Club Discounts
Our
policy when a Daylily Club places an order with us is that we
automatically double the value of the order or more. This doesn’t
necessarily mean that we double up on brand new Introductions (unless
we have enough) however, we will ship the equivalent of the order or
better with Introductions within the previous two years. (The order
must be placed with proof that it is in fact a club order.)
The
plant acquisition chairperson obviously specifies the plants on a club
order up to the value of the purchase, the remaining plants (gifts) are
up to us to decide. Although, we do try to fulfill wish lists and if
substitutions are specified we try to fulfill the substitution list as
gifts on top of the original order.
Usually,
when shipping club orders we are at our peak shipping time, we get lazy
and dig clumps for clubs (where possible) as we are always in hurry.
This allows the clubs to use these plants in Chinese Auction, Draws,
Live Auctions, Babysitting programs whatever the members decide they
feel will benefit the club coffers and the membership as whole.
Having
spoken all over the world we recognize that club budgets are usually
very tight, and that often newer clubs don’t have the “high rollers” in
their Live Auctions that other clubs do. Therefore, we do whatever
possible to help clubs out where we can.
In
the spring of 2010 we will be shipping several boxes of plants out to
our most loyal clubs that have supported us for through the years, this
is something we do every 2-3 years. We have several older Introductions
that tend to increase so rapidly that they are taking up far too much
space in our nursery. We are, therefore, going to ship 30-50 plants of
these to various clubs across the US and Canada with the only
stipulation that these plants are somehow used to raise funds for the
club and each youth member receives a plant for free in the clubs that
receive these plants. What you do with plants is up to the club
Executive and members.
Please
recognize that we receive between 20 and 30 requests from clubs,
regions and other meetings for free plants every year. I hate to say it
but we are in the business to stay in business, therefore, we cannot
meet all the requests for donations. We therefore, prioritize our
donations based on speaking engagements and the clubs that I happen to
be President of (and of course our close friends that represent other
clubs). We apologize in advance if we are unable to ship free plants to
all of the clubs in need, we do our best to accommodate what we can.
John Peat
Cross Border Daylilies