Metropolitan Columbus Daylily Society

MCDS Daylily Show
2024-06-29 12:30 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Upper Arlington Public Library, 2800 Tremont Road, Upper Arlington, Ohio
You are invited to attend the 2024 Metropolitan Columbus Daylily Society’s annual flower show.
The event will be held Saturday June 29th, 12:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Upper Arlington Public Library, 2800 Tremont Road, Upper Arlington.
The event is open to the public and there is free admission.
Bring your camera, tell your neighbors, family, and friends. Come learn about our favorite flower while viewing entries both on and off scapes as well as designs featuring daylilies. Last year was our second year at this location and the show was a complete success — we expect great fun again this year!
See the details in our 2024 show schedule if you want to enter a flower or arrangement in our show.
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MCDS Winter Meeting
2025-02-08 13:00 - 14:30 | Franklin Park Conservatory, 1777 E Broad Street, Columbus, 43203, United States
A regular meeting of the Metropolitan Columbus Daylily Society will be held at the Franklin Park Conservatory in the downstairs classrooms on February 8, 2025. The meeting is open to all club members and persons interested in gardening and daylilies who may want to join the club.
Refreshments will be provided. A presentation will be made by a Steve Williams. Steve is a local, central Ohio hybridizer and club member. More information on his hybridizing program can be found on his website.
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MCDS Spring Meeting
2025-05-17 13:00 - 15:00 | Franklin Park Conservatory
The spring meeting of the Metro Columbus Daylily Society will be held on May 17 at Franklin Park Conservatory. The meeting is located in the downstairs classrooms near the rear exit of the Conservatory. A member plant auction will be held along with a guest plant distribution to members will be held. If you are not a member, please sign up at the meeting and you will be able to particate in the plant auction.
This year’s guest plants were purchased from Bell’s Daylily Gardens of Sycamore, Georgia and Heavenly Gardens (Jamie Gossard) of Galloway Ohio and include many unique flowers including a number of 2025 introductions. Light refreshments will be served.

MCDS 2025 Annual Daylily Show
2025-06-28 12:30 - 16:00 | Upper Arlington Public Library, 2800 Tremont Road, Upper Arlington, Ohio
Come join us for our Annual Daylily Show at the Upper Arlington Public Library at 2800 Tremont Road, Upper Arlington, OH 43221. The show will be held on Saturday June 28, 2025 from 12:30 pm. to 4 pm. and is free and open to the public. The show will feature on scape and off scape daylily flowers and daylily flower arrangements. The show will be judged by American Hemerocallis Society accredited judges. A Poster for our show is shown at the following link: show poster 2025

Public Daylily Sale
2025-07-26 10:00 - 12:00
A public daylily sale will be held at the Clintonville Women’s Club at 3951 North High Street, Columbus, Ohio on July 26. 2025 at 10 am to 12 noon. The event is free and open to the public and will be run by the Metropolitan Columbus Daylily Society (MCDS). A poster for the sale is shown at the following link: Public Daylily Plant Sale!
The sale will consist of bare root daylilies only and will include plants dug from the Ohio Hybridizer Garden as well as plants dug from MCDS member gardens. Prices are very reasonable and usually $5 or $10. The sale includes both older and newer daylily varieties including some hard-to-find plants. Come join us at this fun event!

MCDS Meeting, Plant Sale and Auction
2025-08-02 11:00 - 15:00 | Franklin Park Conservatory
One of our biggest events of the year will be held at the Franklin Park Conservatory on August 2, 2025 in the lower-level classrooms. The event includes a members-only plant sale, a pizza lunch, a short business meeting, a members -only plant auction, and the distribution of guest plants to those members who have been with the club for at least one year.
Members can drop off plant donations for the morning sale at 11-11:15 am.
The plant sale will begin at 11:15 and end at 12:15.
Lunch will begin at 12:30 pm.
The business meeting will begin at 1:15 and the plant auction will begin immediately after followed by the guest plant distribution.
It is our hope that the Conservatory will be open from Broad Street at 11:00 am due to the Pelotonia Bike Ride event in progress. If not, please access the conservatory from the South Entrance on Franklin Park South Street.
It should be a great event– we hope that you can attend.
