New England Daylily Society (NEDS) Exhibitions

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The American Hemerocallis Society's mission statement includes the desire to provide the general public with education and exposure to the daylily. In July (of most years), NEDS sponsors a judged American Hemerocallis (Daylily) Society daylily exhibit open to the public at the New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill. Please visit our calendar page to find out when our next Exhibition is scheduled.

Although the show is somewhat an artificial environment for our favorite flower, it is our desire that you would see the diversity and initial appeal of the daylily at the show. Exhibitors choose forms, shapes, sizes and colors to expose you to some of the over 100,000 different registered varieties on the market today.

Photographs and questions are allowed and encouraged. Most exhibitors and even judges are on site during the Exhibition to answer your questions and help you understand what is going on.

Above: Winners from NEDS Exhibition 2025
Right: Steve Greene grooming scapes for the Exhibition in 2019.

Any daylily grower can enter flowers in these shows. An exhibitor must have grown and groomed their own entries. You do not need to be a member of the local club or the AHS to enter. However, to win an AHS rosette, you must be an AHS member, and you will be allowed to join at that time if you happen to win! Don't be afraid to enter...even just a few entries. Other exhibitors will give you pointers on how to groom your scapes.

Want to know more?

Visit https://daylilies.org/get-involved/exhibitions/ to find resources for useful tips about transporting daylilies and preparing to exhibit daylilies. You'll also learn how the flowers are organized and who judges the flowers. Members of AHS can visit the Membership Portal under Judging/Shows>Exhibition Judging Info to find out more information.

Here are a few helpful links:

- AHS Members can download a free copy of the AHS Exhibitions Handbook from the Portal Store. Once the Portal, in the search box where it says "all categories", select the dropdown and change it to "Publications" then in the next box enter "exhibition" in the search box to find the handbook and download the latest version.

- View the Point Scoring Guidelines by clicking here.

If you need more information about becoming an Exhibition Judge, email the webmaster.