March Meeting
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Monday, March 22, 2010 |
| Speaker: |
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Melanie Sifton, Director, Humber Arboretum |
| Topic: |
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Sustainable Landscapes: Garden Strategies for the 21st Century |
| Time: |
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8:00 P.M. (show entries must be in place by 7:30 p.m.) |
| Place: |
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Nobleton Community Hall |
| Theme: |
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Poem |
DESIGN CLASS (Flowers may be from any source)
- Poem: a design inspired by a poem. Include the poem’s title. Optional: a verse of the poem may also be used.
- Gone with the Wind: an arrangement showing/suggesting motion.
- Firefly: a miniature arrangement.
- Black Ice: a design using a mirror and featuring white flowers in a black or dark container.
- Lanterns Aglow: a design incorporating a lantern, oil lamp or lamp globe..
- Stripteasel: a design featuring wild dried teasel.
- Coral Reef: an underwater design
SPECIAL CLASS
- Terrarium: An exhibit of growing plants. (See pub. 34/2003 p 75)
CULTURAL CLASS (name variety when possible; planted material to be in pots no larger than 30 cm [12 in])
- African Violet (Saintpaulia) single, one crown
- African Violet (Saintpaulia) double, one crown
- African Violet (Saintpaulia) miniature, one crown
- Amaryllis (Hippeastrum) - one, any variety, may be potted
- Cacti or succulent collection - three or more, any variety/varieties
- Crocus - one stem
- Potted plant with religious connotation (e.g. Moses-in-the-bulrush [Rhoeo discolor], prayer plant [Naranta leuconeura kerchoveana], rosary plant or string of hearts [Ceropegia woodii]) etc.
- Forced branch - one, any variety no longer than 75 cm (30 in)
- Potted ivy - one pot
- Houseplant - one, flowering, name variety (except African Violet
or orchid)
- Houseplant - one, grown for foliage (except ivy)
- Orchid in bloom
- Snowdrop (Galanthus) - one stem
- A pot of forced spring bulbs, any hardy variety
- *Any other flowering bulb not listed - one stem
- *Any garden flower not listed - one stem
- Wintered over garden plant
- Kitchen Experiment – plant grown from grocery item, e.g. avocado, pineapple, tangerine
*Exhibitor may place two entries in these classes only