ONLINE FLOWER SHOW
FLORAL CONNECTIONS
RUTH COULDREY
ABOUT THE SHOW
CONGRATULATIONS PARTICIPANTS on your fabulous entries.
AND THE WINNERS ARE
HORTICULTURE
FIRST PLACE- ELIZABETH MICHAELS #10 JAPANESE IRIS
SECOND PLACE - PAM NORMAN - #2 KAFFIE LILY
THIRD PLACE - PAM NORMAN - # 3 ORCHID CACTUS
HONOURABLE MENTION - CHARLOTTE SURINGAR # 7
HOUNOURABLE MENTION - CAROL EMBREE #14
PHOTOGRAPHY
FIRST PLACE - CHARLOTTE SURINGAR # 8 PURITY COSMOS
SECOND PLACE - KATHERINE LIVINGSTONE #3 CLEMATIS
THIRD PLACE - ELIZABITH MICHAELS #6 JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT
HONOURABLE MENTION - ELIZABETH PIGOTT #10
HONOURABLE MENTION - BOBBIE VAUGHAN # 9
DESIGN
FIRST PLACE - MARIE SHARP #11 STILL WAITING FOR A HAIRCUT
SECOND PLACE - CLARE BRYJA # 13 A SPRING SAMPLER
THIRD PLACE - DEBRA SEELEY #6
HONOURABLE MENTION - CAROL EMBREE #8
HONOURABLE MENTION - ELIZABETH MICHAELS #2
We are grateful for your efforts and thank you for sharing your creative works and beautifully grown entries.
Distancing due to coronavirus has been isolating and difficult. With so much time spent at home, apart from friends and family, the garden and escaping to the outdoors has been a blessing. During such crazy and emotionally worrying times it has made me feel peacefully grounded.
This spring with thoughts of the show on my mind I often brought my camera to the garden. It was lovely to pause, take the focus off weeds and watering and concentrate on natures wonders. Capturing trees in full bloom, flowers at their perfect stage of maturity and finding the treasures that magically and unexpectedly happen. A pleasing happenstance in my vegetable garden was a row of last seasons leeks, that I left to grow, had sprouted the most incredible flowers with casings covering the huge globular blooms resembling tiny elf hats. Now leeks in the veggie patch will be grown for their flowers before food.
It took some time to put the photos on display for viewing but it’s well worth the wait. The submitted photos are wonderful. I respect everyone’s efforts and worry with my limited computer skills I may have made an error in the process of putting this together so there will be a grace period before judging begins to edit any errors or omissions.
JUDGING IS OPEN TO ALL GARDEN CLUB MEMBERS.
WE NEED YOUR PARTICIPATION IN DETERMINING WINNERS FOR THE SHOW
This is a small and unofficial floral show and due to its limited size, we will not be subdividing the divisions of HORTICULTURE, FLORAL DESIGN and FLORAL PHOTOGRAPHY further into classes. All submissions in each division will be grouped as one.
Refer to your OJES for judging criteria.
Each division will be awarded a first, second, third prize and two honorable mentions.
Use the number given on each photo to vote your choices. Once club members have completed the judging process and submitted their choices, I will tally up the votes and determine the winners. Then I will resend photos with names so you can see how creative your friends at GCH have been.
VOTING STARTS MONDAY JULY 20
Please remit your vote by email to – albinihl@gmail.com
Or text / call in your vote to 289-683-3040
Below is an example of the format you should email or phone your submission to.
Horticulture
First # ___
Second #___
Third #___
Design
First # ___
Second #___
Third #___
Floral Photography
First # ___
Second #___
Third #___
Horticulture
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1
2
Paula Hampson
Pothus ‘Silver Satin’, Silver Satin Pothus
SECOND PLACE
Pam Norman
Kaffir Lily
3
THIRD PLACE
Pam Norman
Epiphyllum Ackermannii, Orchid Cactus
4
Jane Gibson
Potted indoor plant
Bougainvillea
Vine species grows anywhere from 3 – 40 feet tall
Scrambling over other plants with their spiky thorns.
5
Katherine Livingstone
Rhododendron
6
Clare Bryja
Dicentra spectabilis ‘Alba’, White Bleeding Heart
7
HONOURABLE MENTION
Charlotte Suringar
Allium proliferum, Egyptian walking onion
8
Margaret Davidson
Aglaonema ‘Red Emerald’, Red Emerald Chinese Evergreen
9
Carol Harkness
Lamiaceae, Basil
10
FIRST PLACE WINNER
Elizabeth Michaels
Iris ensata, Japanese Iris
11
Brenda Yates
ROOTED AND READY
Lamiaceae ‘Lord Valdemort’, Lord Valdemort Coleus
12
Margaret Davidson
Prunus glandulosa ‘Rosea Plena’, Dwarf Flowering Almond
13
Jennifer Wray
Paeonia ‘Itoh’, Itoh Peony
14
HONOURABLE MENTION
Carol Embree
Dicentra spectabillis alba, White Bleeding Heart
16
Carol Embree
Syngonium podophyllum, Pink Allusion Arrowhead
15
Elizabeth Pigott
Paeonia, Peony
17
Cathie McKillop
Leucothoe,
18
Elizabeth Coons
Kalanchoe blossfeldiana, Kalanchoe
Floral Photography
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1
Paula Hampson
Hosta after the rain
2
Libby Simpson-Gibson
Alliodeae, Allium
3
SECOND PLACE WINNER
Katherine Livingstone
Clematis
4
Jennifer Wray
Garden view of smoke bush (nature shot)
5
Pam Norman
Alliums
6
THIRD PLACE WINNER
Elizabeth Michaels
Arisaena triphyllum, Jack-in-the-Pulpit
7
Debra Seeley
Aquilegia, Columbine
8
FIRST PLACE WINNER
Charlotte Suringar
Purity Cosmos
10
HONOURABLE MENTION
Elizabeth Pigott
Astratia, Masterwort
9
HONOURABLE MENTION
Bobbie Vaughan
Paeonia ‘Candy Stripe’, Candy Stripe Peony
11
Mary McKeon
Funkia, Sum and Substance Hosta
Planted summer 2017
Design
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1
2
3
Mary McKeon
C’MON SUMMER
Hakone, Japanese Forest Grass Variegated
Hosta ‘Autumn Frost’, Autumn Frost Hosta
Tuberhybrida ‘Gold Plate’, Gold Plate Begonia
Springri, Asperagus Fern
Freesia
Gnarly Twigs
HONOURABLE MENTION
Elizabeth Michaels
Hogarth curve
Paeonia, Peony
Alchenilla, Lady’s Mantle
Salix, Willow
Tulipa sylvestris, Forest Tulip seed pods
Hydrophyllum virginianum, Virginia Waterleaf
Allium schoenoprasum, Chive blossom
Charlotte Suringar
Asterales, Chrysanthemum
Begonia
Kalanchoe, Widow’s-thrill
Hydrangea, Hydrangea petals
4
Libby Simpson-Gibson
FROM THE GARDEN
Narcissus pseudonarcissus, Daffodil
Myosotis latifolia, Forget-me-not
Lamprocapnos spectabilis, Bleeding Heart
Buxux sempervirens, Boxwood
5
Brenda Yates
Dicentra spectabilis ‘Alba’, Alba Bleeding Heart
Centaurea montana ‘Mountain Blue”, Mountain Blue Cornflower
Allium schoenoprasum, Chives
6
THIRD PLACE WINNER
Debra Seeley
Rosa ‘Pink drift’, Pink Drift Rose
Lavendula augustifolia ‘Elegance pink’, Elegance Pink Lavender
Artemisia ‘Powis castle’, Powis Castle Wormwood
Violaceae, Viola
7
Bobbie Vaughan
Container Garden Design
8
HONOURABLE MENTION
Carol Embree
Paeonia, Peony
9
Jennifer Wray
Water viewing design
Polypodiopsida, Fern
Asparagaceae, Hosta
Iris sibirica, Siberian Iris
Alstroemerias, Peach Lily of the Incas
10
Bobbie Vaughan
Container Garden Design
11
FIRST PLACE WINNER
Marie Sharp
STILL WAITING FOR A HAIRCUT,
Salix integra ‘Hakuro Nishiki’, Spring Meadows Willow
Liliaceae, tulip
12
Katherine Livingstone
Buxux, Boxwood
Heuchera, Coral Bells
13
14
SECOND PLACE WINNER
Clare Bryja
A SPRING SAMPLER
Allium, Allium
Myosotis, Forget-me-not
Fern
Polygonatum, Solomon’s seal
Lamprocapnos spectabilis, Bleeding Heart
Euonymus
Lunaria, Honesty
Mertensia virginica, Virginia Blue Bells
Berberis, Barberry
Arisaema triphyllum, Jack in the Pulpit
Charlotte Suringar
Weigela ‘Bristol Ruby’
Pothos, Devil’s Ivy
Rosehips
Foraged branch
15
Elizabeth Pigott
Chrysanthemum ‘Kermit’, Kermit Chrysanthemum
Heuchera miscrantha ‘Purple Palace’, Purple Palace Coral Bells
Hydrangea aborescens, Smooth Hydrangea
Paeonia lactiflora, Herbaceous garden Peony
Polygonatum odoratum ‘Variegatum’, Variegated Solomon’s Seal
16
Elizabeth Coons