Activities
Bad Bud Activities in a 'nutshell'.
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Member winter slide program (January/February meeting): Club members present slides of their gardens or ones that they have visited.
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Speaker programs (March/April and November meetings and sometimes the February meeting): Hybridizers, growers, gardeners, travelers, and specialists.
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Annual Club Plant Auction (May Meeting): Come early and look over the many possibilities. Opportunities to obtain daylilies at nearly 50% off.
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Annual Club Adopt-a-Daylily Program (May Meeting): New cultivars are purchased by the club yearly and raffled to members. These plants are grown in member gardens for two to three years and then divided. The club member keeps a double fan and the excess is either sold at the annual auction or planted in the Green Bay Botanical Garden/B. A. D. Buds display beds.
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Annual Club Garden Walk/Bus Trip (July): Visitation to members’ or regional gardens (Nothing planned for 2020)
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Annual Club Chit Chat (July): Fun evening at a member’s home garden.
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Club Daylily Hybridizing Workshop (July): A hand’s-on, in-the-garden introduction to the basics of hybridizing daylily cultivars.
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Annual Club Garden Picnic (August): Members visit gardens of and enjoy a potluck picnic hosted by a club member.
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Annual Club Daylily Plant Sale (September): Hundreds of cultivars from members' gardens and GBBG/B.A.D. Buds display beds.
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Club Annual Luncheon and Business Meeting (November): A luncheon followed by the election of the Board of Directors and planning for the coming year’s activities followed by a featured speaker.
All meeting dates scheduled, may change due to COVID. Check back closer to the event date for any updates to the event.
January Meeting
Meeting followed by member presentations of local and regional gardens
Location: Green Bay Botanical Garden Visitor’s Center
CANCELLED DUE TO COVID
Jan
Region 2 Winter Symposium
This year's event will be a virtual event. Check the Region 2 Event page for details.
Website: Region 2 "Daylilies and More"
Feb. 19th, 20th, 21st, 2021
April Meeting
Meeting is scheduled but is subject to change.
Location: Green Bay Botanical Garden Visitor’s Center
April 10th, 2021 12:00 to 4:00 P.M.
May Dig
Weed & feed; clean-up of GBBG Daylily beds; dig for auction
Location: Green Bay Botanical Garden Visitor’s Center
May 4th, 2021 3:30 to 6:00 P.M. RAIN DATE: May 5th, 2021
May Auction
The B.A.D. Buds annual Daylily Auction and Adopt-a-Plant
Brief meeting followed by annual auction and adopt-a-daylily program drawing.
A great opportunity to purchase daylilies at nearly 50% off the asking price.
Location: Green Bay Botanical Garden Visitor Center
May 6th 2021 6:00 - 9:00 P.M.
Daylily Society National Convention
Check the Daylily Website for details: "Diamond Dusted Daylilies"
Location: Hattiesburg, MS
May 20th-22nd, 2021
Region 2 Summer Meeting
Due to COVID, details for this year's Summer Meeting are very fluid. Check Region 2 Website for details. "Daylily Fun in Illinois"
Location: Springfield, IL
July 9th - 11th, 2021
July Chit Chat
We do not have a volunteer yet for the Chit Chat. If interested please let one of the board members know.
Location: ???
July ????, 2021 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M.
Hands on Daylily Hybridizer Workshop
Dream of creating your own special daylily? Come join Jim and Sharon for a hands on daylily hybridizing workshop. You will use their daylilies for the workshop. If your hybridizing efforts are successful, Jim & Sharon will deliver the seeds to you. Contact Jim or Sharon to confirm and for more details.
Location: Jim & Sharon Prochaska's Foxwood Gardens
July 23rd, 2021 9:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M.
Annual Picnic
We do not have a volunteer yet for the Annual Picnic. If you are willing to host, please contact one of the board members.
Location: ???
July 31st or Aug 1st, 2021 4:00 P.M. to ?
Dig for Annual Sale
Come help dig daylilies from the B.A.D. Buds Daylily Gardens for our 21st Annual Daylily Sale. Earn BAD Bucks to spend at the sale or a future purchasing opportunity.
Location: Green Bay Botanical Gardens Daylily Beds
Sept 8th, 2021 3:30 PM to 6:30 PM. RAIN DATE: Sept 9th,
Annual Sale Bagging
Daylilies dug from the B.A.D. Buds Daylily Gardens and daylilies donated by club members will be bagged for our 21st Annual Daylily Sale. Come join in the fun and earn BAD Bucks to spend at the sale or a future purchasing opportunity.
Location: Larry's Bellevue Gardens
Sept 10th, 2021 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM.
Annual Sale Setup
Come help fellow members set up for our 21st annual sale. Activities include tagging and arranging the daylilies for display. Earn BAD Bucks to spend at the sale or a future purchasing opportunity.
Location: Larry's Bellevue Gardens
Sept 10th, 2021 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM.
Annual Sale
Our 21st annual sale will feature numerous cultivars: miniatures, small-flowered, large-flowered, doubles, spiders and unusual forms. Some are among the most popular in the upper Midwest.
(Larry's will be closed for the season and has graciously offered to host our annual sale)
Location: Larry's Bellevue Gardens
Sept 11th 2021 (Sat.) 9-4 Sept 12th 2021 ,(Sun) 11-3
Annual Luncheon and Business Meeting
Annual luncheon & social starting at 11:00 A.M. Business meeting starting at 12:30. Meeting will be
followed by a presentation by David Robinson of Heavy Petal Daylilies at approximately 1:15 PM
Location: Green Bay Botanical Garden Visitor’s Center
Nov 13th, 2021 11:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.