Schedule Details

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

schedule

Friday October 17, 2025 

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

6 pm – 10 pm Hospitality Room: (Location: Crystal Ballroom)

Snacks, drinks, and wine 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.

Pickup your registration packet Preview raffle, auction, and other items.

6 pm – 10 pm 

  • MINGLE BINGO  Play at your own pace. Win 30th Anniversary Prize Drawings!
  • View the Live Auction slide show and plan your bids.
  • Catch up with daylily friends and make some new ones!
  • Informal Dayllly Show and Tell: (Location: Susquehanna Room) Join in sharing your own daylily pictures with each other. A projector will be setup for those who wish to bring thumb drives/lap tops

8 pm – 8:15 pm Official Welcome to Lilyhemmer 2025 (Location: Crystal Ballroom) Moderator: Linda Herhold

8:15 pm – 9 pm Mike Grossmann, Northern Lights Daylilies, Dodge Center, MN

10 pm Friday wrap up

Saturday October 18, 2025 

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

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

8 am – 10 am Moderated Chat Room 2 / Location: First Capital Room) Guest Hosted Informal discussion about broken color daylilies.

9 am – Noon Saturday Morning Raffle 

9 am – 4:35 pm Silent Auction

10 am – 11 am Region 3 Business Meeting (Location: Susquehanna Room)  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: Crystal Ballroom) Moderator. Linda Herhold

12:25 pm – 1:25 pm Kathleen Nordstrom, Northern Lights Daylilies, Dodge Center, MN

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 – 2:45 pm Steven Franklin, Merry and Bright Daylilies, Shelbyville, KY

2:45 pm – 3:15 pm Audience Activity ‘Garden Fit’ by Kellie Hofe, Functional stretches and exercises before gardening.

3:15 pm – 3:25 pm Break Time (Don’t forget your Silent Auction bids! AND get Tickets for ‘Lilyhemmer Gives Back’ Drawing)

3:25 pm – 4:25 pm Ray and Wanda Quinn, Windyhill Garden, Fuquay-Varina, NC

4:35 pm Silent Auction Ends (Bids Closed, Winners announced, Please take your winning items.)

5:15 pm – 6:15PM Cocktail Hour (Casual Attire)

6:15 pm Dinner (Casual Attire)

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

Sunday October 19, 2025 

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

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

8:35 am – 9:35 am “Lilyhemmer Looks Into the Future” presented by Stuart Kendig

9:35 am – 10:25 am Lisa Roper, Chanticleer Garden, “The Artfulness of Gardening”

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

10:50 am – 11:50 am Dave Mussar, Hillside Daylilies, Ontario Canada

11:50 am – Noon ‘Lilyhemmer Gives Back’ Drawing  (Hosted by Region 15) Must be present to win!

Noon  Lilyhemmer wrap up and thank you