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Ambrose, Dick & Susan – Camano Dahlias
Dahlia Legacy Profile Dick and Susan Ambrose Profile Complied by Christine Tareen and Lynda Quinn – July 2023 For anyone addicted to dahlias, the prefix Camano is a household staple and rightfully so. The hybridizers, Dick and Susan Ambrose, have been creating fully double dahlias for longer than most of today’s modern dahlia lovers have…
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Anderson, Eric & Janet – Sungate’s Dahlias
Dahlia Legacy Profile Dahlia Legacy Project of Eric & Janet Anderson, by Bobbyjane Merrick ,2023 When asked, Erics advice to the novice dahlia enthusiast. Find a warm sunny location in the garden, with good soil drainage. Watch out for slugs! HA! Eric Anderson was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. His family moved to…
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Babb, Andy
Andrew “Andy “Babb was born April 25, 1909, in Greenville, Tennessee. His parents were William and Martha Babb. He spent his high school years in Washtucna, Washington and graduated from Blair Business College in Spokane, Washington in 1931. Andy was married in 1942 to Alice Snape. They were married in Bremerton, Washington. The couple had…
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Ball, Tom & Twyla
Dahlia Legacy Profile Tom Ball was a native of Wisconsin and Twyla was from Kansas.They met while Tom was in the Navy where his career spanned 25 years of service on submarines.Tom was born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin on August 8,1934, and married Twyla Cogzill on May 24, 1958, in Reno, Kansas. They were both…
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Batts, Bill & Lois
Dahlia Legacy Profile Bill Batts’ Big Beauties Bill Batts grew them big, bold and beautiful for over six decades. “I liked something that was worthwhile putting in a vase,” he said, when asked why he gravitated towards the larger dahlias. And, Batts’ dahlias did need large vases. There is a classic photo of Batts in…
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Beer, Bill
DLP Profile Hall of Fame Nomination – 2014 Bill Beer and his wife Rosa were bitten by the dahlia bug in the early 1990s and immediately began to actively support and promote the growing and judging of dahlias by the general public. His passion for dahlias was infectious and his commitment to educate and train…
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Beer, Rosa
DLP Profile Hall of Fame Nomination Rosa and husband Bill Beer were bitten by the dahlia bug in the early 1990s and immediately began to actively support and promote the growing and judging of dahlias by the general public. Her passion for dahlias was infectious and her commitment to educate and train new judges was…
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Bloomquist, Paul & Barbara – Bloomquist Dahlias
Dahlia Legacy Profile MEET THE BLOOMQUISTS Paul and Barbara Bloomquist have known each other since they were kids. They grew up in Southern California near Pasadena, where they were high school sweethearts. They got married in June of 1963, and soon after that, moved to Bellingham, Washington. Paul had the opportunity to work in the…
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Boley, Steve & Sandy – Irish, MS, Sandia & SB’s Dahlias
Dahlia Legacy Profile In Process Hall of Fame – Nomination Steve and Sandy Boley 2020 Nominees Federation of Northwest Dahlia Growers Hall of Fame When Steve bought a house in Seattle in the late 1980s it came complete with dahlias. After his marriage to Sandy, a Master Florist, the transition to dahlia fanatics was somehow…
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Bonneywell, Bill & Ida – Snoho Dahlias
Date of Profile Submitted: October 16, 2021 Author: Richard Williams interviewed by Linda Holmes-Cook Dahlia Legend’s Full Name: George W. (Bill) Bonneywell Hall of Fame – Nomination Federation of Northwest Dahlia Growers Hall of Fame – 2012 Many of us in Wenatchee met Bill Bonneywell years ago since he traveled to Wenatchee to judge our shows.…
