Mitch Carney, Boonsboro, Maryland
Mitch and Kate Carney have loved daffodils their whole lives. They moved to Boonsboro, Maryland to grow cut flowers and heirloom vegetables at South Mountain Flower Farm in 1992. This evolved into the fields being turned over to daffodils as their passion grew and now grow, hybridize, and sell daffodil bulbs from the farm.
Mitch is the Intermediates Chairman for the American Daffodil Society (ADS), and Kate is on the ADS’s Executive Board and was former Youth Chairman and Regional Vice-President for the Mid-Atlantic region. Both are involved in the Tuscarora Daffodil Group, one of the oldest daffodil societies in the United States.
Mitch's Presentation title: Consider the Classics, will discuss classic daffodils, the newest approved section in ADS Shows. By definition these are daffodils registered between 1940 and 1969. Classic daffodils are the sturdy breeding stock that has created today’s progeny, and they are a good place for beginners to start their collection. Most are available in garden centers and mail-order catalogs, and many exist in established daffodil collections. Mitch will discuss successful cultivars on the show bench, and his and Kate’s favorites.
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