协会概览与非营利定位
加拿大阿尔伯特地区百合协会（Alberta Regional Lily Society，简称 ARLS）由一群百合爱好者于 1983 年成立，是在阿尔伯特省开展百合栽培教育、品种交流与公众展示的非营利园艺团体，也是北美百合协会（North American Lily Society，NALS）的地区分会。协会目标从创立以来保持稳定：推广百合属及其他百合科植物的种植知识，鼓励百合育种并认可育种成果，组织鳞茎销售与交换，支持花展、户外种植和园艺奖励，并与目标相近的园艺团体合作。
百合育种与加拿大活体遗产
ARLS 不只介绍观赏品种，也长期记录加拿大百合育种者及其作品。协会的 Canadian 页面说明，相关人物资料取自《Canadian Lily Hybridizers and their Lilies – A Working Garden Reference》；为让这些育种成果继续以活体材料保存，协会在阿尔伯特省的圣艾伯特植物园与卡尔加里银泉植物园建立加拿大育种百合种植床，并提示公众可自 2025 生长季开始到两处花园观察这些植物。站内图库还按 Alberta Bred、Canadian Bred、Asiatic、Martagons、Species 等类别整理百合照片。
栽培知识与红百合叶甲防治
协会资源中心提供由 Olds College 编写的五部分 Lily Basics 系列，内容依次涵盖分类、形态、栽植与养护、园艺分组以及病虫害，并提供配套手册。针对可在阿尔伯特省越冬的红百合叶甲（Lilioceris lilii），资源页记录其在卡尔加里、埃德蒙顿、圣艾伯特及周边地区的出现情况，汇集鉴别与防治资料，并连接皇家园艺学会、圭尔夫大学、卡尔加里市害虫管理等专业来源，使寒冷草原地区的种植者能从识别、监测到管理建立完整知识链。
年度花展与评审教育
花展是 ARLS 最具辨识度的公众项目之一。协会公布的 2026 日程为第 39 届年度花展，设园艺、青少年和花艺设计板块；花艺作品按设计、色彩和谐、特色、创意表达、主题符合度与材料状态评分，并设置最佳设计、百合主题设计、青少年、首次参展者和观众选择等奖项。初次参展指南强调选择新鲜、清洁且无病害的花茎，保留至少三分之一茎秆供鳞茎继续生长，不移除花药，并由北美百合协会认可的评审与现场分类人员提供支持，让新手也能按统一标准参展。
会员、出版物与鳞茎交流
会员服务围绕学习和参与展开：会员可收到每年四期的季刊 The Bulblet，内容包括百合栽培、鳞茎销售、教育工作坊、会议与花展信息；还可使用协会图书资料，并在合作园艺中心、温室及协会鳞茎销售中获得会员权益。协会主页与活动页持续发布草原地区培育的亚洲百合、卷丹型 Martagon、种间杂交百合及原种百合销售与花展安排，把育种者、园艺爱好者、花展参赛者和公众教育连接成阿尔伯特省的百合园艺网络。
Society Profile and Non-profit Mission
The Alberta Regional Lily Society (ARLS) was formed in 1983 by enthusiastic lily fanciers. It operates as a non-profit horticultural group in Alberta and is an affiliate of the North American Lily Society (NALS). Its long-standing objectives are to promote interest and knowledge in growing the genus Lilium and other Liliaceae, encourage lily breeding and recognize achievement, support bulb sales and exchanges, sponsor displays, shows and outdoor plantings, present suitable awards, and cooperate with organizations that share similar aims.
Lily Breeding and Canada’s Living Heritage
ARLS documents Canadian lily hybridizers as well as garden cultivars. Its Canadian section states that the biographies are drawn from “Canadian Lily Hybridizers and their Lilies – A Working Garden Reference.” To sustain this heritage as living plant material, the Society has established beds of Canadian-bred lilies at the St. Albert Botanic Park and the Silver Springs Botanical Gardens in Calgary, with viewing beginning in the 2025 growing season. Its gallery further organizes images under Alberta Bred, Canadian Bred, Asiatic, Martagons, Species and other categories.
Growing Knowledge and Lily Beetle Management
The Society’s resource centre links to a five-part Lily Basics series from Olds College covering taxonomy, morphology, planting and culture, descriptions and divisions, and pests and diseases, together with a downloadable brochure. A dedicated section addresses the red lily leaf beetle, Lilioceris lilii, which can overwinter in Alberta and has been recorded around Calgary, Edmonton, St. Albert and nearby communities. The page brings together identification and management information from horticultural and academic sources, including the Royal Horticultural Society, the University of Guelph and City of Calgary pest-management resources.
Annual Shows and Judging Education
The annual lily show is one of ARLS’s most visible public programs. The published 2026 schedule identifies it as the Society’s 39th Annual Show and includes horticulture, junior and floral-design sections. Designs are evaluated for design, colour harmony, distinction, creativity and expression, conformance and condition, with awards for best design, the design that best enhances the lily, youth exhibitors, first-time exhibitors and the public’s choice. Beginner guidance explains how to select fresh, clean and disease-free stems, retain enough stem in the garden to nourish the bulb, leave anthers intact, and obtain help from classification volunteers and accredited NALS judges.
Membership, Publications and Bulb Exchange
Membership is structured around education and participation. Members receive four quarterly editions of The Bulblet with lily culture, bulb-sale notices, workshops, meetings and show information; they also gain access to reading material in the ARLS library and benefits offered through selected garden centres, greenhouses and Society bulb sales. Current news and events promote prairie-grown Asiatic, Martagon, interdivisional and species lily bulbs, linking hybridizers, home gardeners, exhibitors and public education through a regional Alberta lily network.
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