dahlia society of victoria

Trial Garden Submissions and Volunteering

A Dahlia Trial Garden is a garden where new, unnamed dahlia varieties sent by hybridisers are grown and evaluated.

For the first time, breeders will have the opportunity to have tubers assessed at two separate locations within Australia. They can be assessed at one or both locations, it is up to the breeder.

Canberra

A trial garden has been running in Canberra for some years and tubers can be sent to Graeme Davis (Graemecdavis@hotmail.com) by 30 October along with attached completed form, as per normal. Further details are on the form.

Melbourne

We ask that each breeder initially limits their varieties to the Melbourne trial to three new seedlings. However if you have more than three seedlings you would like trialed, please let us know and if we have room we will liaise with you about how many you can send.

For those wishing to have varieties trialled in Melbourne we ask that you indicate how many varieties you wish to have assessed by contacting Deb Collett (deb@dahliasocietyofvictoria.org.au) by  email by 6 October, with tubers to be sent to Pam Albutt by 21 October, along with the completed form. Further details are on the form.

Volunteering at the Melbourne Trial Garden

Please also contact Deb Collett (deb@dahliasocietyofvictoria.org.au) if you are interested in volunteering at the Cruden Farm Trial Garden. It is envisaged that a group will meet Monday’s from 9.30am – Noon commencing on 20 October to carry out any task required at the garden. It is not necessary to commit to attending every Monday – we hope to have a large enough pool of volunteers so that we can establish a roster.

The DSV looks forward to working with Cruden Farm, Langwarrin in bringing this new service to all Australian dahlia breeders and in building on the stellar work that Graeme Davis has been carrying out in the Canberra Trial gardens for many years.