Author: George Dorner, Illinois

Got into daffodils because deer ate my tulips. Was pushed into the ADS by Charles Wheatley. Was President of the ADS from 2009-2011. Enjoyed being co-chair of the 2009 ADS Convention with wife, Mary, and Jill Griese. Live in NW burbs of Chicago.

Good Feedback for Daffseek

On a garden walk this week I visited with Jerry Langenhorn, a member of our Midwest Daffodil Society and a former president of the ADS – that’s the American Dahlia Society, of which I am also a member. Jerry reported…

A Nice Way to Remember April

  Perhaps the best photographer in the Midwest Daffodil Society is Jim Kochevar. Jim lives in Chicago and has a remarkable garden as shown in his photos posted here in the past and with his friends. Not long ago Jim…

Midwest Daffodil Society Show in Chicago

Well, our decision to go forward despite a paucity of blooms in our area and continued temperatures in the forties paid off. With a few hiccups we had a good show and enormous attendance due to the break in the…