Fantastica! A Fantasy of a Flower Show

Would anyone like to work with Jane Ellison and Robin Schachat on an education exhibit for the Flower Show? In addition to these two, contributors to the Education Component of the Show will include Ann Cicarella, Helen Schreiber, and a number of local teachers and students from schools in our area. Topics will include, primarily, issues dealing with the values of native plants to our total ecosystem. We’d love to have another one or two club members chime in! Prepping your display will provide you with entertainment for a snowy day (or two, maximum) over the winter, and you will learn a great deal, we promise!

We also are seeking one-time helpers for arrivals during the Entry/Registration periods on Thursday, September 7 (late afternoon) and Friday, September 8 (morning). If you can give us a couple of hours to greet and direct exhibitors, we’d love you forever. It’s not a very complicated job – stand outside the entrance of the Shaker Public Library and direct people through the doors to the elevator. You are welcome to bring a book, a folding chair, a child doing homework, or a pal with whom to chat, if you like. Might be a pleasant way to spend two hours on a pretty, sunny day, don’t you think?

In other news, the ladies at GCA National loved our Flower Show Schedule. As soon as they have approved the corrected version – as Martha says, those proofreading mavens can pick flea poop out of a spill of black pepper – we will make the Schedule available to all on the GCA website. For our own club members, we’ll have an annotated version, with “cheat sheet” information on the botanic nomenclature and class expectations. Keep your eyes peeled.

Meanwhile focus your dream visions on blue ribbons – too many sugar plums can be fattening.

Cheers!