DAFFODIL DASH II
April 13, 2024
Thank you to our sponsors, participants, and volunteers! Due to your generosity and enthusiasm,
$15,ooo was raised towards planting even
MORE daffodils in local parks. 


​The Dash began at the Cass Park large pavilion - sunny weather the day before! 
​​And then, the weather turned! Stalwart Ithacans rallied despite the  rain, wind & chilly temperatures !!!

Bananas put to work securing runners' bibs!

Dash Cheerleaders

The leader of the pack!

​2024 DAFFODIL DASH SPONSORS

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A Dash from the past!
​2023 Daffodil Dash 


Thank you for making the Inaugural Daffodil Dash a tremendous success! 
The permitted 500 registrations was fully maxed out, and with your
​support we raised $5,100 for incremental bulb plantings. Wow!
For 2023 race results, click here!
​Ithaca Garden Club’s & Ithaca Children’s Garden’s
Inaugural Daffodil Dash slated for Earth Day
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May 1, 2023 – The 101-year-old Ithaca Garden Club and the much beloved Ithaca Children’s Garden teamed up to celebrate Earth Day and Daffodil Week in Ithaca and families and individuals of all ages and stages came out and enjoyed the beauty of springtime. The banner event of the week was the inaugural Daffodil Dash 5K and 1-mile run/walk where participants were delighted at the sight of almost 90,000 blooming daffodils and 75 crabapple trees planted along the Cayuga Inlet by the Ithaca Garden Club’s Daff-A-Dazzle community-wide project team. 

The Daffodil Dash coordinators say this year’s event successfully recognized Earth Day, National Garden Month and the month of reawakening.  Additionally, more than $5,000 was raised to be used for planting even more daffodils in and around Ithaca. 
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About the plantings
Dr. Bill Miller, Cornell University Professor of Horticulture and Research at the School of Integrative Plant Science and Ithaca City Forester, Jeanne Grace have also participated in the planning and have guided the Ithaca Garden Club in the placement and physical planting of 87,250 bulbs and 75 crabapple trees currently planted along Ithaca’s Waterfront Trail.
The Club’s current project, “Daff-a-Dazzle” has received an incredible boost from Professor Miller’s unique planting machine that can plant 8,000 bulbs in just 11 minutes.