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Dig on Dahlias

Karen Sanchez ADS Classification Chair and Senior Judge

May 19, 2026 · 56 min · 21 segments

Join Joann and Allison chat with Karen Sanchez, ADS Classification Chair. Karen shares with us a look into keeping all the show results organzied within the Classification Handbook of Dahlias, an…

Join Joann and Allison chat with Karen Sanchez, ADS Classification Chair. Karen shares with us a look into keeping all the show results organzied within the Classification Handbook of Dahlias, an annual publication sent out by the American Dahlia Society summarizing all the show winning and newly introduced dahlias. Karen is an active senior judge in the Pacific Northwest. She has released a few blooms with the Hacienda prefix. Her new blooms are released through Lobaugh's Dahlias.

Join Joann and Allison chat with Karen Sanchez, ADS Classification Chair. Karen shares with us a look into keeping all the show results organzied within the Classification Handbook of Dahlias, an…

Speakers: Karen SanchezGuestJoanneHostAllisonHost

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Meet Karen Sanchez0:33 – 1:30

J

0:33

So listener, [laughs] we are here with Karen Sanchez.

J

0:37

And Karen, can you sort of describe your role with dahlias? I see, like, she has a beautiful garden behind her.

J

0:43

But other than a grower, what, what is it w- that you do for the dahlia community?

K

Karen SanchezGuest

0:50

So I have been growing dahlias for a good long while, and showing them for about 25 years.

J

0:57

Mm.

K

Karen SanchezGuest

0:57

Um, showing them in ADS shows.

K

Karen SanchezGuest

1:00

And that's my primary passion, is to grow them and show them, and share them.

K

Karen SanchezGuest

1:06

Um, I am currently the ADS, uh, classification chair, so, uh, I don't know if I can do it.

K

Karen SanchezGuest

1:16

This book.

J

1:17

Yeah.

K

Karen SanchezGuest

1:18

This is, this is, this is what I do.

K

Karen SanchezGuest

1:22

Um, so-

J

1:22

That Classification Handbook is all you.

K

Karen SanchezGuest

1:26

Yes.

K

Karen SanchezGuest

1:26

Well, no, it's not all me.

J

1:28

Sure.

K

Karen SanchezGuest

1:28

I'm, I'm the organizer of it.

J

1:30

[laughs]

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Meet Karen Sanchez0:33 – 1:30

J

0:33

So listener, [laughs] we are here with Karen Sanchez.

J

0:37

And Karen, can you sort of describe your role with dahlias? I see, like, she has a beautiful garden behind her.

J

0:43

But other than a grower, what, what is it w- that you do for the dahlia community?

K

Karen SanchezGuest

0:50

So I have been growing dahlias for a good long while, and showing them for about 25 years.

J

0:57

Mm.

K

Karen SanchezGuest

0:57

Um, showing them in ADS shows.

K

Karen SanchezGuest

1:00

And that's my primary passion, is to grow them and show them, and share them.

K

Karen SanchezGuest

1:06

Um, I am currently the ADS, uh, classification chair, so, uh, I don't know if I can do it.

K

Karen SanchezGuest

1:16

This book.

J

1:17

Yeah.

K

Karen SanchezGuest

1:18

This is, this is, this is what I do.

K

Karen SanchezGuest

1:22

Um, so-

J

1:22

That Classification Handbook is all you.

K

Karen SanchezGuest

1:26

Yes.

K

Karen SanchezGuest

1:26

Well, no, it's not all me.

J

1:28

Sure.

K

Karen SanchezGuest

1:28

I'm, I'm the organizer of it.

J

1:30

[laughs]

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