Schedule Details

Three days of daylily fun - get all the details here.

schedule

Friday October 16, 2026 

3:30 pm – 6 pm Lilyhemmer Volunteer set-up time 

6 pm – 10 pm Hospitality Room: (Location: TBD)

Cash bar and snacks are provided while we casually meet and greet attendees in our main space.

There are multiple activities for you to participate in once you arrive.

  • Pick up your registration packet.
  • Preview raffle, auction, and other items.
  • View the Live Auction slide show and plan your bids.
  • Catch up with daylily friends and make some new ones.

7:30 pm – 7:45 pm Official Welcome to Lilyhemmer 2025 (Location: TBD) Moderator: Linda Herhold

7:50 pm – 8:50 pm Bret Clement, Clement Daylilies, Carmel, IN

9 pm Friday wrap up

Saturday October 17, 2026 

7 am – 10 am Continental Breakfast is included with your stay at the Wyndham Garden Hotel.

am – 10 am Moderated Chat Room 1 Location: TBD) Host Jim Murphy Join Jim for an informal and informative discussion about daylilies.)

8 am – 10 am Moderated Chat Room 2 / Location: TBD) Guest Hosted Informal discussion about small and miniature daylilies.

9 am – Noon Saturday Morning Raffle 

9 am – 4:30 pm Silent Auction

10 am – 11 am Region 3 Business Meeting (Location: TBD)  Jennifer Reed, Region 3 President

Boutique:  Shop handmade craft items produced by some of our talented daylily people.

11 am – Noon Lunch on Your Own

12:15 pm – 12:25 pm Saturday Welcome and Reminders (Location: TBD) Moderator. Linda Herhold

12:25 pm – 1:25 pm Ashton Lopp, Windswept Farm and Gardens, Spencer, OK

1:25 pm – 1:35 pm Saturday Morning Raffle ‘Losing Ticket Finale’

1:35 pm – 1:45 pm Break Time (Don’t forget your Silent Auction bids! AND get Tickets for ‘Lilyhemmer Gives Back’ Drawing)

1:45 pm – 2:55 pm Jason Reeves, University of Tennessee, Jackson, TN

3:00 pm – 3:20 pm Break Time (Don’t forget your Silent Auction bids! AND get Tickets for ‘Lilyhemmer Gives Back’ Drawing)

3:20 pm – 4:20 pm Daru Sharp, Daylilies and Doodles, New Jersey

4:30 pm Silent Auction Ends (Bids Closed, Winners announced, Please take your winning items.)

5:30 pm – 6:30 PM Cocktail Hour (Casual Attire)

6:30 pm Dinner (Casual Attire)

7:30 pm LIVE Auction Stuart Kendig & Peter Donato, auctioneers

AFTER AUCTION: PAYMENT WINDOW OPEN for LIVE and SILENT AUCTION WINS!

Sunday October 18, 2026 

7 am – 10 am Continental Breakfast is included with your stay at the Wyndham Garden Hotel.

8:00-8:30AM PAYMENT WINDOW OPEN for LIVE and SILENT AUCTION WINS!

8:30 am – 8:35 am Welcome and Reminders (Location: Crystal Ball Room) Moderator: Linda Herhold

8:35 am – 9:35 am Michelle Rogers, Ellison Daylilies, Illinois

9:35 am – 10:25 am “Lilyhemmer Looks Into the Future” presented by Stuart Kendig

10:25 am – 10:45 am Break Time (Get your Tickets for ‘Lilyhemmer Gives Back’ Drawing)

10:50 am – 11:50 am Melodye Campbell, North Carolina

11:50 am – Noon ‘Lilyhemmer Gives Back’ Drawing.  Must be present to win!

Noon  Lilyhemmer wrap up and thank you

Noon PAYMENT WINDOW OPEN for LIVE and SILENT AUCTION WINS!