PLANTS & FLOWERS
CLASS 22
COMMITTEE:
Ainsley Gillespie 705-426-9561
705-955-9371
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ENTRY FEE: $5.00 Exhibitor/Membership Fee
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LOCATION: Curling Club
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Exhibitors may enter up to two entries in the cut specimens, classes 5 to 39. Only one entry per exhibitor in the container grown plants and arrangement classes 1 to 4 and 40 to 44.
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.
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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.)
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All specimens must be grown by the exhibitor, arrangements excluded.
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House plants must have been in the exhibitor's possession for at least 3 months.
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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.
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Flowers and plants should be free of disease and insects; remove spent blooms, ragged leaves, water stains, dust and other "foreign" and unsightly material
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Beaverton Horticultural Society Best in Show, Sections 5 to 39
Prize Money $10 plus Rosette
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Beaverton Horticultural Society Best in Show, Arrangement Sections 40 to 44
Prize Money $10 plus Rosette
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PRIZE MONEY: $5, $4, $3
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SECTIONS:
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LIVE FLOWERS
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Container Grown Plants
1. Orchid, any colour or variety, one pot
2. Houseplant in bloom (not Orchid), maximum pot size 8”
3. Houseplant grown for foliage, maximum pot size 8”
4. Planter, indoor or outdoor, containing compatible plants artistically grouped
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ANNUALS
5. Amaranthus - 1 stem any variety
6. Calendula - 3 stems
7. Celosia – 3 stems, same colour and variety
8. Cosmos 1 stem single bloom type
9. Cosmos 1 stem double bloom type
10. Marigold under 3" - 5 blooms
11. Marigold over 3" - 5 blooms, single colour
12. Sunflower, any variety - 3 blooms same variety, less than 8” bloom size
13. Sunflower - 1 seed head
14. Zinnia Pompom/ball under 2”, same cultivar and colour - 3 stems
15. Zinnia semi or fully double, bloom over 2” - 3 stems same variety and colour
16. Zinnia, collection, 7stems, minimum of 3 varieties
17. Nasturtium 5 blooms with own foliage
18. Lavatera - 3 stems any variety
19. Snapdraon - 3 spikes same colour
20. Any other Annual not listed - 1 bloom/ stem, named if possible
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BULBS
21. Dahlia, 3 blooms, same colour, cultivar and size
22. Dahlia, ball type - 1 bloom
23. Dahlia, any type, under 6" - 1 bloom
24. Dahlia, any type, over 6" - 1 bloom
25. Dahlia, collection, 5 to 7 stems, any varieties, artistically arranged
26. Gladiolus - any colour 1 spike
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PERENNIAL
27. Rudbeckia any type - 3 blooms any colour
28. Goldenrod, native, any variety, 1 stem
29. Sedum, Upright/Border, 1 stem
30. Chrysanthemum, Garden Landscape, 1 spray
31. Helenium – Sneezeweed, 3 stems
32. Any other perennial not listed above,
1 stem, named if possible
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COLLECTIONS
33. Grasses, annual/perennial - 6 stems
min 3 varieties
34. Fall Flowers, min. 5 varieties, 7 stems
(named if possible)
35. Collection of Roses in 1 container of choice
36. Asters Annual/Perennial 3 stems, each stem 25cm to 38cm (10” to 15”)
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ROSES and SHRUBS
37. Rose, 1 spray, any variety
38. Rose, single bloom, 1 rose any variety, any colour
39. Hydrangea 1 stem, any type, 76cm
(30”) or less
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Beaverton Horticultural Society Special Sections 40 - 44
PRIZE MONEY 1st - $20 2nd - $9 3rd - $6
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ARRANGEMENTS
40. Out of the Wood – design incorporating natural wood, maximum 45.7cm (18”) in all directions (may use accessories)
41. Nature’s Bounty – arrangement for a table center using natural garden material
42. Be a Gourd – a small design (51/2” to 10”) in any direction
43. Wine Time – design using a wine glass or bottle
44. Celebrating Our Indigenous Heritage – a design featuring the colour orange, may also include cedar, sage, sweetgrass and/or tobacco.