Third Friday in April means Pine Burr Garden Club Flower Show! And this year was no different. The Franklin County Courthouse was the background for our Patriotic show "Let Freedom Ring". There was the usual mumbling and grumbling before the show but as the day went on things got better. It wouldn't be "the girls" if we didn't gripe about doing it. The front of the Courthouse was the entry to the show. The special exhibits were placed on each side of the door. One was on bluebirds and their houses.
Melody's was on Container Gardening and I loved it. She does the best special exhibits. I coveted her blue table. Her containers were awesome. She has her mother's touch with flowers. I entered three designs due to the fact that we have only 13 members. [Several of us did three!]
"Freedom of Speech"
This was my only blue winner. The others didn't fare so well. But---you can't be a winner all the time. And---my horticulture kicked butt!!
My green leaf Japanese maple won a blue, Horticulture Excellence and the Arboreal Award. I also won the Sweepstakes Award (most blue ribbons) and the Pauline Herring Award (most blue ribbons in horticulture).
For such a rocky start I'd say I ended up pretty well.
Beverly won the TriColor Award with this beautiful design. She is a wonderful designer and usually does very creative things. This is no exception.
Lugenia does lovely mass designs. We're going to get her to do a program next year on teaching us how to do them. This was "Freedom of the Press".
"Freedom of Religion" by Judy was beautiful. Both Lugenia and I wondered why the purple fabric and flowers photographed blue. This was another blue ribbon winner.
Paulette's arrangement was outstanding. Her flowers were tremendous and she deserved the Designer's Choice and the Barbara Herring Award for design as well as the blue. She was very happy.
Becky's fountain for "Freedom of Justice" was interesting and she was proud of her blue. Lugenia won the Dorothy McGehee Award for her design in this class. That Award is for the design that best depicts the theme of the show.
With the help of Becky's husband a beautiful magnolia tree got planted on the courthouse lawn. The tree was donated by Growin' Green Landscape and it was our gift to the courthouse. Melody and I ended up with the Horticulture Awards.
I sort of did a "sneaky pete" and entered one of Quent Peterson's roses under "Guest Exhibitor" without his knowing it. He won a blue ribbon and to top it off he won an Award of Merit. I phoned them to make sure they were coming to the show. You can see that he was pleased. That was a feel good moment knowing I had made him happy. If you get the chance, drive by their home and see his roses. They're beautiful. He says he doesn't do a thing to them.
At the end of the day there were lots of happy winners. These ladies won blue ribbons for their designs. Those that didn't get blues were still winners just for showing up and working as hard as they did for making the show a success. Pine Burr Garden Club is a National Award winning club. Why don't you join us? We have fun--but we work at it!!
I'll get an album on the website as soon as I can and you can see all the arrangements. Just click on "Let Freedom Ring" 2009 Flower Show. It may take me a day or two. Keep checking my blog.
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