LONG ISLAND DAHLIA SOCIETY NEWSLETTER AUGUST 2011

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LIDS ANNUAL PICNIC Sunday, August 14, 2011 3:00 p.m.

Membership Meeting August 18, 2011 Carriage House (upper level) 7:00 p.m. Dahlia 101 7:30 p.

to the Judge Andrew Kurchey A Walk Though the Garden August 10th LIDS will

September 15, 2011 Carriage House (Upper Level) Belle of Barmera 0105 AA

1401 A IC W 1st LIDS DAHLIA SHOW September 3rd and 4th Carriage House

DISPLAY October 1st and 2nd Carriage House - Lower & Upper levels Daisy

1 LONG ISLAND DAHLIA SOCIETY NEWSLETTER AUGUST 2011 UPCOMING EVENTS AND MEETINGS THIS YEAR S BUNCH! LIDS ANNUAL PICNIC Sunday, August 14, :00 p.m. by the William Wolkoff Dahlia Garden Rain date Sunday, August 21st Membership Meeting August 18, 2011 Carriage House (upper level) 7:00 p.m. Dahlia 101 7:30 p.m. Coffee and Cake 7:30 p.m. Meeting 8:15 p.m. Education Program Take it to the Judge Andrew Kurchey A Walk Though the Garden August 10th LIDS will host an evening walk for members of the BCAHS LIDS Membership Meeting September 15, 2011 Carriage House (Upper Level) Belle of Barmera 0105 AA ID DP Mingus Kyle D 3006 BB FD DR Sam Houston 0103 AA ID OR Snoho Storm 1401 A IC W 1st LIDS DAHLIA SHOW September 3rd and 4th Carriage House (lower levels) 2nd LIDS DAHLIA SHOW & LIDS PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION AND DISPLAY October 1st and 2nd Carriage House - Lower & Upper levels Daisy Two 9610 S LB PK/DR These dahlias are in bloom and waiting for you to photograph. Capture the moment! Photographs by Pat Murphy Hana Hitosuji 0310 AA C LB

2 2011 DAHLIA SHOW DATES Long Island Dahlia Society September 3rd & 4th, Saturday and Sunday October 1st & 2nd, Saturday & Sunday Carriage House Mid Island Dahlia Society September 17th & 18th & Sunday, October 9 th & Monday, October 10 th Planting Fields Arboretum Burns Conference Center, Oyster Bay, NY Rochester Dahlia Society September 17th Perinton Square Mall 6720 Pittsford Palmyaca Rd, Fairport, NY South Tier Dahlia Society September 10th and 11th Chemung County Fairgrounds Horseheads, NY Steuben County Agricultural Fair August 16th and 17th Steuben County Fairgrounds 15 East Washington Street, Bath, NY Rhode Island Dahlia Society August 20th and 21st Washington County Fairgrounds Route 112 Richmond, R.I. Rhode Island Dahlia Society September 10th and 11th Cold Spring Community Center 30 Beach Rd. Wickford, R.I. Greenwich Dahlia Society September 24th & 25thThe Garden Educational Center of Greenwich 130 Bible St. Cos Cob, CT North New Jersey Dahlia Society August 20th Freinghuysen Arboretum 53 Hanover Avenue, Morristown, NJ Connecticut Dahlia Society August 27th Pond House at Elizabeth Park West Hartford, CT NYS Fair Flower Show August 29th and 30th Horticultural Bldg. 581 State Fair Road Syracuse, NY Look on the Colorado Dahlia Society webpage for more information and directions. LIDS MONTHLY NEWSLETTER Editor-Patricia Murphy Consultant-Lori Glatzer Photographs-Pat Murphy, Dee Cunningham, and Gene Murtha VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Volunteer to clerk for the judges at the show. Greet visitors & answer any of their questions. Help prepare vases with bouquets of dahlias for sale. Help sell plants, bouquets in vases, raffle tickets, & chances. Donate blooms from your garden to sell at the dahlia show. Help set up the tables for the show. Help clean up on Sunday after the show. Help exhibitors set up. And the list goes on... The show is an enormous effort and we need volunteers to help. Contact Joe Laundrie, the Show Chairman at LAUNDRYUS@aol. Jim Micheels, Operations Manager, at jmsmt207@optonline.net John Canzoneri, Fundraising Co Chair at giovanni5371@hotmail.com or Lynn Schiller, Fundraising Co Chair at lynn@pdapanache.com GOOD AND WELFARE Lorraine Maloney, we re glad to hear that you are feeling better and back on your feet.. Our sympathy goes out to Joe Laundrie and his family with the passing of his mother, Harriet Laundrie last week. Ed Sambolin, we re happy to hear that we will be seeing you back in the garden taking photographs of the dahlias.

3 DAHLIA SHOW SCHEDULE Thursday, September 2nd 300 p.m. Move tables into the Carriage House Friday, September 3rd 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Setting up the hall 4:00-10:00 p.m. staging of dahlias. Saturday. September 4th 7:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Staging dahlias 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Judging will take place. 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The Dahlia Show will be open to the Public. 1:00 p.m. Winners will be announced. Sunday, September 5th 10:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. The Dahlia Show will be open to the Public. PUT YOUR NAME ON THE LIST Please let Jim Micheels know if you will be exhibiting or volunteering at the Dahlia Show. He will put your name on a list for the arboretum and you will not need to pay admission to the park during park hours. If you fail to notify Jim and are not on the list then you will need to pay admission to the park. FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE Last year the fundraising committee sold dahlia bouquets in vases. In addition, this year the committee is planning to sell house plants, dahlia arrangements, photo pictures, and dahlia note cards. Members are asked to bring in some blooms from their home garden to help fill the vases. 4:30 p.m. Dahlia Blooms will be sold to the Public.. 5:00 p.m. Clean-up until finished LIDS ANNUAL PICNIC August 14th We look forward to seeing everyone at the picnic on Sunday (3 p.m.). Don t forget to bring a chair. The park will not have any extra chairs for us to use because there is a concert on the same day. Drive in the service entrance and park down near the garden. Rain date August 21, 2011 Do not park on the road. LIDS PHOTOGRAPHY DISPLAY On display the month of August Dahlia photographs that were taken by LIDS members are on display at the Connetquot Library on 760 Ocean Avenue in Bohemia. Information about our Dahlia Shows along with a bouquet of dahlias are part of the display. A big thanks go out to Carol Jansch for planning, assembling and putting up this display. It includes photographs from Gene Murtha, Dee Cunningham, and Pat Murphy. In addition, Mike Bryant made up fresh dahlia flower bouquets to accompany the display throughout the month.

MEMBER GARDEN TOUR I am glad to offer members a tour of my garden this year.

The tour is schedule for Saturday, September 10th at 12:15 p.m. Light refreshments will be served. Meet us at the dahlia garden at 11:45 p.m. and we will follow each other to my house in Sayville.

18th Carriage House (Upper level) Photography Presentation by Andrew Kurchey Our educational program will be presented by Andrew Kurchey.

His presentation will highlight the three major areas: impact, composition, and technique. that a judge looks at when judging a photography competition.

4 MEMBER GARDEN TOUR I am glad to offer members a tour of my garden this year. You will see my dahlia beds and other garden areas around the house, various sitting areas, the vegetable patch, along with a tour of a root cellar and smoke house. The tour is schedule for Saturday, September 10th at 12:15 p.m. Light refreshments will be served. Meet us at the dahlia garden at 11:45 p.m. and we will follow each other to my house in Sayville. If you have any questions, please me at homemurphy@msn.com MEMBERSHIP MEETING, AUG. 18th Carriage House (Upper level) Photography Presentation by Andrew Kurchey Our educational program will be presented by Andrew Kurchey. Andrew is a LIDS member, the President of the Lindenhurst Camera club and past President and active member of the Photographic Federation of Long Island. Judge and Lecturer for the PFLI. His presentation will highlight the three major areas: impact, composition, and technique. that a judge looks at when judging a photography competition. He will discuss ways you can improve your photographs. He focus on how to select the best photography to submit in the Photography Competition. THERE S SOMETHING IN THE AIR! Photograph by Gene Murtha Photograph by Pat Murphy Photograph by Pat Murphy While walking through the dahlia garden I saw something out of the corner of my eye. It was a monarch butterfly with its orange and black tissue paper wings and soft black body. I held up my camera to catch it in my lens but its flight pattern was erratic. It was escalating up and down and then going into long glides. Its flight pattern varied and changed direction often. Then suddenly it would alit on a dahlia bloom or hover over the bloom for a faction of a second. I marvel at its ability to maintain a speed which can go up to 25 mph as it steadily beat its wings. Then in blink of an eye it disappeared. Next time I will try to come back in the early morning or late afternoon when they are slower and feeding on the dahlia s nectar. When you are down at the garden look for the many bees, butterflies and other insects feeding on the dahlias. If your lucky you will be able to capture one in the camera s lens. Enter your photograph in the LIDS Photography Display and Competition (Kids and Critters category) on October 1st and 2nd. Beginners and advanced photographers are welcomed to submit their photographs.

You are invited to the The Long Island Dahlia Society Photography Display and Competition Dahlias through the Camera s Lens Open to all photographers Beginner and Advanced Photographers are invited

5 You are invited to the The Long Island Dahlia Society Photography Display and Competition Dahlias through the Camera s Lens Open to all photographers Beginner and Advanced Photographers are invited to enter their dahlia photographs. Saturday, October 1, :00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Sunday, october 2, :00 A.M. to 4:00 p.m. The The upper level of the carriage house For more information or look in the mailbox at the William Wolkoff Dahlia garden. The Long Island Dahlia Society has the largest dahlia garden in the Northeast. There are over 1000 dahlias planted & the blooms are on display until November.

6 The Long Island Dahlia Society Photography Display and Competition October 1st & October 2nd, 2011 Photography Classes 1. Dahlia Portrait: A single dahlia should appear in the photograph 2. Two or More Dahlia Blooms same or different varieties in a garden, bouquet, vase, or other setting 3. Macro View: Close-up or part of a dahlia bloom or plant; may include any interesting elements relating to dahlia culture 4. Artistic Impression (Enhanced or altered images.): Extensive use of Adobe Photoshop or other advanced software applications to change or manipulate images ( includes multiple images, distortions, filters, and other alterations) 5. A Dahlia Society Garden, Event, or Activity 6. Kids & Critters: Dahlia(s) in photograph with kids, insects, pets, etc. * Basic corrections such as cropping, brightness, contrast, and color adjustment can be used in any class. ** Any images where the photographer uses more advanced techniques with the help of Adobe Photoshop or other comparable software programs will be placed in the Advanced level. *** The photographs must have been taken since the last LIDS Photography Display and Competition in October of If you have any further questions, then please send an to or LIDSBOARD@yahoo.com

7 LIDS Photography Display and Competition October 1 & 2, 2011 Photography Rules Exhibitors must register their photographs on Thursday, September 29th (5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.) or Friday, September 30th (5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.) at the Carriage House (upper level). Photographs must be representative of the entered class; dahlias must be predominating. Each exhibitor can submit no more than 3 photographs in each class. Each photograph must be displayed using a matte frame, or matte board or foam board. The photograph can be displayed with or without a border but the outer dimensions should be not smaller than 8 x 10 and not larger than 16 x 20. Please no glass. The LIDS photography committee may attach a hanger to the back of the frame when placing it in exhibit. The photographs will be grouped and displayed in 2 different experience levels: Beginners (novices and amateur photographers) and Advanced (professional & experienced photographers). The photo display committee will decide which group the photographs belong. Failure to follow the rules will result in disqualification. Judges will rate the entries on the basis of composition, impact, and technique. Judging will begin on Saturday at 10 a.m. Beginners and advanced photographers will be judged and awarded separate 1 st, 2 nd, and 3 rd place ribbons. If an entry doesn t merit an award, it will not get one even if it is the only one submitted in its class. *It is the responsibility of the exhibitors to arrange to pick up their entries. Photographs will be ready to be picked up between 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Sunday at the Carriage House (upper level).

8 LONG ISLAND DAHLIA SOCIETY Photography Display & Competition Saturday, October 1st-12 noon to 5:00 p.m. Sunday, October 2nd -11:00 to 4:00 p.m. Carriage House -Upper level Registration Thursday, September 29th (5:00 p.m. to 7 p.m.) and Friday, September 30th (5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.) in the Carriage House (upper level) ENTRY FORM NAME HOME ADDRESS TELEPHONE NUMBER ADDRESS NUMBER OF PHOTOGRAPHS SUBMITTED I WILL PICK UP MY PHOTOGRAPHS UP SIGNATURE Please bring this entry form in when you register on September 29th or September 30th. Contact us at or LIDSBOARD@yahoo.com

9 The LIDS Photography Display and Competition will be held in conjunction with the LIDS October Dahlia Show The Long LONG Island Dahlia Society LIDS First LIDS Dahlia Show Saturday, September 1st 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Sunday, September 2nd-11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Show Dahlias on Sale -Sunday at 4:30 p.m. Carriage House-Lower level Second LIDS Dahlia Show Saturday, October 1st 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Sunday, October 2nd-11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p. m. Show Dahlias on 4:30 p.m. Carriage House Lower level LIDS Photography Display & Competition Saturday, October 1st -12 noon to 5:00 p.m. Sunday, October 2nd -11:00 to 4:00 p.m. Carriage House -Upper level Contact LIDSBOARD@yahoo.com with any questions. LIDS P.O. Box 76 West Sayville, NY 11796

It s Spring Time! Long Island Dahlia Society. March 2014

It s Spring Time! Long Island Dahlia Society. March 2014 March 2014 N E W S L E T T E R Long Island Dahlia Society It s Spring Time! Above: Bill Wolkoff s design and construction of the new trellis and benches have just been assembled in the garden along with