Please enjoy the results of our January Show!
The highlight of this month’s meeting was the turnout of Botanical Arts entries that turned heads. What gorgeous creations! Congrats to all participants and to our award winners!
STAGING
ULANA JOSLIN, NATASHA HALBOUT
PASSERS
BOTANICAL ARTS: KATHRYNE SINGLETON, BONNIE TORCIVIA
HORTICULTURE: BETSY FORD, ELAINE EADON
PHOTOGRAPHY: GAIL VAN WINKLE, MARY BRODSKY
CLERKS
BOTANICAL ARTS: ULANA JOSLIN, LAURA HAAREN
HORTICULTURE: LISA ATTALAH, LAURA WALLACH
PHOTOGRAPHY: AMY MCCOOEY, PEEKA TILDESLEY
JUDGES
BOTANICAL ARTS: TAPHY HARCSAR, JOAN LYNCH
HORTICULTURE: MAYA SPEELMANS, SUSAN OLSON
PHOTOGRAPHY: GAIL VAN WINKLE, LUCY KALIAN
BOTANICAL ARTS
Pressing Flowers – A “Specialty” Design*
“The heart is like a flower; unless it is open, it cannot release its fragrance into the world.”
– Unknown
Class 1: Love in Bloom – Create a heart-shaped exhibit using flowers pressed between a frame of 2 sheets of plexiglass. Design will be staged flat on a 42” high table covered with a white tablecloth. Viewed and judged from above. (5) Entries
Results: 1st: Bonnie Torcivia
Class 2: Novice. Same as above. (5) Entries
Results: 1st: Jane Orr | 2nd: Heather Robinson | 3rd: Peeka Tildesley | HM: Amy McCooey, Elaine Eadon
“All gardening is landscape painting.” – William Kent
Class 3: Petal Painting – Create a landscape “painting” using flowers pressed between a frame of 2 sheets of plexiglass. Design will be staged flat on a 42” high table covered with a white tablecloth. Viewed and judged from above. (5) Entries
Results: 1st: Bonnie Torcivia | 2nd: Betsy Ford
Class 4: Novice. Same as above. (5) Entries
Results: 1st: Louisa Renn | 2nd: Laura Haaren | 3rd: Amy McCooey
*Pressed Plant Designs are an “artistic ‘painting’ or design created from pressed plant material,” and are considered a specialty design for purposes of showing and judging.
HORTICULTURE
All entries must be properly identified with species and cultivar information.
AMARYLLIS
Class 1: One amaryllis bulb, grown in the exhibitor’s own container. Any variety is acceptable. May be exhibited in water, rocks or soil.
Results: 1st: Betsy Ford | 2nd: Peeka Tildesley, Elaine Eadon, Judie Oppenheim
Class 2: Novice. Same as above.
Results: 1st: Amy McCooey | 2nd: Gail Van Winkle
PINING FOR EVERGREENS
Class 3: One evergreen branch (with or without berries or cones) not to exceed 24” in length from lip of container to tip of branch. To be displayed in member’s own container. (*class was sub-divided)
Results: 1st: Elaine Eadon | 2nd: Susan Sorokolit | 3rd: Bonnie Torcivia, Heather Robinson
Results 3A: 1st: Louisa Renn | 2nd: Betsy Ford | 3rd: Laura Haaren
Class 4: Novice. Same as above.
Results: 3rd: Amy McCooey, Wendy Wilt
HOORAY FOR HOUSEPLANTS
Class 5: A plant grown indoors of either tropical or desert origin, must be owned for at least 6 months. Pot not to exceed 10”. Orchids are not permitted. (This class may be subdivided.)
Results: 1st: Betsy Ford | 2nd: Heather Robinson | 3rd: Elaine Eadon, Tilden Brighton-Wilt
Class 6: Novice. Same as above.
Results: 1st: Amy McCooey
PHOTOGRAPHY
CELEBRATING OUR HISTORY
Class 1: A historical artifact, architecture, and/or home at least over 200 years old, in color.
Results: 1st: Barbara Batting | 2nd: Mary Jane O’Hare | 3rd: Natasha Halbout
Class 2: Novice. Same as above.
Results: 1st: Amy McCooey | 2nd: Laura Haaren | HM: Susan Sorokolit, Elaine Eadon
Class 3: A historical artifact, architecture, and/or home at least over 200 years old, in black and white.
Results: 1st: Natasha Halbout | 2nd: Bonnie Torcivia | 3rd: Mary Jane O’Hare
Class 4: Novice. Same as above.
Results: 1st: Amy McCooey | 2nd: Heather Robinson | 3rd: Betsy Ford | HM: Susan Sorokolit, Elaine Eadon
