Flower Show Committee
SLGC
SLGC thanks our Co-Chairs, Beth Boles and Carolyn Barr and their hard-working committee members who toiled for weeks creating such a beautiful show. It was an enormous undertaking.
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Judges' Commendations for Perennial Centennial Flower Show 2016
SLGC
The judges were most impressed with the Centennial Perennial Flower Show staged by SLGC in June. Read the commendations they left behind.
Read MoreSelecting and Preparing your Horticulture Specimens for a Flower Show
Suzy Hartford
Groom Your Bloom!
Presented to the Garden Club of Dayton March 8, 2016 by Nancy Linz (GCC)
All You Could Possibly Need to Know about Entering Your Hort
A. Getting Ready for a Flower Show
B. Selecting Cut Specimens
C. Conditioning Your Cuttings
D. Selecting a Container for Your Cutting
E. Selecting Potted (Rooted) Plants
F. Grooming Your Blooms!
G. Pre-Registration
H. Packing Your Specimens for Transportation to the Flower Show
I. Getting Ready to Head to the Show!
J. Once You Arrive at the Show, Final Staging
Arranging Flowers
Clara Rankin
Thanks to the tireless work of many talented ladies and dedicated garden clubs, flower arranging has been transformed from a hobby into an art. Nevertheless, the novice should not be daunted by the apparent complexity of it all. Success is guaranteed if one always keeps in mind that, whether the arrangement is to be presented in a formal show or in an informal house setting, the goals one should be aiming to achieve are: envy, grudging praise, and imitation by rivals.
Read MoreFlower Show Shorts
SLGC
The Perennial Centennial Flower Show is fast approaching! Check here for needs, suggestions, reminders, and answers to your questions.
SEEKING One Strong Woman with an Eye for “Good Looks”!
Suzy Still Need Perrier Bottles!
Assistants Needed for Flower Show
Frames, Troughs and Planters
Groom Your Bloom!
Read MoreOverheard at the Garden Gate June 2016
SLGC
All the Garden Gate information from the June newsletter is contained here. What's happening? Who heard what? Who won at flower shows? What's happening with the new SLGC website? It's all here!
Read MoreOverheard at the Garden Gate May 2016
SLGC
All the information from the May newsletter is contained here. What's happening? Who heard what? Who won at flower shows? What's happening with the new SLGC website? It's all here!
Read MoreIt’s time!
Suzy Hartford
Ladies, It is time to let your Plant Lust come alive ! You KNOW you want to hit the garden centers. GO for it !
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Horticulture Workshops for the Flower Show - April 9 & 16
Margaret Ransohoff
Propagation Workshops led by Margaret Ransohoff and Suzy Hartford, April 9 and April 16, 10 am – 2 pm, drop in anytime, Margaret’s House.
Read MoreHelp for Flower Show Enterers
Suzy Hartford
For all Perennial Centennial enterers, be you entering in Floral Design, Horticulture, or Botanical Jewelry, there is a great online database for plant nomenclature: Plantipedia.
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