Standard Flower Show winners announced
Published 7:31 pm Friday, April 22, 2016
- Officials cut the ribbon to open the 95rd annual Standard Flower Friday at the Thomasville Garden Center. The show is o pen from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
Division 1 — General Horticulture
Section A — Container grown/blooming — NGC Grower’s Choice Award
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Plant — Cliva Miniata
Winner — Millie Faircloth, Killarney Queen
Section B — Container grown/foliage — NGC Grower’s Choice Award
Plant — Asplenium Nidus, Bird’s Nest Fern
Winner — Millie Faircloth, Killarney Queen
Section C — Shrubs — NGC Arboreal Award
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Plant — Baptisia (Carolina Moonlight)
Winner — Millie Faircloth, Killarney Queen
Section D — Trees — NGC Arboreal Award
Plant — Liriodendron Tulipifera
Winner — Eileen Webb, Briarcliff
Section F — Bulbs, Corms, Rhizomes, Tubers — NGC Award of Merit
Plant — Hyacinthoides (Daffodil)
Winner — Elaine Mays, Briarcliff
Section G — Annuals — NGC Award of Merit
Plant — Daucus carota (Queen Ann’s Lace)
Winner — Mary Phillips, Magnolia/Moultrie
Section H — Perennials — NGC Award of Merit
Plant — Anethum graveolens (Dill)
Winner — Margaret Singletary, Killarney Queen
NGC Horticultural Excellece Award in memory of Abbie Clements
Plant — Cliva Miniata
Winner — Milli Faircloth, Killarney Queen
NGC Sweepstakes Winner (Most Blue Ribbons)
Winner — Milli Faircloth, Killarney Queen
Horticulture entries — 246
Briarcliff — 46 entries
Killarney Queen — 62 entries
Lady Banks — 8 entries
Rambler Rose — 28 entries
Pat Johnson Perpetual Trophy Winner — Killarney Queen
Division II — Designs
Section A — Eligible for Table Artistry Award
Class 1 — Dinner with Barnum and Bailey (Functional Table for Three)
First place: Ann Lattay, Killarney Queen
Second place: Diane Davis, Briarcliff
Third place: Sugar Blount, Rambler Rose
HM: Martha Hanway, Lady Banks
Class 2 — Lunch on the Midway (Exhibition Table, Type II with plant material)
First place: Carla Inman, Rambler Rose
Second place: Gale Milton, Briarcliff
Third place: Vicky Johnson, Killarney Queen
HM: Whitney Marshall, Lady Banks
Class 3 — Breakfast at the Royal Circus in London (Capsule functional table — one place setting)
First place: Mary Jane Bacon, Briarcliff
Second place: Pam Webster, KIllarney Queen
Third place: Jeannie Hamil, Lady Banks
HM: Julia Singletary, Rambler Rose
Table artistry award winner — Ann Lattay, Killarney Queen
Section B — Eligible for Designer’s Choice Award
Class 4 — Bring in the Clowns (creative design)
First place — Nina Nicholson, Briarcliff
Second place — Jimmy Singletary, Killarney Queen
Third place — Gina Shumake, Rambler Rose
HM: Betsey Jones, Lady Banks
Class 5 — Animal Acts Galore (creative design)
First place: Jean Stone, Rambler Rose
Second place: Mary Tomlinson, Killarney Queen
Third place: Kelly Jones, Lady banks
HM: Marie Andrews, Briarcliff
Class 6 — The Flying Trapeze (hanging design)
First place: Sherriee Kinsey, Lady Banks
Second place: Lynn Freedman, Briarcliff
Third place: Mary Mustian, Killarney Queen
HM: Randi Wortman, Rambler Rose
Designer’s Choice Award winner: Sherriee Kinsey, Lady Banks
Thomasville Garden Club Awards:
Milli Faircloth Perpetual Trophy: Diane Davis, Briarcliff
Elva Scott Perpetual Trophy: Pam Webster, Killarney Queen
Ella Rosenberg Perpetual Trophy: Mary Tomlinson, Killarney Queen
Josie B. Neel Award: Killarney Queen
Division III — Special exhibits, youth horticulture
Section D-1, Container grown, Green Thumb Award
Plant: Sweet Pea, Isaiah Palacios, Jerger School, first grade
Section D-2, shrubs and trees, Sunshine Award
Plant: Chionanthus Virginicus, Claire Finger, Jerger School, age 8
Section D-3, decorative foliage/vines, Soil Diggers Award
Plant: Foliage (Vine), Perrin Harper, Jerger School, age 7
Section D-4, cut flowers, Chrysalis Award
Plant: Hippaestrum (Amaryllis), Cole Warren, Brookwood School, age 9
Round Up Award Winner (most blue ribbons)
Elise McPherson, Brookwood, 16 blue ribbons
Total youth horticulture entries: 116
Division III — Special exhibits, educational exhibit
Exhibit 1 Pogo Sticking — exhbit about frogs
Red ribbon for second place: Exhibited by Lady Banks/Rambler Rose
Exhibit 2 Stars and Stripes Forever — exhibit about pollinators
Blue ribbon for first place: Exhibited by Briarcliff/Killarney Queen
Educational award: Briarcliff/Killarney Queen
Awards of Appreciation
Section A — gardens, nurseries
Class 1 — NeSmith “Bale Ring”
Class 2 — Thomasville Nursery “Mud Show”
Section B — commercial florist
Class 3 — Thomasville Flower Shop “Speck”
Class 4 — Singletary’s “Under the Stars”