Membership

Rates:  Individual $20.00/year, Family $30.00/year

To join or renew your membership:  Please complete our Membership Form and bring it to a meeting or e-transfer and send the form to [email protected]    To learn more, please reach out to us at the same email address and/or come to a meeting! 

Family membership includes 2 adults plus children under 19 living at the same address.

We meet on the first Tuesday of the month, February to November, in St. Philip Church Hall, 1797 Cedar Road, Nanaimo, Meetings start at 7 pm. Click here for the map.

Memberships purchased before the Annual Show in August are valid until December of the same year and those dated on or after the Annual Show will be valid until December of the following year.

Only members who joined the club two months or more prior to our Annual Corm and Tuber Sale, and who are up-to-date in paying their dues, may sell tubers at the sale.

Benefits of membership include:

  • club meetings about dahlias and gladiolus on the first Tuesday of the month from February to November
  • meetings include programs, guest speakers, demonstrations and hands-on learning about growing, dividing, storing, taking cuttings, growing from seed, staging for a show and other topics 
  • Question and Answer time with growers who have a wealth of knowledge
  • camaraderie and shared knowledge around dahlias and gladiolus
  • members-only early access to the annual Glad Corm and Dahlia Tuber Sale and the option to sell tubers
  • volunteer opportunities
  • opportunities to learn to become a dahlia and/or gladiolus judge
  • and more!