We are proud to announce and congratulate the 2019 ADS Gold and Silver Medal Recipients awarded on May 3, 2019 at the American Daffodil Society Convention in Bloomington, MN;
William (Bill) Welch from Santa Cruz, California (Gold)
Thank you ‘Jan Fetler’ for this photo of Bill Welch
The Gold Medal of the American Daffodil Society is awarded to an individual deemed by the Honors Committee as being worthy of “recognition of creative work of a pre-eminent nature in the understanding and advancement of daffodils”.
Mary Darling from Washington, DC (Silver)
The Silver Medal of the American Daffodil Society is awarded to an individual deemed by the Honors Committee as being worthy of “recognition of outstanding service to the American Daffodil Society.”
Both of these ADS Medal Recipients have many accomplishments and accolades which will be revealed in an article for the upcoming The Daffodil Journal. You can currently review their accomplishments from the ADS Medal Recipients pages of the ADS website.
If anyone has a ‘glamour shot‘ of Bill or Mary that we can include with their article in The Daffodil Journal, please email them to Jolene at 
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Congratulations to both of our worthy 2019 ADS Medal Recipients!
Congratulations to both Mary and Bill , awards well deserved.
Mothers Day here in NZ as I type : a busy week in the flower markets . All the daffs I have marketed in the last few weeks , well received in the markets as it is still very early season , have come from seed supplied by ” Bill the Bulb Baron “.
Bill has been extremely generous in supplying seed to daff breeders world wide .From seed sown by Max Hamilton we have the great tazetta line of Tahi , Rua , Toru etc .Very vigorous early flowers with a big future in the cut flower trade . Toru is tall and strong , my personal favourite .
From paperwhite seed sent to John Hunter I have about 10 very good forms ; chosen both by John and Diane Irwin . All are considerable improvements on the previous paperwhites grown .Thanks Bill for the amazing work you have done , over many decades , to advance the early multiheads . Perhaps not as glamorous as producing exceptional show winning champions but they are truly appreciated internationally and will be a treat for Kiwi mums for the next few days and for another month or so in the start of the Kiwi spring .
You are probably collecting seed now in Southern California and Mary is enjoying the last of the main season show flowers, – well done to you both .