This is our 28th fall daylily festival! The location is in Camp Hill, near Harrisburg PA. Official events are scheduled noon to noon, October 21-22, 2023. Many attendees arrive early on Friday and enjoy the informal preview activities Friday evening and Saturday morning. Saturday morning we also hold clinics, Jim Murphy hosts a chat room, and we have other fun activities. We have many exciting speakers including Ellen Laprise, Don Wolf, Rich Howard, and Peter Donato presenting Steve Todd's hybridizing program. Peter Donato will show the daylilies of the future. A wonderful buffet dinner is included in the registration fee and we have a huge plant raffle, silent auction, and great daylilies for auction.
We are excited this year to provide a reduced registration rate for first time attendees! And we have a great daylily plant to give each new attendee. We want more participation from within Region 3 and we love everyone who travels to Lilyhemmer from other AHS Regions. Lilyhemmer is fun for every daylily enthusiast who is able to attend.
Registration fee for 2023 is $99 (USD); $50 for first time attendees and $50 for youth members.
Online Registration Preferred. Online Registration
Click here to download the 2023 Registration Form
Click here to download the 2023 Program
Reward for new attendees:
We want to encourage new attendees and we are offering a nice daylily plant, to each new attendee. And there are lots of other prizes.
Lilyhemmer attendees can win lots of prizes during the raffles and games we play. In addition, there are opportunities to win a $500 gift certificate. One attendee will be selected to win a $500 gift certificate donated by Woodhenge Gardens at the close of Lilyhemmer on Sunday.
Join us for 2023 Lilyhemmer, our 28th year!
Lilyhemmer Chairperson: Nicole Jordan
15500 Harrowgate Road
Chester VA 23831
804-520-4602
NJordan236@aol.com
Lilyhemmer Registrar: Rich Crider
18910 Geeting Rd.
Keedysville, MD 21756
Rich.Crider@icloud.com
Slide Chairman: Hybridizers are invited to submit a maximum of 10 slides showing 2023 introductions or seedlings. Please send digital images in jpeg format. Minimum jpeg file size is 300 KB for adequate projection. Provide information on flower size, parentage, and other brief information about each flower. Deadline for submission is October 1, 2023.
Peter Donato pmpautogroup@gmail.com
Live Auction Donations
(Saturday night, after dinner) AHS members and hybridizers have generously supported our auction and we again need your support. Potted plants are preferred, bare root plants don't work for everyone in October in our climate, but certificates for spring shipment are also welcomed. Lilyhemmer attendees are encouraged to pot up a great plant and bring it for the auction. Please let us know what you are donating, and forward your questions to:
Kris Bender
267-474-0469
kames555@yahoo.com
Hotel
Camp Hill is adjacent to Harrisburg, west of the Susquehanna River.
Rooms are $119 plus tax, if reserved prior to September 30, 2023. Tell the hotel that you are with the Lilyhemmer Convention. Lilyhemmer must use a minimum number of rooms to earn free use of the meeting rooms. Parking is free. Pets are welcomed.
Penn Harris Hotel
717-763-7117
1150 Camp Hill Bypass
Camp Hill, PA 17011-3734
Silent Auction
Contact Cynthia Marriott lilycyn@aol.com regarding silent auction plants.
610-647 7115
lilycyn@aol.com
Lilyhemmer Raffle
Daylilies, perennials, and gardening accessories are all welcomed for the raffle. Please contact our Raffle Chairmen in advance so they know what is is being donated.
Gary Ball, 724-639-9526, gball@kiski.net
Cynthia Marriott, 610-647-7115 Lilycyn@aol.com