2020 World Daffodil Convention Draft Program – 17 to 21 September 2020
Canberra, Australia
Hosted by the Daffodil Association of NSW and ACT and the Horticultural Society of Canberra
Refer to National Daffodil Association of Australia web site http://www.ndaa.org.au/ or Daffodil Association of NSW/ ACT Facebook https://www.facebook.com/DaffodilAssoc/notifications/
We have the outline of the weekend prepared and have started discussions with venues.
At this stage it would help us immensely in finalising the program if you could express your interest in attending. This will allow us to put the various elements of the program together and to develop appropriate final costings etc.
If you can please fill in the form http://bit.ly/DaffodilConvention2020 or, alternatively, contact us by email we can take your preference into account in finalising the program and send you updated information as it becomes available.
For Canberra the weekend will look something like:
Thursday 17 September Daffodil Show staging
A chance to get the flowers to the hall and a chance to talk with other attendees as they stage their flowers.
Tea and coffee will be available
Friday 18 September Staging judging and looking at show
Staging to be completed, and judging undertaken.
Lunch following judging
The afternoon will be a chance to look over the show at its best, and take the photos you want to take.
For those who want to escape the hall and/or are not involved in the judging there will be time to visit other local attractions (and there are plenty to see ranging from parliament house, the national art galleries, Australian war memorial, Museum of Australia etc.)
Informal Dinner
Saturday 19 September
Morning seminars – possibilities include
Hybridising?
New Daffodils in different countries
Miniatures
Afternoon: Floriade and tulip farm visits and / or trips to local daffodil growers
Dinner and presentations
A more formal dinner with presentations of awards from the show and, hopefully, an entertaining speaker.
Sunday 20 September
Local attractions/ national institution visits / trip to local daffodil plots
Farewell Dinner
Monday 21 September – trip to Bowral and visit to daffodil grower
Head to Sydney, Canberra or home
Pre convention tour
There is a pre conference tour proposed of Tasmania and Victoria
Draft proposed program
Wednesday 9th September – Guests fly in – Registration and Welcome Dinner
Thursday 10th – Bus trip to Acton to see Mike Temple-Smith Memorial Garden – cup of tea/coffee
Visit Richmond Historic Village then lunch at Coal Valley winery
Afternoon visit to Maree Johnston’s garden at Otago Bay
Dinner – Asian Restaurant on the wharf
Friday 11th – Hobart Horticultural Daffodil and Camellia Show, Hobart Town Hall
Judges invited in the morning.
Bus to Royal Tasmanian Botanical gardens for those not judging.
Lunch at the Gardens or the Town Hall
Afternoon visit to the Daffodil Show
Evening reception – Government House if possible or Lord Mayor at Town Hall.
Saturday 12th– Free Day if guests have plans to visit elsewhere, or suggested
Morning visit to Salamanca Market, Battery point Historic village. Own lunch
Afternoon ferry trip to MONA (Museum of Old and New Art) – a truly unique experience. Return to city by ferry.
Dinner at Hotel
Sunday 13th – Bus trip to Southern gardens, including ‘Woodbank’ (rare trees, camellias, bulbs etc.)
Lunch at Huonville -other gardens to be decided.
Farewell dinner
Monday 14th – Guest fly out to Melbourne.
Visits to daffodil properties and other attractions in Victoria
Thursday 17th or Friday 18th – guests fly to Canberra
Post Convention Tour
A Post Convention tour in the South Island of New Zealand is being proposed after the Convention. The tour will be of about ten days and will include the NZNDS South Island show and possible visits to Nelson and to closer daffodil properties. This will be a wonderful opportunity to add value to your Down Under experience.
I’m considering it. Ceci Brown. Curious will there be a trip to David
Jackson’s gardens?
Andrew, I am very interested in this trip. A couple of problems with the form, and you may just want to get an idea, at this point, of attendance interest. I was not able to put in my full address. Also my husband may join the trip for the New Zealand portion, but there was no way I could add that.
Hi Ceci,
I believe David and Robyn Jackson have downsized and sold off a large part of their commercial daffodil farm. I did hear they kept the land around their home and that the exhibition daffodils had been moved there. I’m sure the organisers of the pre-convention tour with look to include a visit to the property if it is possible. If you register via the form, even as a maybe, you will be added to a mail list and kept up-to-date with progress.
Regards,
Andrew
Hi Darrin,
Thanks for the feedback on the form, I’ll pass it on to the organisers to have it updated.
Regards,
Andrew
Hi everyone.I have been breeding daffodils for twenty years.I still have every single seedling that I have ever bred!–(some real junk I can assure you!)They are bred from Glenbrook Jackson Radcliff Heritage and many American English and Northern Ireland and Dr Mike Temple Smith flowers.It is my goal to get my farm ready for a few visitors in 2020! –As my farm is late flowering–(it faces the Antarctic)–in a dark narrow valley south of Hobart Tasmania–it may be best to come to Tasmania after the world convention.For those of you visiting Tasmania for the Hobart Show prior to Canberra you will be very welcome to visit–I will try hard to get some early blooms out for you.Ideally you might like to visit Hobart for a couple of days after Canberra and before New Zealand. Anyway just an invitation to anyone interested in daffodils.I may also be able to show you some heritage plantings in my area in addition to my stuff.Cheers Owen Davies. Contact me on Facebook at Daffodilerie–or at Owen Geoffrey Davies on Facebook!
New WDC 2020 logo.
Hi Owen,
I’m from Canberra but am hoping to be able to visit Tassy as part of the tour, I’ve never actually been. Thanks for the invite :-).
Cheers,
Andrew
Thanks for that.
Darrin,
Check my post of May 13th. There I indicate the outline of the 2020 post Convention tour of New Zealand. As stated we will be in Minneapolis next year with full details and registration forms available. Aaron will be in Scotland for the next three weeks so after that we will get together and will prepare an expression of interest document.
Dave
Dave, I look forward to updates and to seeing you all in Minneapolis!
Darrin