Fall Flower Show Here in Rutland!

Our Rutland Garden Club presented a Small-Standard Flower Show on September 14, 2024, at the Castleton University Bank Gallery. The show was titled FloralOpoly based on the game Monopoly. All the Division, Section and Class names related to spaces named in the original game board. FloralOpoly featured Design, Horticulture, Educational and Botanical Arts Divisions that all had Classes that were judged by National Garden Club Accredited Judges. The show also featured a section of Photography that was voted on by the visiting public.

Here are a few of the winning designs and horticulture specimens:

Class 2 was a functional table design, A Mediterranean Menu’. The blue ribbon went to Michele Dauphinais.

The top award in Design went to a new member of Rutland Garden Club, Sue Haviland. It is The Designer’s Choice Award, for designs using fresh, dried or treated dried, plant material. The name of the class 3 was ‘The Soaring Spaces of Park Place.

Class 4 was a Parallel Design, ‘Breaking Out of Jail’. The blue ribbon went to Jan Semp. The yellow ribbon in the photo is a club ribbon for the best use of color.

The blue ribbon in the Botanical Arts Class, ‘Game Pieces’ went to Kathy Perkins for her luxurious, decorated top hat.

Class 1 was a Petite Class. The design could not measure more than 8” in any given direction. The title of the class was ‘A Walk-Through Marvin Gardens. The blue ribbon went to Jeannie Corbett. All the plant material came out of her garden.

The Award of Horticultural Excellence (the top Horticulture Award) went to Laura Tadio’s sunflower. 

Award of Merit (cut specimen) went to Jeannie Corbett for her Foxglove (Digitalis)

Award of Merit to Jeannie Corbett for her Gladiola (Gladiolus bulb)

Award of Merit to Jaga Smiechowski for her cucumber (Cucurbita)

Growers Choice Award to Kathy Perkins for her cactus (Columnar cactus)

Note the Photography Exhibit in the background.

Education Top Award went to Michele Dauphinais’ Exhibit on ‘Dahlia’s Be Dazzled’.

Horticultural Winners with Photography Display behind.

People’s Choice for Design went to Jan Semp’s Design shown above. Gladiola Parallel Design.

People’s Choice Awards in Photography…

Class 1, Close-up of a flower, Valerie Cleary for her hydrangea (Hydrangea Macrophylla). Top row, third photo from the left

Class 2, Pollinators in plantings, Andrea Cupak for her Goldenrod (Solidago Altissima). Middle row, first photo from the left.

Class 3, Photo of her Garden, Esther Swett for her backyard gardens. Third row, first photo on the left. (photos below)

People's Photography Awards mentioned above.

On Friday night there was a preview party for members - refreshments and a chance to see the fabulous entries. After the judging on Friday, the show was open to the public all day Saturday and was very well attended! All this was possible thanks to Chairperson Kathy Perkins and her stellar committee! And to all the Rutland Garden Club members that submitted these fabulous creations.