This is the website of the Maine Gladiolus Society, a group dedicated to the celebration of the beauty of gladiolus, as well as the promotion of gladiolus as a garden and cut-flower. The society's annual activities include a spring bulb auction, and a late-summer exhibition of blooms.
The 2012 Maine Gladiolus Society bulb auction was held on March 31st at the South China Community Church. There was a good turnout, and there may have been an MGS record set in terms of the final cost of an individual lot of bulbs! As always, the lasagna lunch provided by Faith Ames was delicious, and first-time auctioneer Margaret Cates had a good time, after some initial hesitance.
The 70th annual Maine Gladiolus Society Exhibition was scheduled for August 28th, 2011 in the exhibition hall at the Windsor Fair, but didn't take place until August 29th due to Mother Nature's intervention. For the full 2011 show report from 2011 show chair Bruce Elwell, click here.
Bob Martin’s wish for the future of glads in Maine was that we continue to promote glads through the showing of the blooms and the sale of glads as cut flowers. We have continued to act in the spirit of his suggestion, in order to honor his many years of contributions to the Maine Gladiolus Society.