AHS Media Library

The AHS Media Library

An interesting benefit to your AHS membership is the access to rent programs from the library for club presentations and personal use. Over the last decade or two, AHS has collected organized presentations on traditional slide media and made them available for rental for AHS members and their associated activities. Many folks took advantage of an easy way to keep your club members entertained when a program was needed. In recent years, the rental of these traditional 35mm slide programs declined. In the interest of progressing our mission and providing more people access to these programs, a conversion to digital media began. With the exception of the classic Sarah Sikes presentation “Gardening with Daylilies,” all 35mm slide programs have been archived and are not available for rental at this time. Some are being considered for digital conversion in the coming years, while others will reside in the AHS archive.

There are currently 15 presentations in the AHS Digital Library. Here are the titles and a brief description of each presentation. (Read below the list for a “wish list” of presentations…)

NEW for 2011! “2010 Comprehensive AHS Awards and Honors” prepared by Julie Covington. This is the presentation given to the attendees of the National Convention during the AHS Awards Banquet. See a complete pictorial history of this year’s award winning daylilies. This program is available for immediate download or on CD, both in MS PowerPoint format. $10.00.

NEW for 2011! “2009 Comprehensive AHS Awards and Honors” prepared by Julie Covington. This is the presentation given to the attendees of the National Convention during the AHS Awards Banquet. See a complete pictorial history of this year’s award winning daylilies. This program is available for immediate download or on CD, both in MS PowerPoint format. $10.00.

NEW for 2011! “2008 Comprehensive AHS Awards and Honors” prepared by Julie Covington. This is the presentation given to the attendees of the National Convention during the AHS Awards Banquet. See a complete pictorial history of this year’s award winning daylilies. This program is available for immediate download or on CD, both in MS PowerPoint format. $10.00.

NEW for 2011! “Eye Candy from the 2009 AHS National Convention” donated by Nikki Schmith. A photographic journey of Orlando area gardens featured on the national tour. Many macro-level photos of rain-kissed blooms are included. 53 slides and 115 photos. This program is available for immediate download or on CD, both in MS PowerPoint format. $10.00.

2008 AHS National Convention “Eyes, Bands and Halos.” donated by Nikki Schmith. 132 slides of the wonderful photography of Tim Fehr, taken during the Texas event. This program is available for immediate download or on CD, both in MS PowerPoint format. $10.00.

“2007 AHS National Convention Photo Show” donated by Julie Covington. This presentation features all gardens from the 2007 National tour in Minneapolis, MN. This program is available for immediate download or on CD, both in MS PowerPoint format. $10.00.

“2006 AHS National Convention Photo Show” donated by Julie Covington. This is a tour of all the gardens from the 2006 National meeting on Long Island, NY. This program is available for immediate download or on CD, both in MS PowerPoint format. $10.00.

“Region 3 Tour Gardens 2004-07” donated by Julie Covington. 129 slides filled with color of these east coast gardens. Stunning photography takes the viewers on a wonderful tour, complete with garden and cultivar names. This program is available for immediate download or on CD, both in MS PowerPoint format. $10.00.

“Daylilies through the Years” donated by John Stahl. 82 slides wonderfully notated. Great educational program. This program is available for immediate download or on CD, both in MS PowerPoint format. $10.00.

"Late Blooming Daylilies" donated by John Stahl. 29 slides. Includes photos of some real beauties for the late landscape. Nice presentation for spring to help buyers look for late bloomers. This program is available for immediate download or on CD, both in MS PowerPoint format. $10.00.

“Gardening with Daylilies” 107 slides converted from the original Sarah Sikes presentation of the same name. Includes award-winning garden etiquette slides. This program is available for immediate download or on CD, both in MS PowerPoint format $10.00 OR in traditional 35MM format ($15.00 rental), return postage and insurance not included.

“Staging a Daylily Show” donated by Nancy Falck. 76 slides fully illustrating the ins and outs of putting on a daylily show. Helpful hints, tips and things to avoid are all included. Photos from all over of exhibition shows and methods included. Perfect for clubs thinking about hosting a show. This program is available for immediate download or on CD, both in MS PowerPoint format. $10.00.

“Preparing to Exhibit Daylilies” donated by Nancy Falck. 62 fully-illustrated slides containing tips to be a better daylily exhibitor. Grooming, transporting and selection tips included. This program is available for immediate download or on CD, both in MS PowerPoint format. $10.00.

“Tall Daylilies” donated by John Stahl. 41 slides showing that “the sky is the limit” in daylilies. Donated in 2008, this program showcases many wonderful cultivars. Fully notated. This program is available for immediate download or on CD, both in MS PowerPoint format. $10.00.

“2008 Region 2 Summer Garden Tours” donated by Nikki Schmith. 73 slides filled with great photos of the Madison, Wisconsin area gardens. People, gardens and cultivars shown. This program is available for immediate download or on CD, both in MS PowerPoint format. $10.00.

There are requests for presentations from clubs that we cannot fill. These topics are:

Putting in a new daylily bed, planting daylilies.
Hybridizing Overview / Introduction.
Harvesting and Planting Seeds
Care of seedlings / seedling selection
Daylilies in design arrangements
More in depth coverage and examples on grooming
Early and extra early daylilies
Diseases / Pests / Problems with Daylilies and Faulty Blooms (Why, etc.)
An update to the classic, and AHS presentation – “Gardening With Daylilies”

If you have any other presentation that you would like to donate to AHS to offer its members, please send me an email. All presentations are considered!

To purchase one of these presentations, simply email photographicmedia@daylilies.org and indicate which presentations you would like to purchase. Remember, immediate download of ALL of these presentations is available. You can pay with PayPal or send a check made out to AHS to the following address:

AHS Media Librarian, Nikki Schmith
25729 Annapolis
Dearborn Heights, MI 48125

A .pdf file version of this page and list is available HERE.

To rent a program, simply email the Media Librarian at photographicmedia@daylilies.org and mention which program(s) you would like to rent. Then send payment (check made out to AHS) to: 25729 Annapolis, Dearborn Heights, MI 48125. Once the payment is received, the requestor will be sent either a CD of the presentation or a link to immediately download the presentation to their personal computer. There is no postage, no mailing packaging and no returning the materials in a timely manner. Once you download it or receive the CD- it’s yours!

Should you have developed any programs, please consider sending a copy to the Media Librarian if you are willing for it to be rented out to members. You can allow such use without giving up your copyright to the images, if that is a concern to you. A Deed of Gift form can be provided in that case, covering the use and disposition. No special formatting or programming is required. You could simply send in a CD of labeled images or a completely formatted and animated PowerPoint. You could send in a presentation you’ve done on hybridizing, dividing, planting or designing with daylilies. You could send in a presentation on conducting an exhibition show. The possibilities are endless, as is education in general.

If you are interested in the library in any way (donating, renting, volunteering to help) please contact me. I am willing to answer any questions you may have.

Sincerely,

Nikki Schmith (photographicmedia@daylilies.org)
AHS Media Librarian, 2011