Queensland Dahlia Society
Current office holders and what’s happening around our society can be found on our Facebook page.
Queensland Dahlia Society was formed in 1933 and is arguably Australia’s oldest continuous specialist dahlia club. Since then members have been promoting our Dahlia flowers at displays and exhibitions at many locations around metropolitan Brisbane. the Granite Belt and north-east NSW.
Membership
Members are kept informed of society activities via a quarterly news letter. Before the show season begins we hold a field day in one of four dahlia exhibitor regions on a rotational basis. Visitors attend prominent grower’s gardens on the Granite Belt, Toowoomba, northern Brisbane/Gold Coast and Coorabell in north-east NSW where cultural practices are demonstrated and explained. We have a “How To” publication specific to Queensland conditions available for new growers. As well senior members are always keen to provide mentoring assistance.
Australian raised dahlias are grown and shown worldwide and Queensland breeders have contributed to this situation by being prominent in this field. Cultivars bearing the Bracken, Moray, and Downs prefixes are amongst the winners throughout Australia, USA, UK, and NZ. Recently new prefixes, Granite, Stannum and Coorabell have appeared boosting the supply of quality local cultivars.
Show Dates
Events & Show dates in Queensland and Northern New South Wales are listed on our Facebook page and below
2026
October 17 – Toowoomba tuber sale –St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Hall (James St Toowoomba).
October 24 – Coorabell tuber sale-Coorabell Hall (Coolamon Scenic Drive, Coorabell)
November 22 – Christmas Party (including General Meeting) – 4 Club Road, Stanthorpe
2027
January 29/30 – Stanthorpe Agricultural Show
February 6/7 – Tenterfield Agricultural Show
February 20/21 – QDS Field Weekend Coorabell (including General Meeting Saturday 20th)
February 27 – Border Show (Tenterfield)
March 6 – QDS Regional Show – St Paul’s Lutheran Church Hall Toowoomba
March 13/14 – QDS State Show – Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens Auditorium Brisbane
March 21/22 – Coorabell Hall dahlia display
2027 DSA Conference in Toowoomba Friday 11th to Sunday 13th June
Tuber Sales
Quality tubers may be purchased from the Queensland Dahlia Society annual tuber sale held in October. Keep an eye on our Facebook page for full details.
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