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Hit
a High Note in Music City!
American Daffodil Society
2012 Fall Board Meeting and Symposium
Hosted by the Middle Tennessee Daffodil Society
October 26-27 in Nashville, TN
This fall event of the American Daffodil Society is
OPEN TO ALL ADS members and guests (this includes Master Gardeners) and is not for ADS Board Members only. This is an opportunity of a lifetime for anyone who wants to learn
more about modern daffodils and meet some of the amazing people in the daffodil world (from around the world!).
Please join us for the reception, dinner, and bulb auction on
Friday night; a Symposium on
The Future of Daffodil Breeding on Saturday; and a reception and dinner on Saturday night. The Friday night reception will include a
costume contest for costumes based on daffodil names or themes (costumes optional).
The
ADS Board Meeting will be held on Saturday morning. The
Saturday Symposium from 1:00 to 5:00 presents a unique opportunity to hear some of the most exciting speakers in the Daffodil World share their thoughts on where
The Future of Daffodil Breeding is heading. The slate of speakers includes
Wilf Hall from New Zealand. Wilf is famous for his tazetta breeding and is the hybridizer of the stunning ‘Fencourt Jewel’, the best standard 8W-P to date.
Lawrence Trevanion from Canberra, Australia amazed us with photos of his miniatures at the 2008 Symposium and he will be with us once again.
Brian Duncan from Northern Island is arguably the most famous daffodil hybridizer in the world.
Harold Koopowitz and
Bob Spotts from California will round out the panel of presenters.
Saturday night dinner speakers
Nancy Tackett and Ben Blake are the ADS tech team who manage DaffSeek (the free online photo daffodil database at
www.daffseek.org) and Daffnet (the free online daffodil discussion board at
www.daffnet.org). Nancy and Ben will share their experiences of spring 2012 in New Zealand and the 2012 World DaffodilConvention in Dunedin.
With vendors encouraged to bring bulbs to sell to Symposium participants, combined with the bulb auction Friday night, this weekend will be a great opportunity to add a few modern
daffodils to your gardens. Jaydee Ager, the ADS Executive Director, will host a ghoulishly good sale of daffodil publications and items from the vaults of ADS.
More details and registration information is available on the ADS website at
www.daffodilusa.org. Hit a high note this fall by attending this extraordinary event in Nashville, TN!
HOTEL INFORMATION
Millennium Maxwell House, 2025 Rosa L. Parks Boulevard, Nashville, TN 37228
Group Code: 1210DAFFOD
Call 800-457-4460 M-F 8am – 5pm
www.millenniumhotels.com/millenniumnashville
Room rate $110, single or double occupancy
Same rate available for 3 days before or after the event
Free on call shuttle from & to Nashville International Airport (BNA)
Free shuttle within 5 miles of hotel (includes many local attractions)
Free Parking
For more information contact:
Becky Fox Matthews, ADS President and Fall Board Meeting Chairman, 615-838-1359 (cell),
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Carol Smith, Registrar, 615-720-2294 (cell),
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Harold Koopowitz, Program Chairman, 714-838-4826,
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