Flower Shows and Artistic Design

February 8, 2022

Chairman Carolyn Jones, The Garden Club of the Eastern Shore

The 2000 Lily Show, “In the Good Old Summertime,” was hosted by the Roanoke Valley Garden Club at the Second Presbyterian Church on June 14-15, chaired by Susie Feinour and Rita Matthews.

2000 Flower Arranging School was held on September 19 at the Woman’s Club in Richmond, chaired by Charlotte Benjamin. Emphasis was placed on flower arranging for Historic Garden Week. Speakers and arrangers were Di Cook, Virginia Guild, Carolyn Jones, Margaret Kincheloe and Lee Snyder.

The 2000 Rose Show, “Time Frames: 1900-2000,” was hosted by the Brunswick Garden Club at Good Shepherd Catholic Church in South Hill on October 5-6, chaired by Joyce Moorman. The show reported 438 stems in 35 horticulture classes and 69 artistic arrangements.

Ron Chiabotta, U.S. Vice President of the North American Lily Society, spoke at the Kent-Valentine House on November 6, 2000, on flower show practice – how and what to exhibit.

A Rose Committee meeting scheduled for March 5, 2001 was cancelled because of the “storm of the century” weather forecast.

The 2001 Daffodil Show was hosted by the James River Garden Club at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Richmond on April 5-6, chaired by Carroll Andrews and Muschi Fisher. The artistic theme, “A Child’s Garden with Toys,” included InterClub arrangements featuring LEGOS®. The show reported 1096 blooms, 67 artistic arrangements and 10 entries in the InterClub horticulture collection class.

The 2001 Lily Show, “The Meeting House,” was hosted at the Chatham Garden Club at Watson Memorial United Methodist Church on June 13-14, chaired by Nancie Motley and Pattie Motley.

2021 Flower Arranging School was held for the first time as a one-day event on September 18 at the Woman’s Club in Richmond, chaired by Charlotte Benjamin and Mary Nelson Thompson. A capacity crowd of 250 attended.

The 2001 Rose Show, “Global Harmony,” was hosted by the Brunswick Garden Club on October 3-4 at Southside Virginia Community College in Alberta, chaired by Joyce Moorman. During judging Randy White, well-known rose grower and exhibitor, presented “Exhibiting Roses in the Fall” in the school’s theater.

Beginning with the 2002 Lily Show, artistic InterClub is to be divided into four distinct classes, each with its own style and its own ribbons. Points earned during the three annual shows will determine an annual InterClub award recipient.

The 2002 Daffodil Show, “Water, Water, Everywhere,” was hosted by Leesburg Garden Club on April 10-11 at the Holiday Inn at Historic Carradoc Hall, chaired by Emma Kelly, with 1179 blooms, 515 exhibits and 94 exhibitors. Richard Ezell, noted ADS judge and award winner, presented a workshop at the show entitled “Blooms that Win, Blooms that Don’t and Why.”