
	Ontario Regional Lily Society
	An affiliate of the North American Lily Society

PAST EVENTS

NALS 63^nd Annual International Lily Show and Symposium
July 7-11, 2010

A Lily Odyssey: Excursion to Mars

The North American Lily Society presents its 63^th Annual International Lily Show and Symposium July 7-11, 2010 at the Sheraton Four Points Hotel and Convention Center, 910 Sheraton Drive, Mars, PA 16046.
Co-hosted by the Mid-Atlantic Lily Society and the Ohio Lily Society.
For more information.

Annual Members' Picnic
Sunday, June 27, 2010

We will hold our Annual Members' Potluck Picnic Sunday, June 27, 2010, at the home of
Penny Lipcsik, 192 Harley Road, RR #2, Harley, ON N0E 1E0 beginning about 1:30 p.m.
Please bring your own lawn chairs, utensils, and a dish of food to share.
Remember to bring a stem or two for our two class mini-show. Class 1, stem of a named variety. Class 2, stem of a seedling lily.

Annual General Meeting
Sunday, April 18^th, 2010, 1:30 p.m.

Our speaker at the Annual General Meeting is Ken Parker, the proprietor of Sweet Grass Gardens. He describes the nursery as a hobby that grew out of control.
As a homeowner, Ken was faced with the challenge of gardening in heavy clay and limestone. The inability to obtain native plants locally inspired the creation of the Six Nations based retail nursery.
Owned and operated by Ken and Linda Parker, Sweet Grass Gardens opened its doors to the public on May 15, 1996. The overwhelming interest in the nursery led to a feature spot on HGTV's "The Gardeners Journal".
Over the past few years Sweet Grass Gardens has made a name for itself throughout Canada and the U.S. as a leader in native plant knowledge. It is a small, family-run business hiring nursery staff from within the Six Nations community.
Sweet Grass Gardens has also had the pleasure of training community members in horticulture and landscaping for the Ogwehoweh Skills and Trades Training Centre in Ohsweken.
Linda and Ken had a lot of fun as guest landscapers in the W network's hit TV show "The Gardening Gamble". They were fortunate to be able to incorporate many native plants in their garden designs over the four years involved with the show.
Sweet Grass Gardens has taken the lead in promoting the use and benefits of native plants. For more that 15 years Sweet Grass Gardens has been helping homeowners, schools, and more recently corporate clients make healthy plant choices

Lily Judging School
Saturday, March 6^th, 2010

The Ontario Regional Lily Society is sponsoring a Lily Judging School on Saturday, March. 6^th (parts 1 and 2) and Sunday, July 9^th (part 3). This will be an official North American Lily Society accredited school for members of the North American Lily Society, regional lily societies' members and others interested in becoming qualified lily judges. Please note that those interested in becoming accredited judges with the North American Lily Society must be/become members of N.A.L.S.
Ross Martin will be the official judge's training instructor, assisted by two experienced judges, Sandra-Pat Willis and Dr. Brian Bergman. In addition to new judging candidates, this course is recommended to all existing student judges and accredited judges who wish to update their judging skills. Existing judges are not required to write the two exams which will be offered at the end of each day's sessions.
The cost of the judges' training course is $30.00 which includes lunch on Saturday, March 6. The location of parts 1 and 2 is West Plains United Church, 549 Plains Road West, Burlington, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The church is almost opposite the Royal Botanical Gardens Headquarters building and floral gardens. Part 3 of the course will be at the Royal Botanical Gardens during the Ontario Regional Lily Society annual lily show.
For more information about the judges' training course please contact Brian Bergman at 416-614-6394 or Ross Martin at 905-692-3222. The booklet "Showing Lilies: A Handbook for Judges and Exhibitors" should be purchased in advance from Maureen Barber, Registrar, 336 Sandlewood Road, Oakville, ON L6L 3R8. The cost of the book is $15. The book should be studied before attending the course since the exam is based on both the book's content and the lecture material.
We think this will be a fun event – one we hope you will enjoy. Growing an exhibiting lilies can be a great experience and we hope that knowing more about your lilies and how they have evolved over the last fifty or so years in North America will astound you.

Fall Meeting
Sunday, November 8^th, 2009, 1:30 p.m.
Please note change in date!

The ORLS will hold a Fall Meeting at 1:30 p.m. on November 8^th, 2009,
at the Royal Botanical Gardens, 680 Plains Road West, Burlington, Ontario, Rooms 1 & 2.

Joe Nemmer of Pennsylvania will talk about l. canadense, and about the
2008 "Western Lily Chase", a trip by a number of lily enthusiasts searching
for wild lilies on the west coast (Washington, Oregon, and California).

This event is open to all, and we invite non-members to attend.

There will be some bulbs for sale, though not the ones Joe will be telling us about!


l. canadense	l. bakerianum var. rubrum

Annual Bulb Sale and Auction
Sunday, October 4^th, 2009

The ORLS will be holding it’s annual Bulb Sale and Auction on October 4^th, 2009,
at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Burlington Ontario.
This popular event is open to the public. We offer hard to get lily bulbs, as well as common types at great savings to you. Anyone interested in growing lilies should plan to attend this event.
Sale starts at 1:00 p.m.- Auction to follow

Partial list of bulbs we expect to have available (by type): For illustrated list click here

Asiatics
Bold Knight
Dolly Madison
Embarassment
Gypsy
Kimberly Ann
Loretto
Moonbaby
Morden Butterfly
Navona
Pan
Plum Crazy
Red Raven
Red Velvet
Scarlet Tanager
Sidney
Starburst
Tinkerbell
Tiny Athlete
Towering Turk
Tropical Breeze
Martagons
Amelita
Lois Hole
Nepera
martagon seedlings
Orientals
Dordogne
Sumatra
Trumpets/Aurelians
Emerald Temple
LA's (Longiflorum/Asiatic hybrids)
Jazz It Up
Litouwen
Moneymaker
Tropic Diamond
OT's (Oriental/Trumpet hybrids)
Conca D'or
Holland Beauty
Manissa
Maywood
Ortega
Robina
Scherherazade
Species
L. henryi var. citrinum
L. martagon
L. michiganense
L. pumilum

ORLS Annual Members Picnic
Saturday, July 18^th, 2009, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.

Our annual members picnic, hosted this year by Brian Bergman and Jenny Mason, will be held in Brian's lily fields at 1660 5^th Louth Street, St Catharines.
Refreshments will be served. Please R.S.V.P. by July 11^th to 416-614-6394.

ORLS 44^th Annual Lily Show
Saturday and Sunday, July 11^th and 12^th, 2009

You are invited to attend the Ontario Regional Lily Society’s 44^th Annual Lily Show,
July 11^th and 12^th, 2009, either as an exhibitor or spectator.
Come out and see what has been growing in our gardens this year!
Entries to the show may be placed Friday evening or Saturday morning as specified in the
show schedule. (Show schedule is in pdf format, so requires use of a pdf reader such as
the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.) We welcome non-members as exhibitors.
Show open to the public Saturday 1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
and Sunday 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Held at the Royal Botanical Gardens, 680 Plains Road West, Burlington, Ontario.

NALS 62^nd Annual Lily Show and Meetings
June 24-28, 2009

The North American Lily Society presents its 62^th Annual Lily Show and Meetings,
June 24-28, 2009
Hosted by the Ozark Regional Lily Society, Springfield, MO.

Annual Meeting
Saturday, April 11^th, 2009, 12:45 p.m.

The O.R.L.S. will hold its Annual General Meeting at 12:45 p.m. on April 11^th, 2009,
at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Burlington Ontario.
This event is open to all, and we invite non-members to attend.

Renowned botanist Josef Halda will speak about
"Rare Bulbs from Turkey to China"

Josef Halda

Like many of his fellow Czech countrymen, Josef Halda traveled to the mountains at a very early age, first with his grandfather, and immediately he was drawn to the wonderful flowers. Encouraged by his family, he brought some home to grow in a garden. By the age of 12 he had his own collection of plants in his parents’ greenhouse. By age 16, he was corresponding with Lawrence Crocker, a partner in Siskiyou Rare Plants in Medford, Oregon and subsequently sent them cuttings of daphne arbuscula, a very hardy evergreen daphne which grows only on the limestone cliffs of the Muran Valley in Slovakia. This led to more correspondence with other growers in both Western Europe and North America, one of those remarkable occasions where gardening trumped politics, but it would be another 20 years before Josef would travel to America.
He and his wife, Jarmila, have collected seed of new discoveries in Turkey, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Siberia, West China and Upper Burma. Their Czech background has given them better access to remote regions in states of the former Soviet Union, where even now travel can be restricted at best, or worse, dangerous. They have also researched and published monographs for primula, gentiana, daphne, paeonia and androsace.
This is a wonderful opportunity to be taken to another realm by one of the world’s great field botanist and growers. Josef Halda will speak to members on the topic of “Rare Bulbs from Turkey to China.”
The photos will portray both plants we have never seen and natural habitats which can hardly be described. From this vast region originate many of the hardy bulbs grown in our gardens. There are many more that are yet uncultivated, but may soon be here.
The meeting will start at 12:45 p.m. with the O.R.L.S. Annual General Membership Meeting,
with the featured speaker to follow by about 2:00 p.m.

Fall Meeting
Sunday, November 9^th, 2008, 1:30 p.m.

The ORLS will hold a Fall Membership Meeting at 1:30 p.m. on November 9^th, 2008,
at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Burlington Ontario.
This event is open to all, and we invite non-members to attend.

Bill Jones will speak on "Photographing Lilies (and other garden inhabitants)".
He will touch on various aspects such as:

focal point
depth of field
camera angle
lenses
lighting
manual settings vs automatic
peripherals
post production (why all those lily trees look so spectacular)

And he will give us a brief tour of one of his favourite gardens.

Fall Meeting
Sunday, November 4, 2007, 1:30 p.m.

The ORLS will hold a Fall Membership Meeting at 1:30 p.m. on November 4^th, 2007,
in Room 5 of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Burlington Ontario.
This event is open to all, and we invite non-members to attend.

Picture of speaker
Sandra-Pat Willis will talk about some of the Lilium species that are growing in her garden, S-W Gardens in Thamesville.

She will illustrate her talk with pictures she has taken of these species and some of their hybrids, and will discuss the growing conditions as she has observed them for these plants.

She will also try to answer questions about these species.

ANNUAL BULB SALE AND AUCTION
Sunday, October 14, 2007, 1:00 p.m.

The ORLS will be holding it’s annual Bulb Sale and Auction on October 14^th, 2007,
at the Royal Botanical Gardens, 680 Plains Road West, Burlington Ontario, Rooms 3, 4, and 5.
This popular event is open to the public. We offer hard to get lily bulbs, as well as common types at great savings to you. Anyone interested in growing lilies should plan to attend this event. This is our major fundraiser for the Society.
Sale starts at 1:00 p.m., followed by Auction.

Partial list of bulbs we expect to have available (by type): For illustrated list click here

Asiatics
August Orange
Black Out
Calgary Tower
Citronella
Diamond Willough
George Slate
June Bride
Landini
Loretto
Monique
Night Flyer
Pup Art
Sungod
Tinkerbell
Tobin
Martagons
Amelita
Burnt Orange
Cadense
Mahogany Bells
Moonyeen
martagon seedlings
Orientals
Dordogne
Lime Star
Muscadet
Samur
Trumpets/Aurelians
Betty Sturley
Black Dragon
Emerald Temple
Gold Eagle
Tetra Black Beauty
LA's (Longiflorum/Asiatic hybrids)
La Paz
Turandot
OT's (Oriental/Trumpet hybrids)
Altari
Anastasia
Angelica
Conca D'or
Elise
Lady Di
Pink Jazz
Pretty Maid
Madame Butterfly
Ortega
Robina
Scarlet Delight
Scherherazade
Triumphator
Yelloween
Species
L. davidii var. unicolor
L. duchartrii
L. hansonii
L. henryi var. citrinum
L. leichtlinii var. maximwiczii
L. michiganense
L. pumilum
L. tsingtauense

NALS 60^th ANNUAL LILY SHOW
AND MEETINGS
July 11-15, 2007

The North American Lily Society presents its 60^th Annual Lily Show and Meetings,
July 11-15, 2007.
Hosted by the Alberta Regional Lily Society, Edmonton, AB.

ORLS 42^nd ANNUAL LILY SHOW
July 7^th and 8^th, 2007

You are invited to attend the Ontario Regional Lily Society’s 42^nd Annual Lily Show,
July 7^th and 8^th, 2007, either as an exhibitor or spectator.
Come out and see what has been growing in our gardens this year!
Entries to the show may be placed Friday evening or Saturday morning as specified in the
show schedule. (Show schedule is in pdf format, so requires use of a pdf reader such as
the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.) We welcome non-members as exhibitors.
Show open to the public Saturday 1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
and Sunday 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Awards presentations Sunday 2:00 p.m. Sale of stems Sunday 3:15 p.m.
Held at the Royal Botanical Gardens, 680 Plains Road West, Burlington, Ontario.

ORLS ANNUAL MEMBERS' POTLUCK PICNIC
Sunday, June 24, 2007

Mary Lynne Brown, Florence Brown, and David Maltby invite all members of the ORLS, family, and friends to their place for the annual members' picnic on Sunday June 24th, 2007
from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. You are welcome to come earlier and stay later.
For directions, please see the Mapquest map. Use the zoom control at the left side to see a wider area (level 8 is good). Use the Directions To link for driving instructions.
They have a big garden. The martagons should be putting on a show. David has a lot of named varieties, as well as quite a number of seedlings of interest. Come and see his successes and failures. There is an abundance of other plants including peonies, irises and day lilies.
Also, Mary Lynne's and David's daughters have offered pony rides for any small children or grandchildren.
Remember to bring your own lawn chairs, cutlery, dishes, sunscreen, and insect repellent, as well as your contribution to the potluck picnic.

Annual General Membership Meeting
Sunday, March 25^th, 2007, 1:30 p.m.

You are invited to attend the Ontario Regional Lily Society’s Annual General Meeting.
Come out and hear Brian Bergman speak about current directions in lily breeding!
Hear reports on the past year and participate in elections.
Non-members are invited to come and hear our featured speaker.
Some Lily bulbs will be available for purchase. We expect to have:

'Arcachon' - a white LA 'Dot.Com' - a Tango type

'Pirandello' - a pink LA 'Allegretto' - a pink Asiatic

'Turandot' - a pink LA 'Triumphator' - a Logiflorum hybrid

'Tom Pouce' - a pink/yellow Oriental 'Terragona' - a yellow O/T

'Dizzy' - a white/red Oriental 'Shocking' - a yellow/red O/T

Held at the Royal Botanical Gardens, 680 Plains Road West, Burlington, Ontario, Room 5.

Fall Membership Meeting
Sunday, November 5, 2006

The ORLS will be holding a Fall Membership Meeting at 1:30 p.m. on November 5^th, 2006, at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Burlington Ontario.
Peter Schieman will discuss and demonstrate lily propagation.
This event is open to all, and we invite non-members to attend.

ANNUAL BULB SALE AND AUCTION
Sunday, October 1, 2006

The ORLS will be holding it’s annual Bulb Sale and Auction on October 1^st, 2006, at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Burlington Ontario.
This popular event is open to the public. We offer hard to get lily bulbs, as well as common types at great savings to you. Anyone interested in growing lilies should plan to attend this event. This is our major fundraiser for the Society.
Sale starts at 1:00 p.m.- Auction to follow

NALS 59^th ANNUAL LILY SHOW
AND MEETINGS
July 12-16, 2006

The North American Lily Society presents its 59^th Annual Lily Show and Meetings,
July 12-16, 2006.
Hosted by the Wisconsin Regional Lily Society, Eau Claire, WI

ORLS 41^st ANNUAL LILY SHOW
July 8^th and 9^th, 2006

You are invited to attend the Ontario Regional Lily Society’s 41^st Annual Lily Show,
July 8^th and 9^th, 2006, either as an exhibitor or spectator.
Come out and see what has been growing in our gardens this year!
Entries to the show may be placed Friday evening or Saturday morning as specified in the
show schedule. (Show schedule is in pdf format, so requires use of a pdf reader such as
the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.) We welcome non-members as exhibitors.
Show open to the public Saturday 1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
and Sunday 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Held at the Royal Botanical Gardens, 680 Plains Road West, Burlington, Ontario.

ORLS ANNUAL MEMBERS' POTLUCK PICNIC

The annual members' picnic will be at S-W Gardens in Thamesville, Sunday July 2nd. Directions
Remember to bring your own cutlery, dishes, chair, sunscreen, and insect repellent , as well as your contribution to the potluck supper, and your entry or entries for the mini flower show!
Plan to arrive after 1:00 p.m. We will have an early supper so that we can be on our way home early enough to avoid heavy traffic.

Judging School
April 29^th, 2006

Parts 1 and 2 of the North American Lily Society's training course for accreditation of judges will be held at West Plains United Church on Saturday, April 29th, starting at 9:00 a.m.
Part 3 will be held Sunday, July 9th at our Annual Flower Show.
Non-members of ORLS are welcome to arrange to attend.
The course is recommended as a refresher for current lily judges.
If you are interested in attending, please contact Ross Martin at 905-692-3222.

Annual General Membership Meeting
April 23^rd, 2006

You are invited to attend the Ontario Regional Lily Society’s Annual General Meeting,
April 23^rd, 2006.
Come out and hear Barrie Porteous speak about "Great Plant Hunters of China"!
Hear reports on the past year and participate in elections.
Non-members are invited to come and hear our featured speaker.
Some Lily bulbs will be available for purchase.
Held at the Royal Botanical Gardens, 680 Plains Road West, Burlington, Ontario, Rooms 1 & 2.
Sunday, April 23^rd 1:30 p.m.

Fall Membership Meeting
Sunday, November 6, 2005

The ORLS will be holding a Fall Membership Meeting on November 6^th, 2005, at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Burlington Ontario.
Maureen Barber will give an illustrated talk. This event is open to the public.

ANNUAL BULB SALE AND AUCTION
Sunday, October 2, 2005

The ORLS will be holding it’s annual Bulb Sale and Auction on October 2^nd, 2005, at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Burlington Ontario.
This popular event is open to the public. We offer hard to get lily bulbs as well as common types at great savings to you. Anyone interested in growing lilies should plan to attend this event. This is our major fundraiser for the Society.
Sale starts at 1:00 p.m.- Auction to follow

ANNUAL POTLUCK PICNIC
Sunday, July 24^th, 2005

Tom Gratrix is opening his gardens for our annual picnic this year.
Please note that we will be eating earlier than usual this year, around 12:30 p.m., so that we can be away earlier and hopefully miss the worst of the homebound traffic.
Please refer to your newsletter for details.

NALS 58^th ANNUAL LILY SHOW
AND MEETINGS
July 13-17, 2005

The North American Lily Society presents its 58^th Annual Lily Show "Northern Horizons" and Meetings, July 13-17, 2005.
Hosted by the Manitoba Regional Lily Society at the Canad Inn Polo Park, Winnipeg, MB.

ORLS 40^th ANNUAL LILY SHOW
July 9^th and 10^th, 2005

You are invited to attend the Ontario Regional Lily Society’s 40^th Annual Lily Show,
July 9^th and 10^th, 2005, either as an exhibitor or guest.
Come out and see what has been growing in our gardens this year!
Held at the Royal Botanical Gardens, 680 Plains Road West, Burlington, Ontario.
Saturday, July 9^th: Entries 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. Show open 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, July 10^th: Show open 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Awards Presentation 2:00 p.m.
Sale of Stems 3:15 p.m.

ORLS
Annual General Membership Meeting
April 17^th, 2005

You are invited to attend the Ontario Regional Lily Society’s Annual General Meeting,
April 17^th, 2005.
Come out and hear reports on the past year, participate in elections, and hear Maureen Barber's illustrated talk about her garden!
Some Lily bulbs will be available for purchase.
Held at the Royal Botanical Gardens, 680 Plains Road West, Burlington, Ontario.
Sunday, April 17^th 1:30 p.m.

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PAST EVENTS

NALS 63nd Annual International Lily Show and Symposium July 7-11, 2010

Annual Members' Picnic Sunday, June 27, 2010

Annual General Meeting Sunday, April 18th, 2010, 1:30 p.m.

Lily Judging School Saturday, March 6th, 2010

Fall Meeting Sunday, November 8th, 2009, 1:30 p.m. Please note change in date!

Annual Bulb Sale and Auction Sunday, October 4th, 2009

ORLS Annual Members Picnic Saturday, July 18th, 2009, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.

ORLS 44th Annual Lily Show Saturday and Sunday, July 11th and 12th, 2009

NALS 62nd Annual Lily Show and Meetings June 24-28, 2009

Annual Meeting Saturday, April 11th, 2009, 12:45 p.m.

Fall Meeting Sunday, November 9th, 2008, 1:30 p.m.

Fall Meeting Sunday, November 4, 2007, 1:30 p.m.

ANNUAL BULB SALE AND AUCTION Sunday, October 14, 2007, 1:00 p.m.

NALS 60th ANNUAL LILY SHOW AND MEETINGS July 11-15, 2007

ORLS 42nd ANNUAL LILY SHOW July 7th and 8th, 2007

ORLS ANNUAL MEMBERS' POTLUCK PICNIC Sunday, June 24, 2007

Annual General Membership Meeting Sunday, March 25th, 2007, 1:30 p.m.

Fall Membership Meeting Sunday, November 5, 2006

ANNUAL BULB SALE AND AUCTION Sunday, October 1, 2006

NALS 59th ANNUAL LILY SHOW AND MEETINGS July 12-16, 2006

ORLS 41st ANNUAL LILY SHOW July 8th and 9th, 2006