Events and Programs in February 2024
Friday, February 9, 2024
Program: “Four Points of Design”
Location: Eastern Shore Hospital Center
English Hall
5262 Woods Road
Cambridge, MD 21613
Agenda: 9:30 am - 10:30 am Entries Accepted
10:30 am - 11:15 am Judging/Social Time
11:15 am – 12:00 pm Business Meeting
12:00 pm - 12:45 pm Lunch/View Exhibits
12:45 pm - 1:30 pm Program
Speaker(s): Four National Garden Club (NGC) Judges
Frances Folmer – Somerset County GC;
Rose Gazarek – Hughesville GC;
Trish Reynolds – Oxford & Talbot GC,
Ann Street – Four Seasons GC.
These four Federated Garden Club of Maryland, Inc./NGC judges and Blue Ribbon designers will present design demonstrations and informal Q&A. DGC members will learn ‘tricks of the trade’ by rotating and visiting each design station :
Multi-Rhythmic;
Petite;
Traditional Line and
Table for Two.
Program Chair: Judy Slaughter
Judges:
Horticulture: Ellen Higgins Patricia Greenwell
Design: Diana Brooks, Beth Burton
Consultant: Faye Phillips
Clerk: Kara Linthicum
Division I – Horticulture
Class 1. Forced Branches – 1 branch (minimum length 6”/maximum length 24”)
a. Forsythia
b. Pussy Willow
c. Any other
Class 2. African Violets
a. Pot diameter 3” or less
b. Pot diameter more than 3”
Class 3. Conifers – 1 branch (minimum length 6”/maximum length 24”)
a. With cones or berries
b. Without cones or berries
Class 4. Broadleaf Evergreen Tree or Shrub – 1 branch (minimum length 6”/
maximum length 24”)
a. Flowering
b. Foliage
c. Fruited
Class 5. Ilex (Holly) – 1 branch (minimum length 6”/maximum length 18”)
a. Foliage
b. Fruited
Class 6. Container Grown Plants (maximum pot diameter 8”)
a. Flowering
b. Foliage
Class 7. Open Class
a. Annual
b. Perennial
c. Biennial
d. Bulb, corm, rhizome, tuber
e. Vines
Class 8. Forced Bulbs
a. Amaryllis
b. Narcissus
c. Any other
Division II– Design
Class 1. “Swing Low Sweet Chariot” – Low Profile Design – HB. Pg. 78 – H, 1., 2. 4 entries – please sign-up through Linda Chandlee (linda.chandlee@icloud.com). The committee will provide a step stool – Stool measures Height - 8.75” - Length - 11.25” - Width - 8.50.
May be entered as a Companion Design as described in HB Pg. 79 – X – A – b.
Class 2. “Love Birds” Botanical Arts – Exploration – Freedom of Style HB Pg. 93 – II – B – 5 – a-e.
May be entered as a Companion Design as described in HB Pg. 79 – X – A – b.
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