The National Capital Dahlia Society was established more than 70 years ago by a group of gardeners in the Washington, DC area to share their pleasure in growing and exhibiting dahlias, a flower of spectacular beauty and boundless diversity.

The NCDS holds montly meetings to "talk dahlias," exchange plants and tubers and prepare for two annual shows that provide opportunities to engage in gentle competition and to display dahlia blooms to the public. The Midsummer Show is held in August at the Montgomery County, MD  Agricultural History Park in Derwood MD. The Fall  Dahlia Show, attracting blooms from throughout the Eastern States, is hosted by Brookside Gardens  in Silver Spring Maryland.

A trial garden for new cultivars and standard varieties is also located at the Agricultural History Park.   Conducted in conjunction with the American Dahlia Society, more than 150 dahlia plants are set out in May and bloom from August til frost.

More information about the dates, locations and times of NCDS events are located on this Website and in the Dahliagram newsletter, which is published for NCDS members 11 times a years.

All NCDS events are open to the public.