Region 2 Summer Meeting

Daylilies in Dairyland
2026 Region 2 Summer Meeting
July 17-19, 2026
At the Holiday Inn and Suites
in beautiful Madison, Wisconsin

Hosted by the Wisconsin Daylily Society

Registration and hotel information —> HERE <—

If you are experiencing ROOM BOOKING issues with the HOLIDAY INN & SUITES, Madison, WI, (The HOST HOTEL for the 2026 ADS Region 2 Summer Meeting). Please be patient and contact STEVEN KING, Ph/TEXT: 608.277.9789 OR Email: acupleasur@aol.com.

Only King size bed rooms available now at the Holiday Inn.

Comfort Suites (1 block from The Holiday Inn) has a limited number of double queen bed rooms still available. Booking Link —> The Wisconsin Daylily Association

Work in Progress Gardens
Francis and Genni Kleckner, Muscoda, WI.

Located in the Driftless Region of Southwest Wisconsin, this ADS display garden consists of over 1,000 registered daylily cultivars and many companion plants. This is a hybridizers’ garden with thousands of seedlings in various stages of growth and evaluation.

More information in .pdf format HERE.

West Madison Agriculture Research Station
Madison, WI.

The Wisconsin Daylily Society has just shy of 500 different cultivars in seven colorful beds at this unique location. This facility focuses on plant breeding, student training and community outreach.

More information in .pdf format HERE.

Yendor Ridge Gardens
Rhonda, Tony and Andrew Veroeven
Windsor, WI.

Don’t let the small size of this garden fool you. Over, 2,000 named cultivars are grown on this 1/3 acre lot, along with a few seedlings, guest plants, test plants for four different hybridizers, carnivorous bogs, a frog pond and metal art.

More information in .pdf format HERE.

Hosta Haven
Char and Randy Hanson, DeForest WI.

Hosta Haven has approximately 80 daylilies on a half-acre lot that abuts a peaceful wooded area. This garden also boasts over 775 varieties of hostas, from miniatures to giants.

More information in .pdf format HERE.

Gemutlichkeit Garden
Monique Warnke, Windsor, WI.

This garden features an overflowing display of lilies, daylilies and companion plants. Follow the limestone steps to the top of the garden for a spectacular view. The Englerth Bed and sculptures by local artist Thomas Skupiewitz are featured.

More information in .pdf format HERE.

Holiday Inn and Suites, SUMMER MEETING —-> Daylily Society Booking Link <—- SUMMER MEETING.

Calling all makers, bakers, gardeners, and treasure hunters! The Silent Auction needs your creativity. Donate an item and help us grow a fantastic event!

If you would like to donate, please contact Becky Robinson. Beckylr@comcast.net or 815-742-1125

Some donation ideas….

• Handmade crafts, artwork, or woodwork
• Garden tools, décor, or plantrelated items
• Specialty foods, baked goods, or preserves
• Gift baskets or themed bundles
• Unique treasures, collectibles, or experiences

Thank You for your support!

Prairie’s Edge Gardens, Carole Hunter
4735 Black Oak Trail, Rockford, IL
Website: prairiesedgegardens.com
Email: prairies.edge.gardens@gmail.com
815-289-3231

Open Sunday 7-19-26 10am – 5pm.

Prairie’s Edge is home to 2 gardens, one being a 2/3 of an acre suburban garden with color themed perennial beds, sunny rock gardens, shrubs and grasses, mature oak trees, shade gardens, and a woodland area.

The other 2/3 of an acre, now a hybridizing garden, was all lawn, a perfect blank slate, when we bought the house in 2015. There are now 5 seedling beds that can hold about 1500 seedlings each, a bed of selected seedlings that are waiting to see what their fate is (introduction or the compost pile), sale beds of registered plants (both mine, and those of other hybridizers) and a demonstration/hybridizing collection of about 450 registered plants.

Descriptions and prices of plants are on my website. Because I am a ‘one-woman show’, preorders are appreciated but not required, and can be picked up on Sunday.

Margie & Doug King
991 Perry Center Road
Mt. Horeb, WI
608-832-6455
dougmargie@tds.net

Open Garden Hours are 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM on Thursday, July 16 and Friday, July 17. Sunday, July 19, open from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

Margie will have some smaller fused glass art available and if someone really wants a piece of her collection, she has some that she is willing to part with. She accepts checks, cash or Zelle payments.

 We found our 3-acre hilltop 33 years ago.  Beautiful forever view, but 2-3 inches of soil over rock, 7’ Canadian Thistles, pig weed, Bouncing Bette and more weeds than you could shake a stick at with not a tree anywhere.  Not an optimum site for a flower lover.  And the rest of the story:

We now have 51 garden beds that I dug down 30 to 36 inches, removed the rock and filled those holes with dirt, compost and sand.  The rocks became a swale with a bridge aross it.  The beds have over 300 varieties of daylilies, 70 peonies, iris, roses, lilium and many more complementary perennials with annuals mixed in for color.  The beds are built and edged with native rocks and pavers.  Doug established a native prairie in one area.  We have planted flowering trees and pines, and they have matured enough for me to establish a couple of shade gardens.  We love all the different colors and sizes of Hosta.  And then there are the hellebores, ferns, jack-in-the pulpits and fun shade loving plants – be still my heart. 

 The overall theme of the yard is oriental.  Doug created a Zen Garden, and we have many snow lanterns.  I am a fused stained-glass artist and have created a different theme for each of the beds.  The glass is mounted on aluminum so it can be seen mixed in with and blowing in the breeze above the flowers.  The glass includes, butterflies, flowers, Native American Kachinas, Japanese Geishas, a coral reef with many different fish and contemporary art designs.  They all remain in the ground year-round, so there is color in the gardens even in the winter.  You are welcome to wander the gardens and enjoy the 30-mile view.

The Land of the Talls
Joe and Mary Kaye Lashock
1806 Athens Court, Waunakee, WI 53597

Visitors welcome on: Thursday, July 16, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Friday, July 17, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Sunday, July 19, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Contact via e-mail at mklashock823@gmail.com or phone/text 608-512-3568.

Our extensive flower beds enwrap our home with a colorful array of daylily floral beauty, attracting butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds We have over 350 different cultivars, the majority considered “tall” with heights ranging from 30” to 78”. Shorter varieties are used as border plants. 25% of the daily lilies enhancing our beds come from the Wisconsin Daylily Society members’ gardens, allowing us to choose the best of the best of local gardens. We love sharing our efforts with visitors. It’s a must see!

Michelle Rogers, Ellison Daylilies by Michelle Rogers
1869 Cox Rd Chana, IL 61015
Open on Thursday July 16th from 9-3, Friday July 17th from 9-1 and

Open Sunday July 19th from 10-3.

Contact via email Ellison.daylily@gmail.com or call 815-739-6850 Ellison Daylilies on Facebook

Ellison Daylilies by Michelle Rogers is located in a quiet corner of northern Illinois near the town of Stillman Valley. It is 20 minutes south of Rockford and can be accessed from major highways such as route 72 or 64. Both highways can be reached from interstate 39. Surrounded by cornfields, this hybridizers garden offers a variety of named varieties that are for sale along with hundreds of new seedlings every year. The main garden includes recent and future registrations of mine along with seedling babies and named varieties. Other gardens around the property include named varieties of daylilies, iris, peonies and many other beautiful perennials. I enjoy hybridizing round heavily ruffled diploids and beautifully edged tetraploids that are hardy in zone 5. Every year I hold a Bloomfest garden open house during the second weekend in July for visitors to enjoy the beautiful daylily blooms and purchase some of their favorites.

Skipper’s Botanic Garden
Skipper and Tina Hake
216 County Road B
Platteville, WI
608-692-3105

This garden will be open 9am-5pm on 7/10,7/11 & 7/17 and 9am-3pm on 7/12 and 7/19.

In the countryside just northeast of Platteville, in full view of the large hill bearing the ginormous historic miner’s M, are the home and gardens of Skipper and Tina Hake. He turned the full-sun, gently sloping ground into a garden oasis. Initially, soil was amended and several beds were built. These were then filled with daylilies he moved from his previous house. Every year conifers, deciduous trees, shrubs, and topiary specimens have been planted at the front, back and sides. Large tree choices and placement have been of particular concern as there are strict rules prohibiting blocking the neighbors’ sightlines of that big white M. His careful planning has created a colorful open vista textured with varied heights and shapes…all while preserving the view of folks living along this quiet county highway. Daylilies have been continuously tucked into every empty spot along with tall lilies, allium, clematis, and a variety of newer perennials. Beds to hold them all have also been steadily added or expanded. Some favorite hybridizers are Karol Emmerich, Dale Hensley, and the Shooters.

This is Amish country and Skip’s friends from this community have helped with some of the more mundane gardening tasks. In addition, they raised a massive yet unobtrusive outbuilding to house all his gardening and snow removal machinery. A prized birthday gift from them is a hand-built wooden arbor that enhances one of the garden’s grassy pathways. A spring wagon, the equivalent of a pickup truck to the Amish, was going to be scrapped but happily found new purpose. After they painted it in John Deere colors, it was given to Skip who promptly turned it into a very large planter festooned with vibrant annuals. Near the center of the yard a firepit beckons for nighttime enjoyment. Because of the wind, spinners and such usually don’t survive long but mosquitos are kept nicely at bay. A variety of garden art is liberally sprinkled throughout. Beware of the gnomes and be on the lookout for Sasquatch. They watch over this peaceful, bright-hued rural estate – welcoming the friend and frightening away the foe!