Online registration has begun at the Garden Club of Virginia web site. More information click HERE.
This year the Garden Club of Gloucester (GCG) will not be doing their usual daffodil show as they will be hosting the 78th annual Garden Club of Virginia (GCV) Daffodil Show. This show is the second oldest US daffodil show. GCG has not hosted this show since the mid 1970s. Please review the SCHEDULE carefully for differences. Everyone is welcome to enter this show.
Our apologies that the show will not be on the same weekend as the local Daffodil Festival. Dates of this year's show are Wednesday, March 28, to Friday, March 30.
We look forward to see you there!
Friday, January 13, 2012
Monday, September 19, 2011
2012 Daffodil Show
In 2012 the Garden Club of Gloucester will be hosting the Garden Club of Virginia Daffodil Show at Ware Academy on Wednesday, March 28 through Friday, March 30. PLEASE NOTE: We will not be hosting our usual daffodil show in 2012 and 2013. More information for this show and its schedule can be found at the GCV website (www.gcvirginia.org).
Monday, March 28, 2011
2011 Show photos
Elizabeth C. Brown wins the Founder's Trophy
and Woman's Club Trophy
Laura Anne Brooks wins ADS Purple Ribbon for
best collection of five daffodils.
Mulroy 1y-y, POPS Legacy 1w-y, Sargant's Caye 1yyw-wwy, Bavoure 1w-y, Tuscaroa 1y-w
Clay and Fran Higgins
wins the ADS Rose Ribbon for best standard seedling in show
Dianne Spence
wins the ADS Immediate Daffodil Ribbon
for Pink China 2W-P
Photos taken by Ann Hohenberger
2011 ARTISTIC WINNING ARRANGEMENTS
CLASS 231 CELEBRATION IN RED - WINNER: VIVIAN SHACKELFORD
"Painters use red like spice." - Darek Jarman (1942-1994)
There is an indisputable stimulating energy to the color RED, it shows no restraint. Create a FREE STYLE DESIGN with depth and dynamic linear quality. This design should be open and less contained. It should radiate from a given expected point, but may have more than one area of interest.
CLASS 232 - LET THE SUN SHINE IN Novice Class - WINNER: PAT DAVIS
"How wonderful yellow is. It stands for the sun." Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890)
Yellow is a symbol of friendship and new beginnings and much happiness. Create a small compact bouquet or TUSSIE MUSSIE to be carried in hand or slipped into a vase. Use mini or small daffodils and other contrasting plant materials. Display it on a 12x12x12 inch box (provided), covered with your coordinating drape. Open to those who have never won a blue ribbon.
CLASS 234 - PASSIONATELY PURPLE - WINNER: KITTY MARTIN
"Often a purple patch or two is tacked on to a serious work of high promise, to give an effect of color." - Horace (65 - 8 BC)
PURPLE conveys wealth, opulence, and extravagance. Create a DUTCH FLEMISH DESIGN (17th-18th Century). This period arrangement must include fruits and/or vegetables in an oval form with several centers of interest. Accessories permitted.
CLASS 233 - RHAPSODY IN BLUE - WINNER: JOAN JACKSON
"I never get tired of the blue sky." - Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890)
BLUE is the color of the sky and the sea. It shows depth and stability, openness and serenity. Create a REFLECTIVE DESIGN using mirrors, foil or other reflective material within the design to reflect an image. The image may be colors, textures, an object or the viewer.
CLASS 235 - IN THE PINK - WINNER: FELICITY ERICSON
"The very pink of perfection" - Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774)PINK is youthful, fun and exciting. Create a MINIATURE arrangement in a style or design of not more than 5 inches in any direction with emphasis on scale and proportion. Arrangement must be 1 to 1 1/2 times the height or width of the container.
CLASS 236 - WONDERFUL WHITE - WINNER: JUDY CATHEY
"White ... is not a mere absence of color; it is a shinning and affirmative thing, as fierce as red and definite as black." - Gilbert Keith Chesterton, (1874-1936)
White flowers evoke simple beauty and simplicity. It is considered the color of perfection.
Create a PARALLEL DESIGN in a low container or 2 or more containers placed together or stacked to appear as one. Each group of 3 or more must appear to be independent of the other yet related by color, texture, form or pattern. A negative (empty) space should be left between groupings.
CLASS 237 - IT'S NOT EASY TO BE GREEN - WINNER: SARAH HYLTON
"Live yellow, go green, or live green, go yellow." - Jill Davis (born 1966)
Create a LANDSCAPE DESIGN using a low container. Design is usually one sided with taller materials to the back. Cluster like colors and materials create a more nature-like effect
CLASS 238 - ORANGE U GORGEOUS - WINNER: FRAN ZABICKI
"Orange is the happiest color." - Frank Sinatra (1915-1998)
ORANGE has high visibility, so you can use it to catch attention and highlight the most important elements of your design. Create a SYNERGISTIC DESIGN using 3 or more containers or groupings that make up one design. Each part is not a complete design on its own. A connecting component may be used to unify the individual parts.
CLASS 239 - WHIRLWIND OF COLOR - WINNER: CAM WILLIIAMS
This arrangement was deemed best arrangement in show and most creative as well as received most votes for the Peoples' Choice Award.
"I see blue, pink, yellow and green and everything in between." - unknown -
Party hardy in a EXHIBITION TABLE SCAPE of many colors. A party of your choice awaits your imagination. Keep in mind the floral centerpiece is the point of interest. Exhibitor provides his/her own table to use in a 5' by 5' area. Accessories permitted. No food or flatware allowed.
YOUTH ARTISTIC
"RAINBOW OF COLOR"
"Don't miss all the beautiful colors of the rainbow looking for that pot of gold." - Anonymous
Seeing the beautiful colors of the rainbow require you to be in the right place at the right time. Youths were to use their imagination and follow the rainbow to the pot of gold daffodils waiting for them. They were encourage to use garden flowers. Youths brought their own flowers and clippers to create their own "pot of gold" in a container. Mechanics were provided . Two classes were offered in Youth Artistic:
CLASS 240, PIXIES, ages 6-9, WINNER: JACOB WARD
CLASS 241, LEPRECHAUNS, ages 10-13,
WINNER: ALEXANDRA RICHARDSON
"Painters use red like spice." - Darek Jarman (1942-1994)
There is an indisputable stimulating energy to the color RED, it shows no restraint. Create a FREE STYLE DESIGN with depth and dynamic linear quality. This design should be open and less contained. It should radiate from a given expected point, but may have more than one area of interest.
CLASS 232 - LET THE SUN SHINE IN Novice Class - WINNER: PAT DAVIS
"How wonderful yellow is. It stands for the sun." Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890)
Yellow is a symbol of friendship and new beginnings and much happiness. Create a small compact bouquet or TUSSIE MUSSIE to be carried in hand or slipped into a vase. Use mini or small daffodils and other contrasting plant materials. Display it on a 12x12x12 inch box (provided), covered with your coordinating drape. Open to those who have never won a blue ribbon.
CLASS 234 - PASSIONATELY PURPLE - WINNER: KITTY MARTIN
"Often a purple patch or two is tacked on to a serious work of high promise, to give an effect of color." - Horace (65 - 8 BC)
PURPLE conveys wealth, opulence, and extravagance. Create a DUTCH FLEMISH DESIGN (17th-18th Century). This period arrangement must include fruits and/or vegetables in an oval form with several centers of interest. Accessories permitted.
CLASS 233 - RHAPSODY IN BLUE - WINNER: JOAN JACKSON
"I never get tired of the blue sky." - Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890)
BLUE is the color of the sky and the sea. It shows depth and stability, openness and serenity. Create a REFLECTIVE DESIGN using mirrors, foil or other reflective material within the design to reflect an image. The image may be colors, textures, an object or the viewer.
CLASS 235 - IN THE PINK - WINNER: FELICITY ERICSON
"The very pink of perfection" - Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774)PINK is youthful, fun and exciting. Create a MINIATURE arrangement in a style or design of not more than 5 inches in any direction with emphasis on scale and proportion. Arrangement must be 1 to 1 1/2 times the height or width of the container.
CLASS 236 - WONDERFUL WHITE - WINNER: JUDY CATHEY
"White ... is not a mere absence of color; it is a shinning and affirmative thing, as fierce as red and definite as black." - Gilbert Keith Chesterton, (1874-1936)
White flowers evoke simple beauty and simplicity. It is considered the color of perfection.
Create a PARALLEL DESIGN in a low container or 2 or more containers placed together or stacked to appear as one. Each group of 3 or more must appear to be independent of the other yet related by color, texture, form or pattern. A negative (empty) space should be left between groupings.
CLASS 237 - IT'S NOT EASY TO BE GREEN - WINNER: SARAH HYLTON
"Live yellow, go green, or live green, go yellow." - Jill Davis (born 1966)
Create a LANDSCAPE DESIGN using a low container. Design is usually one sided with taller materials to the back. Cluster like colors and materials create a more nature-like effect
"Orange is the happiest color." - Frank Sinatra (1915-1998)
ORANGE has high visibility, so you can use it to catch attention and highlight the most important elements of your design. Create a SYNERGISTIC DESIGN using 3 or more containers or groupings that make up one design. Each part is not a complete design on its own. A connecting component may be used to unify the individual parts.
CLASS 239 - WHIRLWIND OF COLOR - WINNER: CAM WILLIIAMS
This arrangement was deemed best arrangement in show and most creative as well as received most votes for the Peoples' Choice Award.
"I see blue, pink, yellow and green and everything in between." - unknown -
Party hardy in a EXHIBITION TABLE SCAPE of many colors. A party of your choice awaits your imagination. Keep in mind the floral centerpiece is the point of interest. Exhibitor provides his/her own table to use in a 5' by 5' area. Accessories permitted. No food or flatware allowed.
'Woof! Woof!', exclaimed the judges.
YOUTH ARTISTIC
"RAINBOW OF COLOR"
"Don't miss all the beautiful colors of the rainbow looking for that pot of gold." - Anonymous
Seeing the beautiful colors of the rainbow require you to be in the right place at the right time. Youths were to use their imagination and follow the rainbow to the pot of gold daffodils waiting for them. They were encourage to use garden flowers. Youths brought their own flowers and clippers to create their own "pot of gold" in a container. Mechanics were provided . Two classes were offered in Youth Artistic:
CLASS 240, PIXIES, ages 6-9, WINNER: JACOB WARD
CLASS 241, LEPRECHAUNS, ages 10-13,
WINNER: ALEXANDRA RICHARDSON
Photos by Ann Hohenberger
Except for Classes 231, 240 and the final photo, these were taken by Ceci Brown.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
2011 SHOW RESULTS
The Garden Club of Gloucester 61th Annual Daffodil Show held Saturday, March 26, and Sunday, March 27, at its new location Ware Academy, 7936 John Clayton Memorial Highway, Gloucester, Virginia, attracted 1335 blooms entered by 129 exhibitors, adults and youths, in 702 exhibits from 4 states (Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina and Pennsylvania). Award winners have been announced as follows:
Horticultural Awards
American Daffodil Society Silver Ribbon and the Dr. Raymond S. Brown Memorial, a perpetual trophy, for the most blues, won by Clay and Fran Higgins of Harbinger, North Carolina, receiving 20 blues.
ADS Gold Ribbon and Mr. and Mrs. George W. Heath Memorial for best standard bloom, won by Laura Anne Brooks of King William for her entry, Tuscarora 1Y-Y.
ADS Miniature Gold Ribbon and Agnes Crawford Bates Memorial for the best miniature bloom, won by Mitch and Kate Carney of Boonesboro, Maryland, for their entry, Chamber Music 6Y-Y.
ADS White Ribbon and Mary Douglas Anderson Memorial for best vase of three blooms, won by Margaret Barnett, Henrico, for her entry, Rapture 6Y-Y.
ADS Purple Ribbon and Mr. and Mrs. John L. Whitehead Memorial for best collection of five stems, won by Laura Anne Brooks, King William.
ADS Rose Ribbon and Frank R. Yazenski Memorial for best standard seedling exhibited by the originator, won by Clay and Fran Higgins, Harbinger, North Carolina, for their entry, Teal x OPS 10-31 2.
ADS Miniature White Ribbon and Jackson-Holden Memorial for best vase of three miniatures, won by Karen Cogar of Alexandria, for her entry, Stocken 7Y-Y.
ADS Lavender Ribbon and Edward H. Ould Memorial for best collection of five miniatures, won by Clay and Fran Higgins of Harbinger, North Carolina.
ADS Miniature Red/White/Blue Ribbon and Raymond S. Brown Jr., Memorial for the best collection of five American-bred miniatures, Mitch and Kate Carney of Boonesboro, Maryland.
ADS Miniature Rose Ribbon, Mrs. Henning Rountree Memorial, best miniature seeding exhibited by the originator, Mitch and Kate Carney of Boonesboro, Maryland, for their entry, SDL 09-01-01 Golden Bells OP.
ADS Aqua Ribbon and Dee Evans Memorial for best collection of 9 miniatures, Mitch and Kate Carney of Boonesboro, Maryland.
Roberta C. Watrous Award, for the best collection of 12 different miniature cultivars, won by Mitch and Kate Carney of Boonesboro, Maryland.
ADS Small Growers Ribbon and Granville Hall Memorial for the best standard daffodil exhibited by a grower growing less than 50 cultivars, won by Stan Tucker of Richmond for his entry, Pink Silk, 1W-P.
ADS Historic Ribbon and Mary Ann James Memorial for the best pre-1940 cultivar, Randy Brown of Tappahannock for her entry, Saint Kerverne 2Y-Y.
ADS Historic Ribbon set of three and Elizabeth Clopton Brown Honorary Award, Melanie Paul of Hampton for her entry, Beryl 6W-YYO.
ADS Historic Daffodil Collection of Five Ribbon and Dorothy Early Memorial, won by Glenna Graves, Harrisonburg.
ADS Intermediate Ribbon and Ann Brown Dischinger Memorial for best intermediate bloom, won by Dianne Spence of Williamsburg for her entry, Pink China, 2W-P.
Garden Club of Gloucester award and Mrs. E. Wright Noble Memorial for best collection of red/orange cupped daffodils, Ceci Brown of Gloucester.
Garden Club of Gloucester award and Mrs. Webster S. Rhoads Jr., Memorial for best collection of pink cupped daffodils, no entries.
Garden Club of Gloucester award and the Col. And Mrs. R. F. C. Vance Memorial for best collection of white daffodils, no entries.
ADS Red, White and Blue Ribbon and President’s Award for best five stems of American bred daffodils, won by Laura Anne Brooks of King William.
ADS Maroon Ribbon and Chairman of Show award for best five stems, reverse bi-color, Petie Matheson of Gloucester.
ADS Marie Bosievich Ribbon and Louise DeShazo Hawkins Memorial Award for best collection of twelve standard cultivars and/or species from at least four divisions, won by Laura Anne Brooks of King William.
Elise Havens Ribbon and Jane Henley Honorary Award for best collection of 12 cultivars from Divisions, no entry.
ADS Dr. Tom D. Throckmorton Ribbon and Raymond W. Lewis Memorial Award for the best collection of fifteen standard cultivars and/or species from at least fifteen different RHS classifications, each labeled with name and complete classification, no entry.
Carey E. Quinn Award (silver medal or ribbon) for best collection of 24 standard cultivars
and/or species from at least 5 divisions, won by Clay and Fran Higgins, Harbinger of North Carolina.
Youth Division for exhibitors ages 15 or younger.
ADS Youth Ribbon and Leland C. Bowditch Memorial Award for best cultivar, won by Garvin Corcovan of Gloucester for entry, Trousseau 1W-Y.
ADS Best of 3 Ribbon and Alison Randolph Memorial Award for best vase of 3 stems of one daffodil, won by Will Sadler of Richmond for entry, Intrigue 7Y-W.
ADS Youth Collection Ribbon and McClanahan Ingles II Memorial Award for the best collection of 5 different cultivars, won by Will Sadler, Richmond.
Special Horticultural Awards
Founders Cup, a perpetual trophy, for most points in horticulture won by a Garden Club of Gloucester member, won by Elizabeth C. Brown of Gloucester.
Gloucester Woman’s Club Historic Award, a perpetual trophy, in memory of Betty Lewis Constantine, to a resident of Gloucester or Mathews County for the best collection of five pre-1940 cultivars, won by Elizabeth C. Brown of Gloucester.
John Edwin DeHardit and Patricia DeHardit Hicks Memorial, a perpetual trophy, novice class, one stem from any division, eligible only to residents of Gloucester and Mathews who have never won a blue in any ADS show, won by Sandy Geiger of Gloucester Point for her entry, Rapture 6Y-Y.
ADS Photography Division
ADS Photography Division had 23 exhibitors and 71 exhibits in five classes.
The Garden Club of Gloucester Special Photography Awards the James V. and Violet R. Morgan Community Service Award, a perpetual trophy, to the photography depicting the best public display of daffodils beautifying the community, to the winning photographer Patricia Wagner of Ark of this location, Main Street, Gloucester Court House.
The Gloucester Veteran’s Award, perpetual trophy, awarded to the photograph deemed Best-In-Show in Photography Division, Melanie Paul of Hampton.
This entry also receives the ADS Wells Knieim Photography Ribbon for best photograph from classes 226-230.
Artistic Awards
In the Artistic Division there were 36 exhibitors and exhibits entered with the theme, "Color Your Imagination." Awards were as follows:
Toddsbury Cup, a perpetual trophy, in memory of Mrs. Charles Beatty Moore and Mrs. Catherine Sanders Mott Catlett, for best arrangement in show, won by Cam Williams, entry from Class 239, titled ‘Whirlwind of Color’.
Cynthia Matthews Rhodes Award, a perpetual trophy, in memory of Cindy Rhodes for her appreciation of the beauty of flowers and her care of all living things for the most creative arrangement in the show, won by Cam Williams of Ware Neck, for her entry from Class 239, titled “Whirlwind of Color’.
General William H. Tunner Memorial, Class 231, ‘Celebration in Red’, a free style design. Winners were Blue, Vivian Shackelford, Mathews, Red, not awarded, Yellow, Kathy Klein, Gloucester, Honorable Mentions, Shannah Cooper, Gloucester, and Suzanne Hudson, Ware Neck.
Mrs. Hugh Keanne Dabney Memorial, Class 232, ‘Let the Sun Shine In”, a Tussie Mussie design, Novice Class, for those who have never received a blue ribbon in an artistic division. Winners were Blue, Pat Davis, Red, Marion Baker, Yellow, Meredith Watkins, Honorable Mention, Beth Richardson, all of Gloucester.
Mrs. James Bland Martin Memorial, Class 233, ‘Rhapsody in Blue’, a Reflective Design, Winners were Blue, Joan Jackson, Red, Sarah Finney, both of Gloucester, Honorable Mentions, Sandy Geiger and Melissa Ashe, both of Gloucester Point.
Katharine Lewis Pickett and Rear Adm. Ben B. Pickett Memorial, Class 234, ‘Passionately Purple‘, a Dutch Flemish design. Winners were Blue, Kitty Martin of Gloucester Point, Red, Emily Barbee, Gloucester, Yellow, Terry Buntrock, Williamsburg, Honorable Mention, Aaron Ward, Deltaville.
Shirley Lyons Robinson Memorial, Class 235, ‘In the Pink’, a miniature arrangement. Winners were Blue, Felicity Ericson, Gloucester, Red, Judy Doyel, Ware Neck, Yellow, Nancy Choquette, Gloucester, Honorable Mention, Peggy Robins, Gloucester Point.
Catherine ‘Kitty’ Hankins Wilson Memorial, Class 236, ‘Wonderful White’, a Parallel Design. Winners were Blue, Judy Cathey, White Marsh, Red, Cara Randolph, Hardyville, Yellow, Dorothy Long, North, Honorable Mention, Joanne Bartlett, Gloucester.
Beverly R. W. Marshall Memorial, Class 237, ‘It’s Not Easy to be Green ‘, in a Landscape design. Winners were Blue, Sarah Hylton, Ordinary, Red, Jeannie Hockaday, Gloucester, Yellow, not given, Honorable Mentions, Ann Garrett and Pat Zima, both of Gloucester.
William Gilbert and Blanche Morris Memorial, Class 238, ‘Orange U Gorgeous’, a Synergistic design. Winners were Blue, Fran Zabicki, Gloucester, Red, Amelita Thomas, Wicomico, Yellow, Mary Ann Griffin, Gloucester, Honorable Mention, Tish Grant, Ware Neck.
Irving Lewis Smith Memorial, Class 239, center exhibit, ‘Whirlwind of Color’, a functional table design of many colors. Winners were: Blue, Cam Williams, Ware Neck, Red, Carol Negus, Gloucester Point, Yellow, Alex Watkins, Gloucester, Honorable Mention, Amy Richardson, Gloucester.
Youth Artistic Division had 22 exhibitors in 2 classes for youths, ages 6 to 13, interpreting “Rainbow of Color”. They used their imagination and followed the rainbow to the pot of golden daffodils.
Malo Grandchildren Honorary Award, Class 240, ages 6 to 9, had eleven exhibitors. Winners were Blue, Jacob Ward, Hayes, Red, Charlotte Quinlan, Kinsale, Yellow, Alex Barbee, Gloucester, Honorable Mentions, Peyton Arnow, Olney, Maryland, Holli Gubeli, Ella Hodges, Alice Strawn and Louise Strawn, all of Gloucester, Augustus Kettle, North, Josh Ward and Harrison Zima, both of Hayes.
Zima Grandchildren Honorary Award, Class 241, ages 10 to 13, had eleven exhibitors. Winners were Blue, Alexandra Richardson, Red, Margaret Strawn, Yellow, Chloe Hodges, all of Gloucester, Honorable Mentions, Alexandra Fuccella and Carolyn Fuccella, both of Urbanna, Kathyrn James, Olivia McDaniel, and Jessica Hogge, all of Hayes, Kylee Hockaday, Yorktown, Gibson Hylton, Ordinary, Ashley Shackelford, Gloucester.
A Special Award
The L. Cameron Gregory People’s Choice Perpetual Award, in memorial of Cameron Gregory "in celebration of his love of people and his belief that all people should have the freedom to vote," awarded to Cam Williams for her interpretation of ‘Whirlwind of Color”, Class 239.
Horticultural Awards
American Daffodil Society Silver Ribbon and the Dr. Raymond S. Brown Memorial, a perpetual trophy, for the most blues, won by Clay and Fran Higgins of Harbinger, North Carolina, receiving 20 blues.
ADS Gold Ribbon and Mr. and Mrs. George W. Heath Memorial for best standard bloom, won by Laura Anne Brooks of King William for her entry, Tuscarora 1Y-Y.
ADS Miniature Gold Ribbon and Agnes Crawford Bates Memorial for the best miniature bloom, won by Mitch and Kate Carney of Boonesboro, Maryland, for their entry, Chamber Music 6Y-Y.
ADS White Ribbon and Mary Douglas Anderson Memorial for best vase of three blooms, won by Margaret Barnett, Henrico, for her entry, Rapture 6Y-Y.
ADS Purple Ribbon and Mr. and Mrs. John L. Whitehead Memorial for best collection of five stems, won by Laura Anne Brooks, King William.
ADS Rose Ribbon and Frank R. Yazenski Memorial for best standard seedling exhibited by the originator, won by Clay and Fran Higgins, Harbinger, North Carolina, for their entry, Teal x OPS 10-31 2.
ADS Miniature White Ribbon and Jackson-Holden Memorial for best vase of three miniatures, won by Karen Cogar of Alexandria, for her entry, Stocken 7Y-Y.
ADS Lavender Ribbon and Edward H. Ould Memorial for best collection of five miniatures, won by Clay and Fran Higgins of Harbinger, North Carolina.
ADS Miniature Red/White/Blue Ribbon and Raymond S. Brown Jr., Memorial for the best collection of five American-bred miniatures, Mitch and Kate Carney of Boonesboro, Maryland.
ADS Miniature Rose Ribbon, Mrs. Henning Rountree Memorial, best miniature seeding exhibited by the originator, Mitch and Kate Carney of Boonesboro, Maryland, for their entry, SDL 09-01-01 Golden Bells OP.
ADS Aqua Ribbon and Dee Evans Memorial for best collection of 9 miniatures, Mitch and Kate Carney of Boonesboro, Maryland.
Roberta C. Watrous Award, for the best collection of 12 different miniature cultivars, won by Mitch and Kate Carney of Boonesboro, Maryland.
ADS Small Growers Ribbon and Granville Hall Memorial for the best standard daffodil exhibited by a grower growing less than 50 cultivars, won by Stan Tucker of Richmond for his entry, Pink Silk, 1W-P.
ADS Historic Ribbon and Mary Ann James Memorial for the best pre-1940 cultivar, Randy Brown of Tappahannock for her entry, Saint Kerverne 2Y-Y.
ADS Historic Ribbon set of three and Elizabeth Clopton Brown Honorary Award, Melanie Paul of Hampton for her entry, Beryl 6W-YYO.
ADS Historic Daffodil Collection of Five Ribbon and Dorothy Early Memorial, won by Glenna Graves, Harrisonburg.
ADS Intermediate Ribbon and Ann Brown Dischinger Memorial for best intermediate bloom, won by Dianne Spence of Williamsburg for her entry, Pink China, 2W-P.
Garden Club of Gloucester award and Mrs. E. Wright Noble Memorial for best collection of red/orange cupped daffodils, Ceci Brown of Gloucester.
Garden Club of Gloucester award and Mrs. Webster S. Rhoads Jr., Memorial for best collection of pink cupped daffodils, no entries.
Garden Club of Gloucester award and the Col. And Mrs. R. F. C. Vance Memorial for best collection of white daffodils, no entries.
ADS Red, White and Blue Ribbon and President’s Award for best five stems of American bred daffodils, won by Laura Anne Brooks of King William.
ADS Maroon Ribbon and Chairman of Show award for best five stems, reverse bi-color, Petie Matheson of Gloucester.
ADS Marie Bosievich Ribbon and Louise DeShazo Hawkins Memorial Award for best collection of twelve standard cultivars and/or species from at least four divisions, won by Laura Anne Brooks of King William.
Elise Havens Ribbon and Jane Henley Honorary Award for best collection of 12 cultivars from Divisions, no entry.
ADS Dr. Tom D. Throckmorton Ribbon and Raymond W. Lewis Memorial Award for the best collection of fifteen standard cultivars and/or species from at least fifteen different RHS classifications, each labeled with name and complete classification, no entry.
Carey E. Quinn Award (silver medal or ribbon) for best collection of 24 standard cultivars
and/or species from at least 5 divisions, won by Clay and Fran Higgins, Harbinger of North Carolina.
Youth Division for exhibitors ages 15 or younger.
ADS Youth Ribbon and Leland C. Bowditch Memorial Award for best cultivar, won by Garvin Corcovan of Gloucester for entry, Trousseau 1W-Y.
ADS Best of 3 Ribbon and Alison Randolph Memorial Award for best vase of 3 stems of one daffodil, won by Will Sadler of Richmond for entry, Intrigue 7Y-W.
ADS Youth Collection Ribbon and McClanahan Ingles II Memorial Award for the best collection of 5 different cultivars, won by Will Sadler, Richmond.
Special Horticultural Awards
Founders Cup, a perpetual trophy, for most points in horticulture won by a Garden Club of Gloucester member, won by Elizabeth C. Brown of Gloucester.
Gloucester Woman’s Club Historic Award, a perpetual trophy, in memory of Betty Lewis Constantine, to a resident of Gloucester or Mathews County for the best collection of five pre-1940 cultivars, won by Elizabeth C. Brown of Gloucester.
John Edwin DeHardit and Patricia DeHardit Hicks Memorial, a perpetual trophy, novice class, one stem from any division, eligible only to residents of Gloucester and Mathews who have never won a blue in any ADS show, won by Sandy Geiger of Gloucester Point for her entry, Rapture 6Y-Y.
ADS Photography Division
ADS Photography Division had 23 exhibitors and 71 exhibits in five classes.
The Garden Club of Gloucester Special Photography Awards the James V. and Violet R. Morgan Community Service Award, a perpetual trophy, to the photography depicting the best public display of daffodils beautifying the community, to the winning photographer Patricia Wagner of Ark of this location, Main Street, Gloucester Court House.
The Gloucester Veteran’s Award, perpetual trophy, awarded to the photograph deemed Best-In-Show in Photography Division, Melanie Paul of Hampton.
This entry also receives the ADS Wells Knieim Photography Ribbon for best photograph from classes 226-230.
Artistic Awards
In the Artistic Division there were 36 exhibitors and exhibits entered with the theme, "Color Your Imagination." Awards were as follows:
Toddsbury Cup, a perpetual trophy, in memory of Mrs. Charles Beatty Moore and Mrs. Catherine Sanders Mott Catlett, for best arrangement in show, won by Cam Williams, entry from Class 239, titled ‘Whirlwind of Color’.
Cynthia Matthews Rhodes Award, a perpetual trophy, in memory of Cindy Rhodes for her appreciation of the beauty of flowers and her care of all living things for the most creative arrangement in the show, won by Cam Williams of Ware Neck, for her entry from Class 239, titled “Whirlwind of Color’.
General William H. Tunner Memorial, Class 231, ‘Celebration in Red’, a free style design. Winners were Blue, Vivian Shackelford, Mathews, Red, not awarded, Yellow, Kathy Klein, Gloucester, Honorable Mentions, Shannah Cooper, Gloucester, and Suzanne Hudson, Ware Neck.
Mrs. Hugh Keanne Dabney Memorial, Class 232, ‘Let the Sun Shine In”, a Tussie Mussie design, Novice Class, for those who have never received a blue ribbon in an artistic division. Winners were Blue, Pat Davis, Red, Marion Baker, Yellow, Meredith Watkins, Honorable Mention, Beth Richardson, all of Gloucester.
Mrs. James Bland Martin Memorial, Class 233, ‘Rhapsody in Blue’, a Reflective Design, Winners were Blue, Joan Jackson, Red, Sarah Finney, both of Gloucester, Honorable Mentions, Sandy Geiger and Melissa Ashe, both of Gloucester Point.
Katharine Lewis Pickett and Rear Adm. Ben B. Pickett Memorial, Class 234, ‘Passionately Purple‘, a Dutch Flemish design. Winners were Blue, Kitty Martin of Gloucester Point, Red, Emily Barbee, Gloucester, Yellow, Terry Buntrock, Williamsburg, Honorable Mention, Aaron Ward, Deltaville.
Shirley Lyons Robinson Memorial, Class 235, ‘In the Pink’, a miniature arrangement. Winners were Blue, Felicity Ericson, Gloucester, Red, Judy Doyel, Ware Neck, Yellow, Nancy Choquette, Gloucester, Honorable Mention, Peggy Robins, Gloucester Point.
Catherine ‘Kitty’ Hankins Wilson Memorial, Class 236, ‘Wonderful White’, a Parallel Design. Winners were Blue, Judy Cathey, White Marsh, Red, Cara Randolph, Hardyville, Yellow, Dorothy Long, North, Honorable Mention, Joanne Bartlett, Gloucester.
Beverly R. W. Marshall Memorial, Class 237, ‘It’s Not Easy to be Green ‘, in a Landscape design. Winners were Blue, Sarah Hylton, Ordinary, Red, Jeannie Hockaday, Gloucester, Yellow, not given, Honorable Mentions, Ann Garrett and Pat Zima, both of Gloucester.
William Gilbert and Blanche Morris Memorial, Class 238, ‘Orange U Gorgeous’, a Synergistic design. Winners were Blue, Fran Zabicki, Gloucester, Red, Amelita Thomas, Wicomico, Yellow, Mary Ann Griffin, Gloucester, Honorable Mention, Tish Grant, Ware Neck.
Irving Lewis Smith Memorial, Class 239, center exhibit, ‘Whirlwind of Color’, a functional table design of many colors. Winners were: Blue, Cam Williams, Ware Neck, Red, Carol Negus, Gloucester Point, Yellow, Alex Watkins, Gloucester, Honorable Mention, Amy Richardson, Gloucester.
Youth Artistic Division had 22 exhibitors in 2 classes for youths, ages 6 to 13, interpreting “Rainbow of Color”. They used their imagination and followed the rainbow to the pot of golden daffodils.
Malo Grandchildren Honorary Award, Class 240, ages 6 to 9, had eleven exhibitors. Winners were Blue, Jacob Ward, Hayes, Red, Charlotte Quinlan, Kinsale, Yellow, Alex Barbee, Gloucester, Honorable Mentions, Peyton Arnow, Olney, Maryland, Holli Gubeli, Ella Hodges, Alice Strawn and Louise Strawn, all of Gloucester, Augustus Kettle, North, Josh Ward and Harrison Zima, both of Hayes.
Zima Grandchildren Honorary Award, Class 241, ages 10 to 13, had eleven exhibitors. Winners were Blue, Alexandra Richardson, Red, Margaret Strawn, Yellow, Chloe Hodges, all of Gloucester, Honorable Mentions, Alexandra Fuccella and Carolyn Fuccella, both of Urbanna, Kathyrn James, Olivia McDaniel, and Jessica Hogge, all of Hayes, Kylee Hockaday, Yorktown, Gibson Hylton, Ordinary, Ashley Shackelford, Gloucester.
A Special Award
The L. Cameron Gregory People’s Choice Perpetual Award, in memorial of Cameron Gregory "in celebration of his love of people and his belief that all people should have the freedom to vote," awarded to Cam Williams for her interpretation of ‘Whirlwind of Color”, Class 239.
Monday, February 14, 2011
Sunday, July 11, 2010
PREVIEW - 2011 Artistic Division Schedule
COLOR YOUR IMAGINATION
ADULT ARTISTIC CLASSES ARE FILLED.
"A person's life is dyed with the color of his imagination" - Marcus Aurelius (121-180)
For more information on styles of arranging, click here.
CLASS # 1 CELEBRATION IN RED - This class is filled.
"Painters use red like spice." - Darek Jarman (1942-1994)
There is an indisputable stimulating energy to the color RED, it shows no restraint.
Create a FREE STYLE DESIGN with depth and dynamic linear quality. This design should
be open and less contained. It should radiate from a given expected point, but may have more than one area of interest.
CLASS # 2 - LET THE SUN SHINE IN Novice Class - This class is filled.
"How wonderful yellow is. It stands for the sun." Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890)
Yellow is a symbol of friendship and new beginnings and much happiness.
Create a small compact bouquet or TUSSIE MUSSIE to be carried in hand or slipped into
a vase. Use mini or small daffodils and other contrasting plant materials. Display it on a
12x12x12 inch box (provided), covered with your coordinating drape. Open to those who have never won a blue ribbon.
CLASS # 3 PASSIONATELY PURPLE - This class is filled.
"Often a purple patch or two is tacked on to a serious work of high promise, to give an effect of color." - Horace (65 - 8 BC)
PURPLE conveys wealth, opulence, and extravagance. Create a DUTCH FLEMISH DESIGN (17th-18th Century). This period arrangement must include fruits and/or vegetables in an oval form with several centers of interest. Accessories permitted.
CLASS # 4 RHAPSODY IN BLUE - This class is filled.
"I never get tired of the blue sky." - Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890)
BLUE is the color of the sky and the sea. It shows depth and stability, openness and serenity. Create a REFLECTIVE DESIGN using mirrors, foil or other reflective material within the design to reflect an image. The image may be colors, textures, an object or the viewer.
CLASS # 5 - IN THE PINK - This class is full.
"The very pink of perfection" - Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774)
PINK is youthful, fun and exciting. Create a MINIATURE arrangement in a style or design of not more than 5 inches in any direction with emphasis on scale and proportion. Arrangement must be 1 to 1 1/2 times the height or width of the container.
CLASS # 6 - WONDERFUL WHITE - This class is full.
"White ... is not a mere absence of color; it is a shinning and affirmative thing, as fierce as red and definite as black." - Gilbert Keith Chesterton, (1874-1936)
White flowers evoke simple beauty and simplicity. It is considered the color of perfection.
Create a PARALLEL DESIGN in a low container or 2 or more containers placed together or stacked to appear as one. Each group of 3 or more must appear to be independent of the other yet related by color, texture, form or pattern. A negative (empty) space should be left between groupings.
CLASS # 7 IT'S NOT EASY TO BE GREEN - "Live yellow, go green, or live green, go yellow." - Jill Davis (born 1966) - This class is filled.
with nature, and the perfect complement to any daffodil.
Create a LANDSCAPE DESIGN using a low container. Design is usually one sided with
taller materials to the back. Cluster like colors and materials create a more nature-like effect.
CLASS # 8 - ORANGE U GORGEOUS - This class is filled.
"Orange is the happiest color." - Frank Sinatra (1915-1998)
ORANGE has high visibility, so you can use it to catch attention and highlight the most important elements of your design.
Create a SYNERGISTIC DESIGN using 3 or more containers or groupings that make up one design. Each part is not a complete design on its own. A connecting component may be used to unify the individual parts.CLASS # 9 - WHIRLWIND OF COLOR - This class is filled.
"I see blue, pink, yellow and green and everything in between." - unknown -
Party hardy in a EXHIBITION TABLE SCAPE of many colors. A party of your choice awaits your imagination. Keep in mind the floral centerpiece is the point of interest. Exhibitor provides his/her own table to use in a 5' by 5' area. Accessories permitted. No food or flatware allowed.
YOUTH ARTISTIC SCHEDULE
"RAINBOW OF COLOR"
"Don't miss all the beautiful colors of the rainbow looking for that pot of gold." - Anonymous
Two classes are offered in Youth Artistic:
PIXIES, ages 6-9
LEPRECHAUNS, ages 10-13.
Seeing the beautiful colors of the rainbow require you to be in the right place at the right time. Use your imagination and follow the rainbow to the pot of gold daffodils waiting for you.
We encourage that garden flowers be used. Bring your flowers and clippers and plan to create your own "pot of gold" in a container . Mechanics will be provided .
NOTE: Arranging begins at 6:00 pm Friday March 25 on stage at Ware Academy. Garden Club members will be present to help you. Parents may not remain in the children's work area. Pick up is at 7:30.
For questions concerning Youth Division and to register your child, please contact: Nina Watkins, 804-642-2826 or JWatkins49@cox.net .
Monday, March 29, 2010
2010 SHOW AWARDS
The Garden Club of Gloucester 60th Annual Daffodil Show held Saturday, March 27, and Sunday, March 28, at the Page Middle School, Gloucester, Virginia, attracted 1,752 blooms entered by 134 exhibitors, adults and youths, from three states (Virginia, Maryland, and North Carolina). Award winners have been announced as follows:
ADS Gold Ribbon and Mr. and Mrs. George W. Heath Memorial for best standard bloom,
Laura Anne Brooks, King William; entry, Corbiere 1 Y–YOO.
ADS Miniature Gold Ribbon and Agnes Crawford Bates Memorial for the best miniature bloom, Mitch and Kate Carney, Boonsboro, MD; entry, Snipe 6w-w.
ADS White Ribbon and Mary Douglas Anderson Memorial for best vase of three blooms, Skip and Margaret Ford; entry, Vineland 6y-y.
ADS Purple Ribbon and Mr. and Mrs. John L. Whitehead Memorial for best collection of five stems, Clay and Fran Higgins, Harbinger, NC.
ADS Rose Ribbon and Frank R. Yazenski Memorial for best standard seedling exhibited by the originator, Clay Higgins, Harbinger, NC, Seedling #10-71.
ADS Miniature White Ribbon and Jackson-Holden Memorial for best vase of three miniatures, Mitch and Kate Carney, Boonsboro, MD, entry, Snipe 6w-w.
ADS Lavender Ribbon and Edward H.Ould Memorial for best collection of five miniatures, Susan Appel, Hallieford.
ADS Miniature Red/White/Blue Ribbon and Raymond S. Brown Jr., Memorial for the best collection of five American-bred miniatures, Mitch and Kate Carney, Boonsboro, MD.
ADS Miniature Rose Ribbon, Mrs. Henning Rountree Memorial, best miniature seeding exhibited by the originator, not awarded.
ADS Aqua Ribbon and Dee Evans Memorial for best collection of 9 miniatures, Mitch and Kate Carney. Boonsboro, MD.
Roberta C. Watrous Award, for the best collection of 12 different miniature cultivars, Mitch and Kate Carney, Boonsboro, MD.
ADS Small Growers Ribbon and Granville Hall Memorial for the best standard daffodil exhibited by a grower growing less than 50 cultivars, Kim Sadler, Richmond.
ADS Historic Ribbon and Mary Ann James Memorial for the best pre-1940 cultivar, Elizabeth C. Brown, Gloucester; entry, Beryl, 6w-yoo
ADS Historic Ribbon set of three and Elizabeth Clopton Brown Honorary Award, Randy Brown, Tappahannock; entry, Empress, 1w-y.
ADS Historic Daffodil Collection of Five Ribbon and Dorothy Early Memorial, Skip and Margaret Ford, Richmond.
ADS Intermediate Ribbon and Ann Brown Dischinger Memorial for best intermediate bloom, Ceci Brown, Gloucester; entry, Treasure Waltz, 2y-y.
Garden Club of Gloucester award and Mrs. E. Wright Noble Memorial for best collection of red/orange cupped daffodils, no entries
Garden Club of Gloucester award and Mrs. Webster S. Rhoads Jr., Memorial for best collection of pink cupped daffodils, no entries.
Garden Club of Gloucester award and the Col. And Mrs. R. F. C. Vance Memorial for best collection of white daffodils, no entries.
ADS Red, White and Blue Ribbon and President’s Award for best five stems of American bred daffodils,
Laura Anne Brooks, King William.
ADS Maroon Ribbon and Chairman of Show award for best five stems, reverse bi-color, Clay and Fran Higgins, Harbinger, NC.
ADS Marie Bosievich Ribbon and Louise DeShazo Hawkins Memorial Award for best collection of twelve standard cultivars and/or species from at least four divisions, Laura Anne Brooks, King William.
Elise Havens Ribbon and Jane Henley Honorary Award for best collection of 12 cultivars from Divisions, no entries.
ADS Dr. Tom D. Throckmorton Ribbon and Raymond W. Lewis Memorial Award for the best collection of fifteen standard cultivars and/or species from at least fifteen different RHS classifications, each labeled with name and complete classification, not awarded.
Carey E. Quinn Award for best collection of 24 standard cultivars and/or species from at least 5 divisions, Clay and Fran Higgins, Harbinger, NC.
ADS Best of 3 Ribbon and Alison Randolph Memorial Award for best vase of 3 stems of one daffodil, Girl Scout Troop 209, Richmond; entry, Dutch Master 1y-y.
ADS Youth Collection Ribbon and McClanahan Ingles II Memorial Award for the best collection of 5 different cultivars, Will Sadler, Richmond
Gloucester Woman’s Club Historic Award, a perpetual trophy, in memory of Betty Lewis Constantine, to a resident of Gloucester or Mathews County for the best collection of five pre-1940 cultivars, Elizabeth C. Brown.
John Edwin DeHardit and Patricia DeHardit Hicks Memorial, a perpetual trophy, novice class, one stem from any division, eligible only to residents of Gloucester and Mathews who have never won a blue in any ADS show; Melissa McGill, Gloucester; entry, Telamonius Plenus 4y-y.
The Garden Club of Gloucester Special Photography Awards the James V. and Violet R. Morgan Community Service Award, a perpetual trophy, to the photography depicting the best public display of daffodils beautifying the community, the Hunter Residence, and to the winning photographer of this location, Kimberly George.
The Gloucester Veteran’s Award, perpetual trophy, awarded to the photograph deemed Best-In-Show in Photography Division, Melanie Paul, Hampton.
Two ADS Judges’ Choice Ribbons were awarded to Katelyn Potter, Richmond, from class 230, and Kimberly George, Gloucester, from class 229.
Toddsbury Cup, a perpetual trophy, in memory of Mrs. Charles Beatty Moore and Mrs. Catherine Sanders Mott Catlett, for best arrangement in show, Kitty Martin, Gloucester Point, entry from Class 234, titled ‘Peacocks’.
Cynthia Matthews Rhodes Award, a perpetual trophy, in memory of Cindy Rhodes for her appreciation of the beauty of flowers and her care of all living things for the most creative arrangement in the show, was tied between two entries, Joan Jackson, Zanoni, entry in Class 237, titled ‘Geese’ and Amelita Thomas, Wicomico, entry in class 231, titled ‘Flamingo’.
General William H. Tunner Memorial, Class 231, ‘Flamingos’ an abstract design arrangement. Blue, Amelita Thomas, Wicomico; Red. Kathy Klein, Gloucester; Yellow, Karen Malo, Dutton; Honorable Mention, Kate Cole, Gloucester.
Mrs. Hugh Keanne Dabney Memorial, Class 232, ‘Bald Eagle’, a phoenix design, Novice Class, for those who have never received a blue ribbon in an artistic division. Blue, Judy Cathey, White Marsh; Red, Beth Richardson, Gloucester; yellow, Rachel Strawn, Gloucester; Honorable Mention, Mary Ann Griffith, Gloucester.
Mrs. James Bland Martin Memorial, Class 233, ‘Penguins’, a parallel arrangement; Blue, Sarah Finney, Gloucester; Red, Melissa Ashe, Gloucester Point; Honorable Mentions, Peggy Robins, Gloucester Point, and Kate Zullo, Gloucester.
Katharine Lewis Pickett and Rear Adm. Ben B. Pickett Memorial, Class 234, ‘Peacocks‘, a mass arrangement. Blue, Kitty Martin, Gloucester Point; Red, Emily Barbee, Gloucester; Yellow, Alex Watkins, Gloucester; Honorable Mention, Kate Cole, Gloucester.
Catherine ‘Kitty’ Hankins Wilson Memorial, Class 235, ‘Hummingbirds‘, a miniature interpretive arrangement. Blue, Jeanette Samford, Gloucester; Red, Judy Doyel, Ware Neck; Yellow, Nancy Choquette, Gloucester; Honorable Mention, Felicity Ericson, Gloucester.
Beverly R. W. Marshall Memorial, Class 236, ‘Great Blue Herons‘, in the Oriental Manner, Moribana-style arrangement. Blue, Kate Zullo, Gloucester; Red, Ann Hohenberger, Ware Neck; Yellow, Cara Randolph, Hardyville; Honorable Mention, Marge Masek, Gloucester.
William Gilbert and Blanche Morris Memorial, Class 237, ‘Geese’, a stabile arrangement. Blue, Fran Zabicki, Zanoni; Red, Joan Jackson, Zanoni; Yellow, Shannah Cooper, Gloucester; Honorable Mention, Sandy Geiger, Gloucester Point.
Shirley Lyons Robinson Memorial, Class 238, ‘Singing Canaries’, an interpretive arrangement. Blue, Ceci Brown, Gloucester; Red, Teggie Smith, Alexandria; Yellow, Vivian Shackelford, Hudgins; Honorable Mention, Joanne Bartlett, Gloucester.
Irving Lewis Smith Memorial, Class 239, center exhibit, Bird Habitats - For Men Only, an interpretation of the perfect bird habitat, Blue, Steve Bland, Urbanna. The following entries also received blue ribbons for artistic distinction. These were Ray Friend and Robert Johnson, both of Gloucester.
Malo Grandchildren Honorary Award, Class 240, ages 6 to 9, interpreting ‘Duckling’ from ‘The Ugly Duckling’ by Hans Christian Andersen, Blue, Cabell Jones, Hayes; Red, Chloe Hodges, Urbanna; Yellow, Olivia McDaniel, Hayes; Honorable Mentions, Ashley Shackelford, Gloucester, Caroline Fuccella, Urbanna, Madeline Peebles, Gloucester, Charlotte Quinlan, Hayes, Abigail Peebles, Gloucester, Peyton Aronow, Olney, MD, Alice Strawn, Gloucester.
Zima Grandchildren Honorary Award, Class 240, ages 10 to 13, interpreting the Swan from ‘The Ugly Duckling’ by Hans Christian Andersen, Blue, Meredith Watkins, Gloucester; Red, Gibson Hylton, Ordinary; Yellow, Alexandra Fuccella, Urbanna; Honorable Mentions, Margaret Strawn, Gloucester, Katelyn Potter, Richmond, Brynn Backer, Gloucester, Charley Ruhf, Williamsburg, Kathryn James, Hayes.
The L. Cameron Gregory People’s Choice Perpetual Award, in memorial of Cameron Gregory "in celebration of his love of people and his belief that all people should have the freedom to vote," awarded to Kitty Martin, Gloucester Point, for her interpretation of ‘Peacocks”, Class 234.
Horticultural Awards
American Daffodil Society Silver Ribbon and the Dr. Raymond S. Brown Memorial, a perpetual trophy, for the most blues, Clay Higgins, Harbinger, NC, receiving 20 blue ribbons.ADS Gold Ribbon and Mr. and Mrs. George W. Heath Memorial for best standard bloom,
Laura Anne Brooks, King William; entry, Corbiere 1 Y–YOO.
ADS Miniature Gold Ribbon and Agnes Crawford Bates Memorial for the best miniature bloom, Mitch and Kate Carney, Boonsboro, MD; entry, Snipe 6w-w.
ADS White Ribbon and Mary Douglas Anderson Memorial for best vase of three blooms, Skip and Margaret Ford; entry, Vineland 6y-y.
ADS Purple Ribbon and Mr. and Mrs. John L. Whitehead Memorial for best collection of five stems, Clay and Fran Higgins, Harbinger, NC.
ADS Rose Ribbon and Frank R. Yazenski Memorial for best standard seedling exhibited by the originator, Clay Higgins, Harbinger, NC, Seedling #10-71.
ADS Miniature White Ribbon and Jackson-Holden Memorial for best vase of three miniatures, Mitch and Kate Carney, Boonsboro, MD, entry, Snipe 6w-w.
ADS Lavender Ribbon and Edward H.Ould Memorial for best collection of five miniatures, Susan Appel, Hallieford.
ADS Miniature Red/White/Blue Ribbon and Raymond S. Brown Jr., Memorial for the best collection of five American-bred miniatures, Mitch and Kate Carney, Boonsboro, MD.
ADS Miniature Rose Ribbon, Mrs. Henning Rountree Memorial, best miniature seeding exhibited by the originator, not awarded.
ADS Aqua Ribbon and Dee Evans Memorial for best collection of 9 miniatures, Mitch and Kate Carney. Boonsboro, MD.
Roberta C. Watrous Award, for the best collection of 12 different miniature cultivars, Mitch and Kate Carney, Boonsboro, MD.
ADS Small Growers Ribbon and Granville Hall Memorial for the best standard daffodil exhibited by a grower growing less than 50 cultivars, Kim Sadler, Richmond.
ADS Historic Ribbon and Mary Ann James Memorial for the best pre-1940 cultivar, Elizabeth C. Brown, Gloucester; entry, Beryl, 6w-yoo
ADS Historic Ribbon set of three and Elizabeth Clopton Brown Honorary Award, Randy Brown, Tappahannock; entry, Empress, 1w-y.
ADS Historic Daffodil Collection of Five Ribbon and Dorothy Early Memorial, Skip and Margaret Ford, Richmond.
ADS Intermediate Ribbon and Ann Brown Dischinger Memorial for best intermediate bloom, Ceci Brown, Gloucester; entry, Treasure Waltz, 2y-y.
Garden Club of Gloucester award and Mrs. E. Wright Noble Memorial for best collection of red/orange cupped daffodils, no entries
Garden Club of Gloucester award and Mrs. Webster S. Rhoads Jr., Memorial for best collection of pink cupped daffodils, no entries.
Garden Club of Gloucester award and the Col. And Mrs. R. F. C. Vance Memorial for best collection of white daffodils, no entries.
ADS Red, White and Blue Ribbon and President’s Award for best five stems of American bred daffodils,
Laura Anne Brooks, King William.
ADS Maroon Ribbon and Chairman of Show award for best five stems, reverse bi-color, Clay and Fran Higgins, Harbinger, NC.
ADS Marie Bosievich Ribbon and Louise DeShazo Hawkins Memorial Award for best collection of twelve standard cultivars and/or species from at least four divisions, Laura Anne Brooks, King William.
Elise Havens Ribbon and Jane Henley Honorary Award for best collection of 12 cultivars from Divisions, no entries.
ADS Dr. Tom D. Throckmorton Ribbon and Raymond W. Lewis Memorial Award for the best collection of fifteen standard cultivars and/or species from at least fifteen different RHS classifications, each labeled with name and complete classification, not awarded.
Carey E. Quinn Award for best collection of 24 standard cultivars and/or species from at least 5 divisions, Clay and Fran Higgins, Harbinger, NC.
Youth Division (15 and younger)
ADS Youth Ribbon and Leland C. Bowditch Memorial Award for best cultivar, Will Sadler, Richmond; entry, Jetfire 6y-o.
ADS Best of 3 Ribbon and Alison Randolph Memorial Award for best vase of 3 stems of one daffodil, Girl Scout Troop 209, Richmond; entry, Dutch Master 1y-y.
ADS Youth Collection Ribbon and McClanahan Ingles II Memorial Award for the best collection of 5 different cultivars, Will Sadler, Richmond
Special Horticultural Awards
Founders Cup, a perpetual trophy, for most points in horticulture won by a Garden Club of Gloucester member, Susan Morck Perrin.
Gloucester Woman’s Club Historic Award, a perpetual trophy, in memory of Betty Lewis Constantine, to a resident of Gloucester or Mathews County for the best collection of five pre-1940 cultivars, Elizabeth C. Brown.
John Edwin DeHardit and Patricia DeHardit Hicks Memorial, a perpetual trophy, novice class, one stem from any division, eligible only to residents of Gloucester and Mathews who have never won a blue in any ADS show; Melissa McGill, Gloucester; entry, Telamonius Plenus 4y-y.
ADS Photography Division
ADS Photography Division had 49 exhibits in four classes. The Garden Club of Gloucester Special Photography Awards the James V. and Violet R. Morgan Community Service Award, a perpetual trophy, to the photography depicting the best public display of daffodils beautifying the community, the Hunter Residence, and to the winning photographer of this location, Kimberly George.
The Gloucester Veteran’s Award, perpetual trophy, awarded to the photograph deemed Best-In-Show in Photography Division, Melanie Paul, Hampton.
Two ADS Judges’ Choice Ribbons were awarded to Katelyn Potter, Richmond, from class 230, and Kimberly George, Gloucester, from class 229.
Artistic Awards
In the Artistic Division there were 54 exhibits entered with the theme, "Blooms in Flight." Awards were as follows: Toddsbury Cup, a perpetual trophy, in memory of Mrs. Charles Beatty Moore and Mrs. Catherine Sanders Mott Catlett, for best arrangement in show, Kitty Martin, Gloucester Point, entry from Class 234, titled ‘Peacocks’.
Cynthia Matthews Rhodes Award, a perpetual trophy, in memory of Cindy Rhodes for her appreciation of the beauty of flowers and her care of all living things for the most creative arrangement in the show, was tied between two entries, Joan Jackson, Zanoni, entry in Class 237, titled ‘Geese’ and Amelita Thomas, Wicomico, entry in class 231, titled ‘Flamingo’.
General William H. Tunner Memorial, Class 231, ‘Flamingos’ an abstract design arrangement. Blue, Amelita Thomas, Wicomico; Red. Kathy Klein, Gloucester; Yellow, Karen Malo, Dutton; Honorable Mention, Kate Cole, Gloucester.
Mrs. Hugh Keanne Dabney Memorial, Class 232, ‘Bald Eagle’, a phoenix design, Novice Class, for those who have never received a blue ribbon in an artistic division. Blue, Judy Cathey, White Marsh; Red, Beth Richardson, Gloucester; yellow, Rachel Strawn, Gloucester; Honorable Mention, Mary Ann Griffith, Gloucester.
Mrs. James Bland Martin Memorial, Class 233, ‘Penguins’, a parallel arrangement; Blue, Sarah Finney, Gloucester; Red, Melissa Ashe, Gloucester Point; Honorable Mentions, Peggy Robins, Gloucester Point, and Kate Zullo, Gloucester.
Katharine Lewis Pickett and Rear Adm. Ben B. Pickett Memorial, Class 234, ‘Peacocks‘, a mass arrangement. Blue, Kitty Martin, Gloucester Point; Red, Emily Barbee, Gloucester; Yellow, Alex Watkins, Gloucester; Honorable Mention, Kate Cole, Gloucester.
Catherine ‘Kitty’ Hankins Wilson Memorial, Class 235, ‘Hummingbirds‘, a miniature interpretive arrangement. Blue, Jeanette Samford, Gloucester; Red, Judy Doyel, Ware Neck; Yellow, Nancy Choquette, Gloucester; Honorable Mention, Felicity Ericson, Gloucester.
Beverly R. W. Marshall Memorial, Class 236, ‘Great Blue Herons‘, in the Oriental Manner, Moribana-style arrangement. Blue, Kate Zullo, Gloucester; Red, Ann Hohenberger, Ware Neck; Yellow, Cara Randolph, Hardyville; Honorable Mention, Marge Masek, Gloucester.
William Gilbert and Blanche Morris Memorial, Class 237, ‘Geese’, a stabile arrangement. Blue, Fran Zabicki, Zanoni; Red, Joan Jackson, Zanoni; Yellow, Shannah Cooper, Gloucester; Honorable Mention, Sandy Geiger, Gloucester Point.
Shirley Lyons Robinson Memorial, Class 238, ‘Singing Canaries’, an interpretive arrangement. Blue, Ceci Brown, Gloucester; Red, Teggie Smith, Alexandria; Yellow, Vivian Shackelford, Hudgins; Honorable Mention, Joanne Bartlett, Gloucester.
Irving Lewis Smith Memorial, Class 239, center exhibit, Bird Habitats - For Men Only, an interpretation of the perfect bird habitat, Blue, Steve Bland, Urbanna. The following entries also received blue ribbons for artistic distinction. These were Ray Friend and Robert Johnson, both of Gloucester.
Youth Artistic Division
Malo Grandchildren Honorary Award, Class 240, ages 6 to 9, interpreting ‘Duckling’ from ‘The Ugly Duckling’ by Hans Christian Andersen, Blue, Cabell Jones, Hayes; Red, Chloe Hodges, Urbanna; Yellow, Olivia McDaniel, Hayes; Honorable Mentions, Ashley Shackelford, Gloucester, Caroline Fuccella, Urbanna, Madeline Peebles, Gloucester, Charlotte Quinlan, Hayes, Abigail Peebles, Gloucester, Peyton Aronow, Olney, MD, Alice Strawn, Gloucester.
Zima Grandchildren Honorary Award, Class 240, ages 10 to 13, interpreting the Swan from ‘The Ugly Duckling’ by Hans Christian Andersen, Blue, Meredith Watkins, Gloucester; Red, Gibson Hylton, Ordinary; Yellow, Alexandra Fuccella, Urbanna; Honorable Mentions, Margaret Strawn, Gloucester, Katelyn Potter, Richmond, Brynn Backer, Gloucester, Charley Ruhf, Williamsburg, Kathryn James, Hayes.
A Special Award
The L. Cameron Gregory People’s Choice Perpetual Award, in memorial of Cameron Gregory "in celebration of his love of people and his belief that all people should have the freedom to vote," awarded to Kitty Martin, Gloucester Point, for her interpretation of ‘Peacocks”, Class 234.
PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD 2010
The L. Cameron Gregory People's Choice Perpetual Award, in memorial of Cameron Gregory 'in celebration of his love of people and his belief that all people should have the freedom to vote."
Awarded to Kitty Martin of Gloucester Point for her interpretation of 'Peacocks' in class 234.
This entry also won the Toddsbury Cup for the Best Arrangement in Show
This entry also won the Toddsbury Cup for the Best Arrangement in Show
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
Blooms in Flight
The Garden Club of Gloucester's 60th Annual Daffodil Show is an American Daffodil Society accredited show. The Show will be held March 27-28, 2010, at Page Middle School, 5628 George Washington Highway, Gloucester, Virginia.
For more information and to obtain a show schedule, please contact the show chairs, Sandy Geiger, 642-6212, sgeiger@cox.net, or Jaye Dupaul, 693-6742, waresjaye@aol.com.
To register for the horticulture divison, contact Joan Jackson at kellyj705@cs.com. For specific information on the horticulture rules -- click here.
The 2010 Artistic Division theme is "Blooms in Flight" interpreting birds in flight through flower arranging. There are eleven artistic classes. See entries Classes 231 through 239 or click here. These classes are limited to 4 entries each. To register call Shannah Cooper at (804) 693-5552 or spcooper@cox.net. For specific information on the artistic rules -- click here.
Two artistic classes, 240 and 241 are for youths only, ages 6 to 13, to register call Nina Watkins, (804) 642-2826, JWatkins49@cox.net or Juli Peebles, (804) 693-0660. Last date to register for Youth Division is March 21. For additional information on the Youth Artistic Schedule -- click here.
For information on the photography division, contact Susan Murray, 725-4580, at TVMurphy@aol.com or Vivian Shackelford, 725-5092, at queenaviv@gmail.com. For more information on the Photography Division rules and classes -- click here.
For more information and to obtain a show schedule, please contact the show chairs, Sandy Geiger, 642-6212, sgeiger@cox.net, or Jaye Dupaul, 693-6742, waresjaye@aol.com.
To register for the horticulture divison, contact Joan Jackson at kellyj705@cs.com. For specific information on the horticulture rules -- click here.
The 2010 Artistic Division theme is "Blooms in Flight" interpreting birds in flight through flower arranging. There are eleven artistic classes. See entries Classes 231 through 239 or click here. These classes are limited to 4 entries each. To register call Shannah Cooper at (804) 693-5552 or spcooper@cox.net. For specific information on the artistic rules -- click here.
Two artistic classes, 240 and 241 are for youths only, ages 6 to 13, to register call Nina Watkins, (804) 642-2826, JWatkins49@cox.net or Juli Peebles, (804) 693-0660. Last date to register for Youth Division is March 21. For additional information on the Youth Artistic Schedule -- click here.
For information on the photography division, contact Susan Murray, 725-4580, at TVMurphy@aol.com or Vivian Shackelford, 725-5092, at queenaviv@gmail.com. For more information on the Photography Division rules and classes -- click here.
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