Dig on Dahlias – Details, episodes & analysis

Join Joann and Allison as we chat with Deanna Anthony with Bloomtown Flowers in Federal Way, WA. Deanna is a dahlia grower  and Growing Kindness member. 

You can find Deanna on Instagram at Bloomtown_Flowers or at her website https://bloomtown-flowers.myshopify.com. 

For more information about the Growing Kindness Project visit their website at www.growingkindnessproject.org. They believe:

"By starting where we are, using what we have, and doing what we can, we accomplish SO much.

Every act of kindness has the potential to change a life.

We never grow poor by giving.

There is no better place than the garden to grow change."

— The Growing Kindness Team

This is the first of five interviews from the National Show. Stay tuned for the interviews with four more growers from across the US. 

Joann and Allison discuss how they are beginning to prepare for digging and dividing dahlias. 

Joann and Allison discuss Joann's first experience choosing and entering blooms for our local dahlia soceity parlor show. 

Joann and Allison briefly discuss the changes in the dahlia world pertaining to hybridizer compensation and also talk about Allison going to the Kitsap County Dahlia Society show. 

Joann and Allison discuss how to get connected and started with how to judge dahlias through the Northwest Federation of Dahlia Growers. 

Joann and Allison discuss different important tasks we do in our gardens during the month of July. 

Follow along as we continue our discussion with Cory Wynne of Wyn's Dahlias. During this episode Cory elaborate on how her and Walt grew and hybridized their introductions. 

During this interview with hybridizer Cory Wynne, we discuss how she began her journey as a dahlia grower. Cory shares her methods of growing dahlias and equally important her relationships within the dahlia community. 

Joann and Allison introduce Dig on Dahlias.