The 2025 Gloucester Daffodil Show was held April 5 and 6 at Newington Baptist Church as a signature event of the Gloucester Daffodil Festival.
Sanctioned by the American Daffodil Society, the show included 101 exhibitors, 1,429 entries (100 of them youth entries), and 2,775 stems in Horticulture. There were also 164 photographs from 34 photographers and 24 artistic entries. Thought to be the largest daffodil show in the country this year, it was attended by exhibitors, judges, and daffodil enthusiasts from across the East Coast, said a release from the organizers.
Awards from the American Daffodil Society were as follows.
Best Standard Daffodil in Show, Peggy Bowditch; Best Seedling Exhibited by Originator, Lee McLaughlin; Best Miniature Daffodil in Show, R.C. Aumiller; Best Vase of 3 Standard Daffodils and Best Collection of Five Standard Reverse Bi-colors, Peggy Bowditch; and Best Vase of 3 Miniature Daffodils, Dianne Spence.
Ribbons went to the following: Best Intermediate, Carla an...