The Connecticut Dahlia Society

July 2006

Meeting Date: Sunday July 9, 2006

Time: 12:00 Noon

Place: The Wooten’s Residence, 210 Sasco Hill Road, Fairfield,

(Driving directions follow below in this Newsletter)

Program: Annual Picnic & Raffle

President’s Message:

Again we appreciate the hospitality of the Barbara and Jon in volunteering this year

to host our Picnic. If you have not attended either of the last two picnics at their home

you should not miss this one. Their English Gardens will be in full bloom at this date as

will the “top bloom” of many of Jon’s 500 dahlias.

The society provides the hot dogs and hamburgers and everyone else contributes their

favorite picnic specialties. In order to have a varied assortment of dishes, we ask you to contact Barbara and Jon to see what they might like you to bring. Telephone them at: (203) 259-8359 or e-mail Jon at: jwwooten@optonline.net. We all look forward to a

nice day of camaraderie, great food, their beautiful gardens and a lively raffle run by

Nick Paternostro. If you would like to also contribute an item for the raffle, that will be appreciated.

Speaking of rain as I did in the June Newsletter, it just does not seem to stop. We got the Display Garden in at Elizabeth Park in on May 28th, a little later than usual due to the rainy season, but expect that it will bloom in August on time. Perhaps from the rainy start of this growing season, it will not be one that is as dry as the one last year, let’s hope.

I look forward to seeing many of you at the Picnic!

Marge Schnerr, President

2006 CDS Meeting Dates & Programs:

Aug.26 CDS Annual Show at Elizabeth Park

Sept. 5 Judge’s Exam & Refresher Course, 7:00 p.m. Thomaston Bank

Oct. 14 Thomaston Savings Bank, 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 11 Annual Meeting & Election of Officers, Thomaston Bank 7:30 pm

Dec. 2 Christmas Party, Jasonis Residence, Winsted

NADC Show Schedules for 2006:

August 19 Washington County Fair, Richmond, RI sponsored by the RIDS

August 26 CDS, West Hartford, CT

Sept. 2 & 3 Long Island Dahlia Society, Bayard Cutting Arboretum, LI, NY

Sept. 9 & 10 Rhode Island Dahlia Society, Wickford, RI

Sept. 9 & 10 Southern Tier Dahlia Society, Chemung County Fairgrounds,

Horseheads, NY

Sept.14-17 ADS National Show, NADC Show, hosted by the Mid Island Dahlia

Society, Planting Fields Arboretum, Oyster Bay, LI, NY

Sept. 23 & 24 North Jersey Dahlia Society, Frelinghuysen Arboretum, Morristown, NJ

Sept. 30 Long Island Dahlia Society, 2nd. Show, Bayard Cutting Arboretum

Oct. 7 Mid Island Dahlia Society, 2nd, Show, Planting Fields Arboretum

New ADS Book “Raising Beautiful Dahlias The Easy Way” Edited by Richard W.

Peters, M.D.

This new publication has just been received by your President and you may see it at the Picnic when we decide whether to buy copies of it for re-sale. The tip that I got from it on dealing with cutworms is worth the price of it alone!

Directions to the Wooten’s, 210 Sasco Hill Road, Fairfield

From the North:

- Wilbur Cross to Rt. 8 South (first exit after Sikorsky Bridge)

- Rt. 8 ends at I-95 – Take South exit.

- Exit 20, “Bronson Road,” left at Bottom of Ramp

- ¼ mile to stop sign – turn left – 100 yards to Rt. 1

- You can’t turn left on Rt-1 – take right which goes under road then left to get on Rt. 1 going East

- ¼ mile to first light – right on Sasco Hill Road

- #210 is 1/8 mile on right, entrance through iron gates

- Parking is limited to about 8 cars

- If parking is filled, continue on 100 feet and park on “Sasco Hill Terrace” a

street on the left. There is no parking on Sasco Hill Road

From the South:

- I-95 to Exit 19 “Southport”

- Continue straight ¼ mile through 3 Stop signs to Rt-1- right.

- 3/8 mile to first light – right on Sasco Hill Road

- 210 is 1/8 mile on right

- Parking as above

Becky Paul, Editor