Photos from the 2008 New England Region Symposium for Flower Show Judges
Design:
Julia Clevett, Design Instructor. Click here to see more designs. |
Creative Staging for Horticulture:
Above, backboard is painted & textured. Window design is a "wallie" from Home Depot.
Click here to see more examples of creative staging for horticulture.
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| Photos from the 2009 National Garden Club's "Vision of Beauty" Calendar
Members of Creative Arrangers of Connecticut had the following nine designs published in National Garden Club's "Vision of Beauty" Calendar for this year. If you haven't yet purchased one, contact the Federation's Book Chairman, Susan Harrison.
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"Nature's Gem"
A hand-carved lobster mushroom, peppercorns and adzuki beans create this necklace of faux jade and gold beads.
Designer: Kymrie Zaslow, West Hartford, CT
Creative Arrangers of CT
West Hartford Garden Club
Photographer: Cheryl Collins
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"Baubles, Bangles and Seeds"
A necklace fashioned from acorns, Dogwood seeds, Malvaceae, Taqua, and grapevine
Designer: Jacqueline Haddock, Shelton,
OldeRipton Garden Club of Shelton, CT
Photographer: James Haddock
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"Scattered in the Breeze"
A Collage of bright color combining crepe paper, Palmetto Palm, fasciated willow and foam forms.
Designer: Maria Nahom, New Milford, CT
Danbury Garden Club
Photographer: Cheryl Collins
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"Haberdashery Hoopla"
A Small Creative Design using "Pink Mink" Protea and silk neckties.
Designer: Gretchen Collins, Roxbury, CT
Creative Arrangers of CT
Pomperaug Vally Garden Club
Photographer: Cheryl Collins
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"Tequila Sunrise"
A Creative Design of skeletonized leaves, dried orange slices, orchids, and shells, on a board suggests cocktails on the beach.
Designer: Sherry Sanelli, Woodbury, CT
Creative Arrangers of CT
Pomperaug Valley Garden Club
Photographer: Cheryl Collins |
"Summer's Labors"
A tomato cage provides the structure for the garden tools, Savoy cabbage, sunflowers, peppers and tomatoes
Designer: Gretchen Collins, Woodbury, CT
Creative Arrangers of CT
Pomperaug Valley Garden Club
Photographer: Cheryl Collins
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"New Horizons"
A Creative Design using Strelitzia and philodendron leaves
Designer: Shirley Green, Madison, CT
Creative Arrangers of CT
Garden Club of Madison
Photographer: Cheryl Collins
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"Come Fly with Me"
A whimsical Creative Design using Strelitzia as witches flying off their brooms
Designer: Charlotte Bisson, Cheshire, CT
Cheshire Garden Club
Creative Arrangers of CT
Photographer: Cheryl Collins
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Congratulations to all these creative designers! |
"Barcelona Sunrise"
A Creative Design using Hydrangeas, Palmetto and dried reed in a Spanish pottery vase.
Designer: Maria Nahom, New Milford, CT
Creative Arrangers of CT
Danburyl Garden Club
Photographer: Cheryl Collins |
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