Stories and Photos about the Dell
A musical moment at the Dahlia Dell.
Lucy's head is smaller than this bloom!
Irish Glow (Deborah Dietz) wins BEST IN SHOW 2022. Check out its perfect Fibonacci sequence. Click image to learn more about the Fibonacci sequence.
What happened here? Wolf petals. Click to find out more!
Sandia Sun Bonnet (Anemone)
Holly Hill Spider Woman (Novelty)
Jane - BB Incurved Cactus
Daddy's Girl
Poodle Skirt
Pam Howden
Red Velvet
Abby - BB Formal Decorative
Ball section of Head Table - 2022 DSC Show One of these is about to win Best in Show.....
Rachel Perls paints dahlias during 2022 show
Container full of freshly cut blooms arrives at the Hall of Flowers
Find the eye!
Arrangement by Tim Wong DSC Show 2022
Just picked
One tuber turned into 14!
The old hillside garden before 2024 - unstable ground, rusty nails, gopher tunnels.
Another day in the Dell (SF Conservatory of Flowers in background)
Lots of work all year long!
An arrangement of five
DSC 2022 Show
Lou's introduction: Eden Alice with its namesake.
Boutonnieres for a benefit for Parks Alliance
Deborah Dietz's Irish Glow wins Best in Show - She grew it in the Dell. Tiny, but mighty.
Dividing a tuber clump.
Left: KA's Peppercorn B Informal Decorative Right: Rolf - B Semi-Cactus
"Best Photo" 2022 DSC Show
A bouquet of dahlias at an SF event.
Annual Tour of the Dell 2022
Michi, Deborah, and Sarah
Winter at the Dell
These are deadheads. Notice that the centers are open.
Someone got creative.
Ladybugs eat aphids
The world's most beautiful compost pile. Deborah has been composting in her section for decades. Her soil is sublime.
Milk cartons are the perfect container for planting tubers.
The sign at the end front of the garden, faded but informative!
Firefighters visit the Dell
2024 ribbon cutting of our gorgeous new hillside garden at the Dahlia Dell
The cutting bench where much of the magic happens for the Tuber and Plant Sale
Pat busy labeling
Tinney at the cutting bench
Tinney and Lou at the cutting bench
Lou watering the tiny plants
These young volunteers started along the outside of the Dell under Deborah's supervision. Now they can work on the inside!
Deborah's pickings for the 2023 DSC show
Best Junior Bloom grower Abby
Tara's hilarious arrangement.
Nancy Pelosi holding two dahlias from the Dell during the Cable Car celebration.
Jenna (right) made dahlias a huge part of the Cable Car celebration.
Dahlias festoon the cable car.
Jenna and her gorgeous dahlia corsages for the Parks Alliance fundraiser.
This woman borrowed a dahlia to balance on her nose!
As if on cue, this gopher posed for Dell Tour crowd. They are so smart and hungry for dahlias.
Do you have photos of the Dell?
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