Third Annual Daffodil Dash on April 26, 2025, a fun one-mile run/walk or 5K race along Ithaca’s inlet amidst a display of 180,000 daffodils. The event is open to all ages;. Free registration and t-shirt for participants 12 and under; $25 registration for all others; optional $10 t-shirt.

The Daffodil Dash race/walk is a joint project of the Ithaca Garden Club and Ithaca Children’s Garden;the Garden Club’s Daff-a-Dazzle campaign is a multi-year effort to plant daffodils throughout the community. Every dollar raised will go toward yet more daffodils to be planted next fall by the City of Ithaca and volunteers from the Ithaca Garden Club with the help of an extraordinary bulb-planting machine from Cornell!