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What a day! Thank you to all who participated in


the 2025 Daffodil Dash!!!


The weather was mild, daffodils were blooming,


and dashers were smiling 😊


100% of the proceeds from this event transform


into daffodil bulbs – planted along the Cayuga


Medical Center Hospital entrance this fall.


Because the Dash event is staffed entirely by


volunteers, local businesses donating their


services and products, and generous grants from


the Triad Foundation, ALL proceeds from the


Dashes are used for community daffodil 


plantings.

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Volunteers included:


  • Ithaca Garden Club members, friends and

​ family
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  • Ithaca Children’s Garden employees and board

members

  • Ithaca College Physical Therapy students
 
  • Boyce Thompson Institute employees
 
  • Cornell University students
 
  • Community members.



Services were donated by:

  • Happily Running organized ​​​and timed the

event
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  • Bangs Ambulance remained  on site for

medical care.


Food and water donors were:

  • GreenStar Food Co+Op
 
  • Wegman’s Food Market
 
  • BJs Wholesale Club.




     The FOURTH Daffodil Dash is


        tentatively scheduled for


               April 25, 2026


Save the date and check back in


             early 
January 2026


               for updates

 
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​Daffodil Dash Window Display
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Handwork, Ithaca's Artisan Cooperative


DAFFODIL DASH III
April 26, 2025
Cass Park
Ithaca, ​NY

​3/25/2025  UPDATE - 500 Dashers !!!​Dash Registration is now
​CLOSED!!!!
WE'VE REACHED
OUR 500 MAXIMUM!

Thank you to everyone who
registered - see you
April 26th!

Limited to 500 Dashers or April 10th - whichever comes first
1 Mile Dash begins at 9:00
5 K Dash begins at 9:30
Children 12 & under receive 
FREE registration 
and ​a
FREE Dash t-shirt!!! 
$25 registration for all others
$10 vibrant yellow Dash t-shirts available

Dashers will​ have the opportunity to admire over 180,000 brilliant daffodils, a project of the Ithaca Garden Club, along their travels. These flowers were purchased with funding from donors and dash participants,
 planted with the help of  volunteers from 
the Ithaca Parks Department, the Ithaca Garden Club,
and 
the Ithaca Beautification Brigade, along with
Cornell University's incredible planting equipment
.
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Donate to Daff-a-Dazzle HERE!
All donations transform into blooming daffodils!

​​
​​Last year's dash -
2024 DAFFODIL DASH

5K & 1-Mile Fun Run 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! 
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​​Stalwart Ithacans rallied despite the fickle weather change - rain, wind and chilly temperatures !!!
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Bananas put to work securing runners' bibs!

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Dash Cheerleaders

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Dash Course Volunteer Sustenance
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The leader of the pack!
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​2024 DAFFODIL DASH SPONSORS



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!
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​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.

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