American Dahlia Society Membership

This option is for an annual membership to the American Dahlia Society. Please select an individual membership for one person, or a family membership for multiple members in the same household. Joining now will give you membership through December 31st, 2024.

Mission: The purpose of the society is to stimulate and promote interest around the development and growth of the dahlia as a culture; to establish a standard nomenclature; to test and develop new varieties; to study the diseases and insects that plague the dahlia in order to understand how to address and remedy the issue(s); to secure uniform standards of dahlia judging for shows and exhibitions.

Objective: The ADS is for all types of dahlia growers that range from enthusiasts to exhibitors and hybridizers. A main goal for the society was to promote the dahlia as not just a flower, but a flower worthy of judgement and exhibition. The ADS multiple research and development projects that supports the multiple facets of raising and caring for dahlias; support for judge training; trial gardens and written publications.

Membership Benefits: The ADS also has an established and active selection of available judges like the Federation, but what the ADS society excels at is printed and availability to information and publications. The Society holds a wealth of knowledge that predates a lot of local societies, and the membership pool is worldwide with global contributions and research test points for the various growing conditions around the ecosystem. You will also receive helpful information, available only to members, including quarterly copies of the ADS bulletin, the Classification and Handbook of Dahlias, a judging roster, show reports, and access to a member’s only section of the ADS website.