Southtown Dahlia Club 2023 Calendar

Meetings: Generally the 4th Sunday of the month from 1-330 pm, (unless noted otherwise.)
Stay tuned for dates featuring Prominent Speakers on Butterflies and Photographing Dahlias 
Check SDC Facebook Page and website for updates

Programs take you through all of the steps required to grow and show beautiful Dahlias. 
Events include meetings, tuber/plant sales, garden walks, picnic, Dahlia Show, Awards Banquet.

1/22/23 Sun  New Introductions, Dahlia Tuber resources, planning your 2023 Dahlia Garden

2/26/23 Sun  Taking dahlias out of storage, starting SDC Dahlia Stock – Strength Training 

3/26/23 Sun   Propagation methods to increase your dahlia stock, Fertilizer choices 

4/23/23 Sun   Hummingbird/Butterfly Program  - Dahlia Culture Info

5/6//23 
 Sat    Dahlia Sale 1!  Annual sale of ADS Show winning varieties of tubers and dahlia plants
5/21/23 Sun   Dahlia Sale 2!  Annual sale of ADS Show winning varieties of tubers and dahlia plants

5/23-5/28/23   Planting Lake Katherine Dahlia Exhibition Garden, dates to be determined

6/25/23 Sun    Outside Meeting – Lake Katherine Nature Preserve, Palos, IL – SDC Dahlia Garden
 
7/23/23 Sun  SDC Annual Picnic- venue to be announced, members and invited guests

9/2-9/3/23    Southtown Dahlia Club 86th Annual Show, Set-up Fr 9/1/23– Crestwood Civic Center


10/22/23 Sun  Welcome new members, Dahlia Dividing and Storage Techniques

10/30-11/5/23  tba Dahlia Dig at Lake Katherine,  Dates dependent on weather
Oct/Nov’23      Awards Banquet  - dates and details tbd

​​​​​​Southtown Dahlia Club

A Participating Member of the American Dahlia Society and The Midwest Dahlia Conference

Chicago, Illinois, South Suburbs