Thank you to everyone who entered the flower show this year at the N. Georgia State Fair. The entries were fantastic and we appreciate the time you took to grow your horticulture.
The designs were also spectacular and so creative–you amaze us every year! A special congratulations to the many Garden Club members listed below who earned ribbons and top honors:
1st Flower Show – 2019 Top Awards
Award of Merits:
Annual-Flowering:
Bulbous-Flowering: Bridget Horgan – Lycoris Radiata ‘Spider lily’
Perennial-Flowering: Victoria Chastain – Tricyrtis hirta: Toad lily
Grower’s Choice Award:
Container – Flowering: Karin Guzy – Stapelia lepida ‘Carrion flower’
Arboreal Award:
Shrubs: Kathy Griggs – Acuba varigated
Collections: Jack Driskell – Aspidistra: ‘Jade Ribbon’, ‘Spectacular’, ‘Leopard’, ‘Stars & Stripes’,
‘Milky Way’
North Georgia State Fair Sweepstakes Award: Jack Driskell – 37 Total Blue Ribbons
Class 1: Arbors & Tutuers
1st place: Fran Myers
3rd place: Karin Guzy
4th place: Kendra Boyer
Class 2: The Sound of Water
1st place: Pril Buege
Class 3: Shadows & Light
4th place: Anastasia Kipreos
Class 4: Beyond the Green
2nd place: Sally Holcomb
3rd place: Ruby Mercier
4th place: Carole Jordan
Class 5: Reaching for the Sun
1st place: Anna Barns
3rd place: Donna Outwater
4th place: Ann Houston
Class 6: Picnic
1st place: Becky Groce
2nd place: JoAnn Dorsey
3rd place: Joan Archer
2nd Flower Show – 2019 Top Awards
Award of Merits:
Annual-Flowering: Victoria Chastain – ‘Red Button’ Ginger
Bulbous-Foliage: Polly Burson – Curcuma Zedaoria
Perennial-Foliage: Karin Guzy – ‘Chicken Gizzard Plant’ Iresine Coltivazione
Annual – Foliage: Victoria Chastain – Coleus ‘Wasabi’
Arboreal Award:
Shrubs: Karin Guzy – Pyracantha
Trees: Karin Guzy Metasequoia
Collections: Karin Guzy – Vine Collection (Dicentra scandens, Rubus calcinoides,
Muhlenbeckia complexa, Solanum laxum, Hedera helix)
Ima Bentley Award: Karin Guzy – 22 Most Blue Ribbons by a Garden Club Member
2nd Flower Show – 2019 Top Awards
Award of Design Excellence:
Section A: Class 1- Birds of a Feather: Joan Archer
Designers Choice:
Section A: Class 1- Birds of a Feather: Joan Archer
Section B: Class 4 – All in The Family: Edna McClellan
Class 1: Birds of a Feather
1st place: Joan Archer
2nd place: Mikel Vann
4th place: Pril Buege
Class 2: Walls Define Garden Rooms
1st place: Karin Guzy
Class 3: When we Fall in Love
1st place: Shirley Priest
3rd place: Karin Guzy
Class 4: All in the Family
1st place: Edna McClellan
2nd place: Kendra Boyer
3rd place: Karin Guzy
4th place: Meg Calhoun
Class 6: Tea in the Garden
1st place: Lorelle LoCurto
3rd place: Nancy Pillar