Ashford’s first Daylily Festival was held on Saturday, July 5th, 2025. The weather was perfect, with low humidity and bright sunshine filtering through the trees on the beautiful grounds of Westford Hill Distillers.

We were on site to promote pollinator pathways to anyone who would listen! Jennifer was stationed inside the barrel room giving a brief intro to daylilies talk every 20-30 minutes while Heather was at the info table outside, grabbing people’s attention as they passed by to admire the daylilies.

Our table setup was similar to the Summer’s Palette, with lots of information packets, free stickers, buttons and plants to give away, and of course, the mosquito Bucket of Doom! The turnout for this event was decent. We had a steady stream of interested visitors to the table and gave away about a dozen plants.

We also had a raffle basket, which got lots of entries. You can see Jennifer selecting the winning ticket here: Ashford Pollinator Pathway Raffle Basket Winner for 2025!

Thanks to all who stopped by and said hello, and to those who happily took a plant, and to all who contributed to our seed-buying/plant-growing-material fund by purchasing raffle tickets.