Bay Area Daylily Buds
aka B.A.D. Buds, a local Green Bay garden club of daylily enthusiasts
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 January/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.
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Annual Club Chit Chat (July): Join us for a 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 (July/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 subject to change due to weather or other unforeseen events. Check back closer to the event date for any updates to the event.
Winter Meeting (Feb in 2026)
Member appreciation and presentations
Location: Green Bay Botanical Garden Visitor’s Center
Feb 7th, 2026 11:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.
Region 2 Winter Symposium
This year's event 'DAYLILIES - OH MY STARS' will be in Indianapolis, IN. Check the Region 2 Event page for details.
Website: ADS Region2 "Winter-Symposium"
Feb 27th - Mar 1st, 2026
Spring Meeting
Speaker: Dan & Kitty Doersch of For His Majesty Gardens
Location: Green Bay Botanical Garden Visitor’s Center
March 7th, 2026 11:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.
Dig Into Daylilies!
Class at GBBG: Yes, it this class is on the same day as our annual Daylily Dig at GBBG, but isn’t that the best time to have new faces see what we do and even participate in the life of a gardener, especially daylily gardeners!!
Those who aren’t able to dig or do the physical things at the Spring Dig, might be able to help in this area. The first 30-45 minutes will be spent indoors giving a presentation about daylily care. Then (weather permitting) the remainder of the class time will be spent outside at the GBBG daylily gardens where our group will already be getting the beds prepared for the growing season as well as dividing and transplanting and putting plants aside for the Daylily Auction and Adopt-a-Daylily Night on May 7th. *If it is raining, we will meet indoors only.
If you are interested in helping with the class, please contact
Jill or Scott Reuss daylilyhosta@gmail.com or 715-856-5156
Location: Green Bay Botanical Garden
May 5th, 2026 3:00 to 4:30 P.M. RAIN DATE: May 6th, 2026
May Dig
Weed & Feed; clean-up of GBBG Daylily beds; dig for auction
Location: Green Bay Botanical Garden
May 5th, 2026 3:30 to 6:00 P.M. RAIN DATE: May 6th, 2026
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. Check back closer to event for a partial List of Plants going on the auction block.
Location: Green Bay Botanical Garden Visitor Center
May 7th 2026 5:00 P.M. - 9:00 P.M.
Daylily Society National Convention
Registration is open. Check the Daylily Convention Website for details: "Where Daylilies and Hospitality Bloom Together"
Location: Valdosta, GA
May 20th - 23rd, 2026
Region 2 Summer Meeting
Planning is still going on, Check Region 2 Website for details. "DAYLILIES IN DAIRYLAND"
Location: Madison, WI
July 17th- 19th, 2026
B.A.D. Buds Summer Bus Trip
This year will be a carpool to Madison area gardens on July 19th. We will leave Green Bay, or wherever you want to leave from, to get to our luncheon meeting place first (more information at our May 7th Meeting at GBBG).
July 19th Time: TBD
July Chit Chat
Location: Phil & Luella Korth, 1861 Pinewood Trail Suamico. Bring a chair and just relax with
friends
July 29th Time: 6-8
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
Please contact them to schedule a time to come and create your special daylily. Contact Jim or Sharon
Annual Picnic
Location:
Join us at Clyde Schmidt’s Gardens: Time TBD
406 S. Lee St, Appleton
Followed by Mary Heiting’s Gardens for Appetizers
1118 S. Theodore St, Appleton
Then our final stop along with light meal items will
Be at Sandy Sandee’s Gardens
1190 Symphony Blvd., Neenah
Please bring a chair to sit on and a dessert to share
Carpool with friends for less parking issues
July 17th Time: TBD
Dig for Annual Sale
Come help dig daylilies from the B.A.D. Buds Daylily Gardens for our 23rd Annual Daylily Sale. Earn BAD Bucks to spend at the sale or a future purchasing opportunity.
Location: Green Bay Botanical Gardens Daylily Beds
Sept 9th, 2026 3:30 PM to 6:30 PM. RAIN DATE: Sept 10th, 2026
Annual Sale Bagging
Daylilies dug from the B.A.D. Buds Daylily Gardens and daylilies donated by club members will be bagged for our 23rd 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 11th, 2026 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM.
Annual Sale Setup
Come help fellow members set up for our 23rd 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 11th, 2026 12:00 PM until finished.
Annual Sale
Our 23rd 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 is open for fall mum sale and has graciously offered to host our annual sale)
Location: Larry's Bellevue Gardens
Sept 12th, 2026 (Sat.) 9-4 Sept 13th, 2026 (Sun) 10-3
Annual Luncheon and Business Meeting
Annual luncheon & social starting at 11:00 A.M. Business meeting starting at 12:30. Our featured speaker will be Mark & Patty Franklin of M P Flower Garden via zoom.
Location: Green Bay Botanical Garden Visitor’s Center
Nov 7th, 2026 11:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.