Betty (Tovar) Roberts
Region 6 American Hemerocallis Society Director
1987-92
by Ray Houston

Betty Roberts has been an avid gardener for over twenty years with a keen interest in daylilies. She and her husband, Lucien Edward "Ned" Roberts, lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico, for many years and then moved to Colorado.

In addition to being both an American Hemerocallis Society Awards and Honors and Exhibition Judge, Betty is an Iris and Rose Judge and also a National Council Garden Judge. She has served as President of Petal Pushers Garden Club and the Albuquerque Rose Society, and President of the New Mexico Iris Society. She is a Consulting Rosarian and a Charter Member of the Albuquerque Chrysanthemum Society.

Betty was the 1975 New Mexico Garden Club Member of the Year, 1978 Flower Arranger of the Year, and 1979 Horticulturist of the Year.

A former co-owner of the Yamaha Music School, Betty was a 2nd grade teacher in the Albuquerque School System. Her husband, Ned, was a University of New Mexico Administrator.

Betty served as 1982-83 Region 6 Secretary. During the summer of 1983, Betty founded the Albuquerque Daylily Society, and served as its President, 1983-1987. She served as 1986-87 Region 6 RPD, and served as the Region 6 American Hemerocallis Society Director 1987-92.

 

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