{"id":28,"date":"2026-01-24T20:06:35","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T20:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/midwestdaffodil.org\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2026-01-24T20:28:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T20:28:24","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/midwestdaffodil.org\/","title":{"rendered":"HOME"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/midwestdaffodil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Bucket_of_Daffodils_Cropped-300x278.jpg\" alt=\"Bucket of Daffodils\" width=\"300\" height=\"278\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-18\" srcset=\"https:\/\/midwestdaffodil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Bucket_of_Daffodils_Cropped-300x278.jpg 300w, https:\/\/midwestdaffodil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Bucket_of_Daffodils_Cropped.jpg 483w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The MIDWEST DAFFODIL SOCIETY seeks to promote and encourage the growing and scientific study of the Daffodil, and to foster and stimulate public interest by<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>having daffodil shows and sales<\/li>\n<li>encouraging the visitation of gardens of members<\/li>\n<li>having planned garden trips<\/li>\n<li>holding any other event which will create greater interest in daffodils.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We often meet at the Chicago Botanic Garden and our show and sale dates are usually posted on their calendar and on this page. Follow us on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MidwestDaffodilSociety\/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a><\/strong> for the latest news about our group. Send us your questions or comments at <a href=\"mailto:midwestdaffodils@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>midwestdaffodils@gmail.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Following are links to documents which may be of interest to growers and showers of daffodils. If you are planning on buying bulbs or entering a show, check these articles:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/midwestdaffodil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Growing_Daffodils.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Growing Daffodils in the Midwest<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/midwestdaffodil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Getting_Ready.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">An article from The Daffodil Journal telling how to Get Ready for a show<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/midwestdaffodil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Refrigerator.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">How to keep your picked blooms fresh in a refrigerator<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/midwestdaffodil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Showing_Daffodils.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">A one pager for newbies to daffodil shows<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<p>This website is hosted by the American Daffodil Society for the Midwest Daffodil Society. Our thanks to them, and here&#8217;s our request to you: check their website at <a href=\"https:\/\/daffodilusa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">DaffodilUSA.org<\/a>. Then, consider <a href=\"https:\/\/stores.daffodilusastore.org\/ads-membership\/\" target=\"_blank\">joining the American Daffodil Society<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The MIDWEST DAFFODIL SOCIETY seeks to promote and encourage the growing and scientific study of the Daffodil, and to foster and stimulate public interest by having daffodil shows and sales encouraging the visitation of gardens of members having planned garden trips holding any other event which will create greater interest in daffodils. We often meet &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/midwestdaffodil.org\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">HOME<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/full-width-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-28","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/midwestdaffodil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/midwestdaffodil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/midwestdaffodil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midwestdaffodil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midwestdaffodil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/midwestdaffodil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44,"href":"https:\/\/midwestdaffodil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions\/44"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/midwestdaffodil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}