The Northwest Dahlia Legacy Project is committed to gathering and protecting the invaluable knowledge of our Northwest Dahlia Leaders

Our beautiful Northwest region historically has a remarkable abundance of extraordinary, visionary, cutting edge and noteworthy dahlia growers. We are building an official depository of their history, signature methods and list of their cultivars ensuring accessibility to future generations.

We are systematically documenting and collecting this wealth of information into one site that all Federation members can easily access for reference and to learn from. We are establishing an apprenticeship like approach to obtaining best practices from from multiple Dahlia Legends!

This project is intended to document the people, societies, events, and activities that have contributed to making the Federation of Northwest Dahlia Growers what it is today. Please be sure to come back often as we allow additional content to bloom.

Dahlia Legend Highlight

In honor of Walt Jacenko, you can find his list of originations as well as highlights of his life and service featured in his Dahlia Legacy Project Profile found here.

Dahlia Legacy Project – Get Involved!

This project is certainly a work in progress, as we continue to cultivate content and add new profiles to the site. If you are interested in writing a profile for the site, please contact your club’s Dahlia Legacy Project representative. In addition, you are encouraged to consider contributing content to the Dahlia Legacy Project when completing your judging projects. Talk to your judging instructor for more information.

Email us at dahlialegacyproject@gmail.com to learn more.

Thank you to the Federation of Northwest Dahlia Growers for its financial and leadership support of this project.