Flower Shows and Artistic Design

December 16, 2021

Chairman Di Cook, Leesburg Garden Club

June 16-17, 2004, the 62nd Annual Lily Show was hosted by the Lynchburg Garden Club at Smith Hall on the campus of Randolph Macon Women’s College. “Lilies and Art,” chaired by Laura Crumbley and Florence Perrow, reported 71 artistic arrangements and 215 stems in horticulture. Photos

September 21, 2004, Flower Arranging School at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden attracted 200 attendees. Chairman Beverly Hereford of Albemarle Garden Club organized this very popular event. Charlotte Hundley secured award-winning flower arrangers and American Rose Society leaders Dr. Gary Barlow and Dr. Lewis Shupe from Fairborn, Ohio, to present “Elements and Principles of Design.”  Photos

October 6-7, 2004, the 66th Annual Rose Show was hosted by the Hunting Creek Garden Club in Alexandria at the Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Art Center on the campus of Northern Virginia Community College. “All the World’s a Stage,” chaired by Donna Clauson and Lea Shuba, reported 68 artistic arrangements and 273 stems in horticulture. Photos.

April 6-7, 2005, the 71st Annual Daffodil Show was hosted by the Princess Anne Garden Club at the Doubletree Hotel. “Post Cards from the Beach,” chaired by Betty Michaelson, Jean Carlston and Carolyn Jones, reported 73 artistic exhibits and 1363 blooms in horticulture. Photos

June 22-23, 2005, the 63rd Annual Lily Show was hosted by the Garden Study Club at the Piedmont Arts Association in Martinsville. “My Fair Lily” was chaired by Barbara Holland and Susan Critz. Photos

September 20, 2005, Flower Arranging School at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden attracted a capacity crowd with noted author and floral designer Gay Estes, who demonstrated modern and abstract flower arrangements and explained how to understand and have fun in the process. Also known as the “The Lone Arranger,” Gay is a feature writer for Flower magazine and editor and photography editor of the Garden Club of America’s magazine, GCA by Design. She resides in Houston, Texas, and was fortunate to escape just as Hurricane Katrina headed toward her home. Event chairman Martha Lynch did not fare as well, stranded in Mobile, Alabama, while traveling with her 97-year-old mother. Martha’s heroic husband stepped in to fill her shoes. Photos

October 5-6, 2005, the 67th Annual Rose Show was hosted for the second year by the Hunting Creek Garden Club in Alexandria on the campus of Northern Virginia Community College. Chairmen Donna Clauson and Lea Shuba reported 69 artistic arrangements and 308 stems in horticulture. Photos

April 5-6, 2006, the 72nd Annual Daffodil Show was hosted by the Rappahannock Valley Garden Club in Fredericksburg at the Jepson Alumni Executive Center on the campus of Mary Washington. “On the Banks of the Rappahannock: Women of Fredericksburg,” chaired by Kitty Lee Wafle and Jeanette Cadwallender, reported 74 artistic exhibitors and 2300 blooms in horticulture. The showroom looked spectacular with new green slipcovers coving each of the 24 risers. Photos