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Schedule of Events
Please click on each DATE below to expand activities for that day
- 1:00pm – 4:00pm --- Lily Stem Preparations at Royal Botanical Gardens Atrium
- 1:00pm – 4:30pm --- Registration Desk Open, (Holiday Inn, Lobby level)
- 1:30pm – 4:30pm --- Committee Meetings (Holiday Inn, Burlington)
- 5:00pm - 7:00pm --- Welcome Reception, (Holiday Inn, Hospitality Room)
- 8:00am – 1:30pm --- NALS Directors Meeting, (Royal Botanical Gardens)
- 9:00am - 5:00pm --- Show Room Open for Lily Stems “Exhibitor’s Only”, at Royal Botanical Gardens Atrium
- 10:00am - 4:00pm --- Registration Desk Open, (Royal Botanical Gardens Mezzanine)
- 12:00pm – 1:00pm --- NALS Directors and Members Lunch, (Royal Botanical Gardens Mezzanine)
- 1:30pm - 2:30pm --- Educational Session, Jim Ault, (Royal Botanical Gardens)
- 2:45pm - 3:45pm --- Educational Session, Pontus Wallstén, (Royal Botanical Gardens)
- 4:00pm - 4:45pm --- Species Lily Preservation Meeting “Open to all NALS members who are interested”
- Lily Design & Stem preparations until 8:00pm (Royal Botanical Gardens)
- Free Evening
- 8:30am - 9:15am --- Workroom & Showroom Open, (Royal Botanical Gardens Atrium)
- 9:15am --- Show Room CLOSED for Judging, (Royal Botanical Gardens Atrium)
- 9:30am --- Horticulture Clerks Meeting, (Royal Botanical Gardens)
- 9:30am --- Judges Meeting, (Royal Botanical Gardens)
- 10:00am --- Show Judging at Royal Botanical Gardens Atrium
- 10:30am – 11:30am --- Floral Design Demonstration, Ursula Eley, (Royal Botanical Gardens)
- 11:00am - 1:30pm--- Late Registration/NALS Information Desk Open, (Royal Botanical Gardens Mezzanine)
- 12:30pm --- Judges & Clerks Luncheon, (Royal Botanical Gardens Mezzanine)
- 2:00pm - 5:00pm --- Lily Show OPEN to Public, (Royal Botanical Gardens Atrium)
- 1:30pm - 2:30pm --- Educational Session, Judith Freeman, (Royal Botanical Gardens)
- 2:45pm - 3:45pm --- Educational Session, Terry Willoughby, (Royal Botanical Gardens)
- 4:30pm --- NALS General Membership Meeting #One, (Holiday Inn, Hospitality Room)
- 6:00pm --- Cash Bar before Dinner, (Holiday Inn, Burlington)
- 7:00pm - 9:30pm --- NALS Research Trust Fund Auction, (Holiday Inn, Burlington)
- 8:15am --- Board Bus at Holiday Inn, Lobby Level for Gardens Tour
- 8:30am --- Bus leaves Holiday Inn, for Whistling Gardens
- 9:00am - 5:00pm --- Lily Show OPEN to the Public (Royal Botanical Gardens Atrium)
- 9:00am --- Lily Kids - RBG Educational Event (Royal Botanical Gardens)
- 9:45am - 12:45pm --- Garden Tour and Lunch at Whistling Gardens
- 1:00pm - 2:00pm --- Garden Tour and Wine tasting at Bonnieheath Estate Lavender Farm & Winery
- 2:15pm - 2:45pm --- Stop at Culver Farm Daylilies [Stop at this garden depends upon bloom season.]
- 3:00pm --- Bus returns to Holiday Inn from Gardens Tour
- 4:30pm --- NALS General Membership Mtg #Two, (Holiday Inn, Hospitality Room)
- 6:00pm --- Cash Bar before Dinner, (Holiday Inn, Burlington)
- 7:00pm - 10:00pm --- Awards Banquet, with Tribute to Robert (Bob) Griesbach, (Holiday Inn, Burlington)
- 10:00pm --- NALS Directors Meeting after Dinner (Holiday Inn, Hospitality Room)
- 10:00am - 3:00pm --- Lily Show OPEN to the Public (Royal Botanical Gardens Atrium)
- 1:00pm --- Lily Kids - RBG Educational Event (Royal Botanical Gardens)
- 2:00pm --- Pollen Swap (Royal Botanical Gardens Atrium)
- 3:00pm --- Show Closes (Royal Botanical Gardens Atrium)
- 3:00pm - 3:30pm --- Exhibitors remove their entries from the Showroom
- 3:30pm - 5:00pm --- Dismantle Show at (Royal Botanical Gardens Atrium)
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