this meeting.
For the eighth year in a row, we had a booth at the Iowa Flower, Lawn & Garden Show and Sale. This event was
held at the Iowa State Fairgrounds, Varied Industries Building. The 2010 Show was held March 18 through
March 20, 2011. In addition to having plenty of information on growing and caring for Lilies, we had a nice selection
of plump, healthy lily bulbs for sale at our Award-Winning booth. Thanks for your support at this fun filled annual event! We had
very successful sales in part due to the enthusiastic and knowledgeable volunteers that
come and share themselves and their "Lily Knowledge" with the purchasing public. If you are looking for an opportunity to
volunteer a few hours with your Lily Society, this is a fun place to do it!
The Second meeting of the year, our Spring meeting, is held on the third Saturday in April, and starting
time is 12:30pm. The location for the April 2011 meeting is also at the Waukee Public
Library, 950 Warrior Lane, Waukee. The date was April 16, 2011. The educational
program for this meeting is presented either by a guest expert or one of our own members.
A four member hospitality committee provides light refreshments for this meeting.
The Third meeting of the year highlights the Annual Lily Show. (our Summer meeting)The year 2011 marks the 38th consecutive year for
the Iowa Regional Lily Society to host a Lily Show. The Lily Show is always held in a public place with a high volume
of foot traffic to expose and help educate the general public to the various divisions, colors, shapes and fragrance of lilies,
as well as to provide information about the planting and growing of lilies. The 2010 Lily Show was held on
June 26 and 27 at the Des Moines Botanical Center. Arrangements have been made with the Botanical Center for free
admissions that weekend. See pictures on page 1 of the 2010 Lily Show.
The Annual
Awards Banquet was held
following the Lily Show on Saturday June 27th 2010 at 6:00pm at the River Walk Cafe at the Botanical
Center. See pictures of the 2010 Lily Show.
Our Annual Garden Tour was held June 19, 2010 The tour included a comfortable coach bus for a tour of FIVE
of the finest Lily Gardens in North-Central Iowa.
A Fall Meeting was held on September
11, 2010 at the Waukee Public Library. The start time wass 12:30pm. Wanda Lunn gave a video presentation
of the Bus Tour. A four member hospitality committee provided light refreshments for this meeting.
Our
Fall Bulb Sale will be our first "Members Only"
Bulb Sale. featured will be the finest quality lily bulbs available, offered at very reasonable
prices. The 2010 bulb sale will be held at the Waukee Library. The date for the sale will be October 23, 2010
from 9:00am - 3:00pm. Members are asked to bring any Bulbs they would like to trade with other members.
