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2010 - 2011 Design Exhibit Schedule

Exhibits take place during our monthly meetings. Please have your items in place by 7:00 p.m.  Judging begins at 7:15 sharp.

Artistic Design Exhibits
“We have lingered in the chambers of the sea” T. S. Eliot

Challenge
A design incorporating driftwood.

Intermediate
A design suggesting a shore motif.

Novice
A design in a sea shell.

Open

Horticultural Exhibits
Rose – one specimen
Annual – three of one variety
Annual – three or more varieties
Perennial – three of one variety
Dahlia under 3” – three of one variety
Dahlia over 3” – one specimen
Fruit or vegetable – three of one variety
Open

October 4, 2010

Artistic Design Exhibits
“Tyger! Tyger! burning bright”  William Blake

Challenge
A seasonal design incorporating or suggesting a wild animal.

Intermediate
A design that incorporates jewel tones.

Novice
An arrangement for a Halloween luncheon table.

Open

Horticultural Exhibits
Chrysanthemum – one spray or specimen
Chrysanthemums – three or more varieties
Annual – three of one variety
Collection of five different blooming materials
Berried branch, not to exceed 24”
Open

November 1, 2010

Artistic Design Exhibits
“But let the spotted leaves fall as they fall” Sylvia Plath

Challenge
An arrangement using only autumn leaves.

Intermediate
Use mums and some variegated foliage for a Thanksgiving table arrangement.

Novice
A design with dried flowers and vine leaves such as ivy or vinca.

Open

Horticultural Exhibits
Chrysanthemum – one spray or specimen
Chrysanthemum – five or more varieties
Berried branch, not to exceed 24”
Houseplant
Open

December 6, 2010

Artistic Design Exhibits
“The Christmas twigs crispen and needles rattle
Along the windowledge.”  Margaret Avison

Challenge
A design using a candlestick and holly.

Intermediate
A design incorporating a candle and evergreens.

Novice
An all-white design.

Open

Horticultural Exhibits
Ilex, not to exceed 24”
Cactus
Fern
Open

January 3, 2011

Artistic Design Exhibits
“Faintly a phonograph needle / whirs round in the last groove” Adrienne Rich

Challenge
A design illustrating a show tune. (Name the tune.)

Intermediate
A design illustrating a nursery rhyme (Name the rhyme.) 

Novice
A design for a corsage to be worn to a dance.

Open

Horticultural Exhibits
African violet, single flowering
African violet, double flowering
Forced bulb
Open

February 7, 2011

Artistic Design Exhibits
“And I will make the beds of roses
And a thousand fragrant posies”  Christopher Marlowe

Challenge
Include a Valentine accessory in a design to be placed on a tray for a shut-in.

Intermediate
A centerpiece design with roses.

Novice
A design that includes baby roses, in a tea cup.

Open

Horticultural Exhibits
Bulb – forced flowering
Forced branch, not to exceed 24”
Fern
Open

March 7, 2011

Artistic Design Exhibits
“A host of golden daffodils”  William Wordsworth

Challenge
A design featuring a single blossom or bud.

Intermediate
An all-yellow arrangement for a spring table.

Novice
A design featuring daffodils for St. Patrick’s Day.

Open

Horticultural Exhibits
Forced branch, not to exceed 24”
Cactus specimen
Collection
Potted plant
Open

April 4, 2011

Artistic Design Exhibits
“Brittle beauty that nature made so frail…
Flow’ring today, tomorrow apt to fail”  Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey

Challenge
A miniature design with early spring flowers.

Intermediate
Spring flowers in a basket.

Novice
A horizontal design featuring spring flowers.

Open

Horticultural Exhibits
Flowering bulb – three of one variety
Flowering branch, not to exceed 24”
One of each kind of daffodil
Open

May 2, 2011

Artistic Design Exhibits
“To see a world in a grain of sand
And heaven in a wildflower”  William Blake

Challenge
A design incorporating wildflowers and herbs.

Intermediate
An arrangement for a tailgate party.

Novice
A basket of spring flowers for Mother’s Day.

Open

Horticultural Exhibits
Branch of flowering shrub or tree, not to exceed 24”
Daffodil – three of one variety
Tulip – three of one variety
Tulip – three or more varieties
Collection of three or more different minor bulbs