Trial Garden Bed 1

Trial Garden Bed 2

Trial Garden Bed 3/NCDS Member Garden

Allison – so glad to have you here today and working! Allison disbudded – there was alot!

John Spangenberg . Trial Garden Leader! Deadheaded today, disbudded and fixed the water!

Trial Bloom

Trial Bud

Trial Bloom

Trial Bloom

Trial Bloom

Trial Bloom

Trial Bloom

Trial Bloom

Trial Bloom

Trial Bloom

Member bloom – KAs Cloud

Snoho Doris

Nick Weber . Our garden had alot of visitors today.

Little Snowdrop

Beetlegeuse

Crazy Smalls from Crazy4Dahlias.com

Hollyhill Purely Purple. I love this dahlia – one of my favorites. It does very well in the heat of Maryland.

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John Spangenberg at the end of our work day! We started at 9am 84 degree weather. 1 hour later and it was 88 degrees!

Nick Weber

Nick Weber and Valerie Wampler . Time to go get a nice cold glass of water. The garden looks great today in spite of the 90 degree weather and lack of rain

Mid-Atlantic Trial Garden Work Day, 9/16/18 – Deadheading, Disbudding, Judging & Rabbits!

Mid-Atlantic Trial Garden Work Day, 9/16/18 – Deadheading, Disbudding, Judging & Rabbits!

NCDS G1/G2 Garden Bed

Mid-Atlantic Trial Garden Work Day, 9/16/18 – Deadheading, Disbudding, Judging & Rabbits!

Trial Garden Bed 2 with Kathy

Mid-Atlantic Trial Garden Work Day, 9/16/18 – Deadheading, Disbudding, Judging & Rabbits!

Trial Garden Bed 1 with Connie.

Mid-Atlantic Trial Garden Work Day, 9/16/18 – Deadheading, Disbudding, Judging & Rabbits!

Trial Blooms in Bed 1 – judged today

Mid-Atlantic Trial Garden Work Day, 9/16/18 – Deadheading, Disbudding, Judging & Rabbits!

Trial Bloom – judged today

Mid-Atlantic Trial Garden Work Day, 9/16/18 – Deadheading, Disbudding, Judging & Rabbits!

Trial Bloom – judged today

Mid-Atlantic Trial Garden Work Day, 9/16/18 – Deadheading, Disbudding, Judging & Rabbits!

Trial Bloom – Bed 1

Mid-Atlantic Trial Garden Work Day, 9/16/18 – Deadheading, Disbudding, Judging & Rabbits!

Trial Bloom – judged today

Mid-Atlantic Trial Garden Work Day, 9/16/18 – Deadheading, Disbudding, Judging & Rabbits!

Trial Bloom – judged today

Mid-Atlantic Trial Garden Work Day, 9/16/18 – Deadheading, Disbudding, Judging & Rabbits!

Trial Bloom – judged today

Mid-Atlantic Trial Garden Work Day, 9/16/18 – Deadheading, Disbudding, Judging & Rabbits!

Trial Bloom – judged today

Mid-Atlantic Trial Garden Work Day, 9/16/18 – Deadheading, Disbudding, Judging & Rabbits!

Trial Bloom

Mid-Atlantic Trial Garden Work Day, 9/16/18 – Deadheading, Disbudding, Judging & Rabbits!

Trial Bloom – judged today

Mid-Atlantic Trial Garden Work Day, 9/16/18 – Deadheading, Disbudding, Judging & Rabbits!

Trial Bloom – judged today

Mid-Atlantic Trial Garden Work Day, 9/16/18 – Deadheading, Disbudding, Judging & Rabbits!

Trial Bloom – judged today

Mid-Atlantic Trial Garden Work Day, 9/16/18 – Deadheading, Disbudding, Judging & Rabbits!

Trial Bloom – judged today

Mid-Atlantic Trial Garden Work Day, 9/16/18 – Deadheading, Disbudding, Judging & Rabbits!

Trial Bloom – judged today

Mid-Atlantic Trial Garden Work Day, 9/16/18 – Deadheading, Disbudding, Judging & Rabbits!

Trial Bloom – judged today – wish my camera took a better picture

Mid-Atlantic Trial Garden Work Day, 9/16/18 – Deadheading, Disbudding, Judging & Rabbits!

Trial bloom – already judged but had to share picture

Mid-Atlantic Trial Garden Work Day, 9/16/18 – Deadheading, Disbudding, Judging & Rabbits!

Trial Bloom

Mid-Atlantic Trial Garden Work Day, 9/16/18 – Deadheading, Disbudding, Judging & Rabbits!

Very large bud of Trial Bloom

Mid-Atlantic Trial Garden Work Day, 9/16/18 – Deadheading, Disbudding, Judging & Rabbits!

Disbudding and deadheading with Kathy and Connie. — with John Spangenberg.

Mid-Atlantic Trial Garden Work Day, 9/16/18 – Deadheading, Disbudding, Judging & Rabbits!

Rich Gibson disbudding. Rich also judged for couple of hours today.

Mid-Atlantic Trial Garden Work Day, 9/16/18 – Deadheading, Disbudding, Judging & Rabbits!

Gina – who was shut down several times today due to not being allowed to run at the bunnies she and her sister rousted out of our garden beds today.

Mid-Atlantic Trial Garden Work Day, 9/16/18 – Deadheading, Disbudding, Judging & Rabbits!

Sophie – bunny wrangler – if only the puny humans didn’t get in her way!

Mid-Atlantic Trial Garden Work Day, 9/16/18 – Deadheading, Disbudding, Judging & Rabbits!

One of three rescued baby bunnies. The other two made it out quickly and hopefully never to return. We did such a thorough job weeding (thanks Kathy and Connie) plus Sophie and Gina earned their fancy meals!

Mid-Atlantic Trial Garden Work Day, 9/16/18 – Deadheading, Disbudding, Judging & Rabbits!

A bit of theatrical picture torment – I promise no bunnies were hurt in this picture – he/she was carried safely to the forest line and set free with a strong warning to never return. — with John Spangenberg.

Vicki

NCDS Display Garden

AC Ben

Stoneleigh Joyce at Derwood‏

Challenge (stellar) seedling bed

Mid-Atlantic Trial Garden Work Day, September 1, 2018. Great weather, friends, blooms, judging! — with John Spangenberg.

Isn’t this preying mantis beautiful!??!

Mid-Atlantic Trial Garden Work Day, September 1, 2018. Great weather, friends, blooms, judging! — with John Spangenberg.

Hope you can see this large preying mantis – photo bombed by John S.

Mid-Atlantic Trial Garden Work Day, September 1, 2018. Great weather, friends, blooms, judging! — with John Spangenberg.

Trial Blooms

Mid-Atlantic Trial Garden Work Day, September 1, 2018. Great weather, friends, blooms, judging! — with John Spangenberg.

Trial Bloom

Mid-Atlantic Trial Garden Work Day, September 1, 2018. Great weather, friends, blooms, judging! — with John Spangenberg.

Love working with Tom Davis. So glad he can join us.

Mid-Atlantic Trial Garden Work Day, September 1, 2018. Great weather, friends, blooms, judging! — with John Spangenberg.

Trial Bloom

Mid-Atlantic Trial Garden Work Day, September 1, 2018. Great weather, friends, blooms, judging! — with John Spangenberg.

Trial Bloom – regular center

Mid-Atlantic Trial Garden Work Day, September 1, 2018. Great weather, friends, blooms, judging! — with John Spangenberg.

Trial Bloom – just wanted to capture the middle – reminded me of ravenous fly catcher 🙂

Mid-Atlantic Trial Garden Work Day, September 1, 2018. Great weather, friends, blooms, judging! — with John Spangenberg.

Trial Bloom

Mid-Atlantic Trial Garden Work Day, September 1, 2018. Great weather, friends, blooms, judging! — with John Spangenberg.

Trial Bloom

Mid-Atlantic Trial Garden Work Day, September 1, 2018. Great weather, friends, blooms, judging! — with John Spangenberg.

Trial Bloom

Mid-Atlantic Trial Garden Work Day, September 1, 2018. Great weather, friends, blooms, judging! — with John Spangenberg.

Trial Blooms

Mid-Atlantic Trial Garden Work Day, September 1, 2018. Great weather, friends, blooms, judging! — with John Spangenberg.

Trial Bloom with hitchhiker

Mid-Atlantic Trial Garden Work Day, September 1, 2018. Great weather, friends, blooms, judging! — with John Spangenberg.

Trial Bloom.

Mid-Atlantic Trial Garden Work Day, September 1, 2018. Great weather, friends, blooms, judging! — with John Spangenberg.

Trial Bloom – very floriferous

Mid-Atlantic Trial Garden Work Day, September 1, 2018. Great weather, friends, blooms, judging! — with John Spangenberg.

Trial Bloom

Mid-Atlantic Trial Garden Work Day, September 1, 2018. Great weather, friends, blooms, judging! — with John Spangenberg.

Trial Garden Bed 2 with Kathy. She was phenomenal helping today as there was so much to do! It felt like we skipped a week even though we didn’t! Just lots of growing.

Mid-Atlantic Trial Garden Work Day, September 1, 2018. Great weather, friends, blooms, judging! — with John Spangenberg.

I have to grab one each week showing John hard at work. Now that I see this I remembered we forgot to work the plants under the sign! — with John Spangenberg.

Mid-Atlantic Trial Garden Work Day, September 1, 2018. Great weather, friends, blooms, judging! — with John Spangenberg.

Disbuddng and deadheading Trial Garden Bed 1. We then spent a couple of hours judging Trial Blooms today – 4 judges were on hand and we got a lot done.

Mid-Atlantic Trial Garden Work Day, September 1, 2018. Great weather, friends, blooms, judging! — with John Spangenberg.

What?” caught eating blueberry muffins — with John Spangenberg.

Mid-Atlantic Trial Garden Work Day, September 1, 2018. Great weather, friends, blooms, judging! — with John Spangenberg.

Ms. Gina – soon to have a birthday

Mid-Atlantic Trial Garden Work Day, September 1, 2018. Great weather, friends, blooms, judging! — with John Spangenberg.

Trial Bloom

Mid-Atlantic Trial Garden Work Day, September 1, 2018. Great weather, friends, blooms, judging! — with John Spangenberg.

Trial Bloom

Mid-Atlantic Trial Garden Work Day, September 1, 2018. Great weather, friends, blooms, judging! — with John Spangenberg.

Trial Bloom

Mid-Atlantic Trial Garden Work Day, September 1, 2018. Great weather, friends, blooms, judging! — with John Spangenberg.

Trial Bloom

Mid-Atlantic Trial Garden Work Day, September 1, 2018. Great weather, friends, blooms, judging! — with John Spangenberg.

Trial Garden Bed 1 – Scott Bailey

Mid-Atlantic Trial Garden Work Day, September 1, 2018. Great weather, friends, blooms, judging! — with John Spangenberg.

Trial Garden Bed 2

Mid-Atlantic Trial Garden Work Day, September 1, 2018. Great weather, friends, blooms, judging! — with John Spangenberg.

NCDS G1/G2 Bed

Mid-Atlantic Trial Garden Work Day, September 1, 2018. Great weather, friends, blooms, judging! — with John Spangenberg.

Trial Garden Bed 3