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PLANTS & FLOWERS

CLASS 22

COMMITTEE

Ainsley Gillespie 705-426-9561

                             705-955-9371

ENTRY FEE: $5.00 Exhibitor/Membership Fee

LOCATION: Curling Club

Only one entry per person per section. Exhibits MUST be in place before 8:00 PM Thursday and MUST be removed between 10:00 and 11:00 AM Sunday, Prizes awarded only to a creditable entry.

NOTE: Cut flowers should be shown with their own foliage.
Judging in accordance to the Ontario Judging and Exhibiting Standards Publication 2019. (The book will be available for review at the Beaverton Public Library or on Thursday at the Curling Club registration desk.)

All specimens must be grown by the exhibitor, arrangements excluded.

House plants must have been in the exhibitor's possession for at least 3 months.

All specimens must be in clear colourless glass containers (exception design classes). For tall specimens, such as hydrangeas or gladioli, a wide-bottomed bottle such as a clear milk bottle or a clear wine bottle is recommended for stability of entry.

Flowers and plants should be free of disease and insects; remove spent blooms, ragged leaves, water stains, dust and other "foreign" and unsightly material

Beaverton Horticultural Society Best in Show, Sections 7 to 39
Prize Money $10 plus Rosette

Beaverton Horticultural Society Best in Show, Arrangement Sections 40 to 44
Prize Money $10 plus Rosette

PRIZE MONEY: $5, $4, $3

SECTIONS:

LIVE FLOWERS

Container Grown Plants
1. African Violet,any colour,

maximum pot size 8”
2. Cactus Garden, 3-5 cactus or succulents in pot, named if possible
3. 
Terrarium garden - maximum size 18” in any direction
4. Houseplant in bloom,

maximum pot size 8”
5. Houseplant grown for foliage, maximum pot size 8”
6. Fairy Garden,

maximum size 12”x12”x 12”

ANNUALS
7. 1 bloom (no foliage) floating in a clear bowl - begonia or other annual flower
8. 
Amaranthus - 1 stem any variety
9. Cosmos 1 stem single bloom type
10. Cosmos 1 stem double bloom type
11. Marigold under 3" - 5 blooms
12. Sunflower, any variety - 3 blooms 
same variety, less than 8” bloom size
13. Sunflower - largest seed head
14. Sunflower - tallest - roots must be removed
15. Zinnia Pompom/ball under 2”, same cultivar and colour - 3 stems
16. 
Zinnia semi or fully double, bloom over 2” - 3 stems same variety and colour
17. Zinnia cactus flowered – 1 stem

18. Nasturtium 5 blooms with own foliage
19. Lavatera - 3 stems any variety
20. Snapdraon, tall variety, 3 spikes same colour
21. Any other Annual not listed - 1 bloom, named if possible

BULBS
22. Dahlia, 3 blooms, same colour, cultivar and size
23. Dahlia, cactus/semi cactus - 1 bloom
24. Dahlia, any type, under 6" - 1 bloom
25. Dahlia, any type, over 6" - 1 bloom
26. Gladiolus - any colour 1 spike

PERENNIAL
27. Rudbeckia any type - 3 blooms any colour
28. Echinacea - cone flower 3 blooms any type/variety

29. Windflower (anemone) – 1 stem

30. Helenium – 1 stem
31. Any other perennial not listed above,
1 stem, named if possible

COLLECTIONS
32. Grasses, annual/perennial - 6 stems
     min 3 varieties
33. Fall Flowers, min. 5 varieties, 7 stems
     (named if possible)
34. Collection of Roses in 1 container of choice
35. Gladiolus arrangement 3 -5 spikes

ROSES and SHRUBS
36. Rose 
without foliage, floating in a bowl of water, named if possible

37. Rose, modern shrub type, 1 spray, any variety

38. Rose, single bloom, 1 rose any variety, any colour
39. Hydrangea 1 stem, any type, 76cm
(30”) or less

Beaverton Horticultural Society Special Sections 40 - 44

PRIZE MONEY 1st - $20 2nd - $9 3rd - $6

ARRANGEMENTS
40. 
Honouring Beaverton Fall Fair Traditions – interpretive design (may use accessories)
41. Perfect for Fall - arrangement for a table center using garden material
42. Love is Everywhere - a small design
      (5 1/2”to 10”)in any direction
43. Simply Wonderful - a vertical linear design (refer to OJES, may use accessories, height must not exceed 36”

44. Celebrating Year of the Garden 2022 – red is the colour!

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